In Focus: Technology rush helps optical sector evolve

Abroad range of professionals from across the optical sector attended the first Optrafair jointly organised by the FMO and Mark Allen Group held over the weekend of  April 1-3.

Visitors told Optician that the show, as ever, provided a valuable opportunity to network with colleagues, meet with customers, view the latest frame launches, lenses, contact lenses, instruments, equipment, software, charities and services.

There was a consensus among visitors to the show that among its strongest elements were the workshops and CET lectures that promoted discussion on technological developments, including simulation-supported dispensing and demonstrations of the latest OCT machines.

The question that captured the imagination of attendees this year was: how will new technology affect the profession? And, of course, education, frame design and the UK exhibition scene were also hot talking points among this selection of attendees.