Opti cancelled - Mido 2021 Rescheduled for June 5 to June 7
Conferences and trade shows unfortunately have felt the sting of this coronavirus. Since people are unable to gather in any large numbers safely, we’ve seen every conference of convention either canceled, postponed, or radically altered to deal with COVID. From the Democratic and Republican conventions this summer to SXSW and Coachella, 2020 has been the year of staying home.
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Optical too has been impacted. 100% Optical and opti both took places as planned in January just as the Coronavirus was beginning to spread. By February, Milan became the European hotspot for COVID and MIDO was at first postponed and then canceled for 2020. So too was Vision Expo East in New York as the Javits Center was converted into a field hospital for the exploding number of cases in New York City in March. Luckily it wasn’t needed. As spring turned to summer we all had high hopes for Vision Expo West and SILMO in Paris, but those too had to be canceled or downsized due to the easy spread of COVID.
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Today, opti, scheduled for 2021 in Stuttgart instead of Munich and MIDO in Milan announced changes to their 2021 schedules. Opti elected to postpone their early January conference until 2022. MiDO postponed their early February conference to June 5-7, 2021.
MIDO, the 2nd major international optical event has been rescheduled.
Both shows, like the already postponed 100% Optical (May 8-10) and Vision Expo East (May 25-28) hope that at the very least, the warm weather will enable more outdoor events and fresh air indoors at their conferences and at the best, that several vaccines will be in wide enough circulation that participants and visitors will be able to congregate on planes, trains, and busy halls without fearing someone a few feet away of carrying the virus.
Mido 2021 Rescheduled for June 5 to June 7
Organizers of Mido 2021 announced that the annual international optical trade show is returning after a hiatus this year resulting from COVID-19 and is scheduled for June at Fiera Milano in Italy. The new dates represent a postponement of the previously announced February 2021 dates and a departure from the show's usual March dates.
Mido is the second major international optical event to announce a return to a live format since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, the Vision Council announced that Vision Expo East has been scheduled for May 25 to May 28 in New York City, two months later than its usual March timing.
“This was a sensible choice, driven by the aim to ensure exhibitors and visitors an exhibition offering peak international traffic potential and profitable business transactions”
New tradeshows’ dates
Here are the new dates as of October 13, 2020:
100% Optical May 8-10, 2021
Vision Expo East May 25-28, 2021
MIDO June 5-7, 2021
Opti January14-16, 2022
You can read more about what happened regarding Vision Expo East and 100% optical shows.
Written by S.B