Simon Jones: New York state of mind

The necessity to provide a pre-departure negative Covid-19 test in order to enter the United States made the run up to Vision Expo East slightly more stressful than past trips and would probably have been enough to put a lot of people off making the journey.

As a result, the show looked and felt a little different this year, but the enthusiasm among delegates was still the same – overwhelmingly positive.

While dropping in on talks and presentations, I was struck at how engaged attendees were. They listened, asked questions, cheered and laughed, and it always felt like they were having a good time. Given the times we’re in, infectious is perhaps the wrong description, but it was.