Hong Kong Optical Fair Media Preview Next Thursday
Design Competition Award Winners will be Announced
15 October 2015 – HKTDC Hong Kong Optical Fair returns this year for its 23rd edition from 4 to 6 November at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Over 740 exhibitors from 24 countries and regions will gather in Hong Kong to showcase new and trendy eyewear and related products. A press conference on 22 October (Thursday) is organised to present fair highlights and industry trends.
Winners of the 17th Hong Kong Eyewear Design Competition will also be announced at the press conference. Under the theme “Cosmopolitan Glamour”, contestants from the Open Group and Student Group are challenged to integrate refined craftsmanship with elegant design. Competition winners will join industry representatives at the press conference, along with models parading the award-winning designs.
A range of eyewear from “Brand Name Gallery” of the Optical Fair will be exhibited at the press conference, including Google Glass, the latest collection from A Bathing Ape, sunglasses from Seesun – the Korean winner of the Red Dot Design Award –, the collaborated showpiece “Flower Dream” of ic! berlin with the futuristic designer, Shinpei Naito as well as the 3D printed eyewear by Morgenrot.
The fair will also host seminars and eyewear parades, with the 13th Hong Kong Optometric Conference being a focal point for industry representatives. Experts will shed light on important topics in optometry at the two-day conference (5-6 November).
We cordially invite you or your representative to attend the press conference. Details are as follows:
Date: 22 October 2015 (Thursday)
Time: 2:30pm-3:30pm
Venue: Wooloomooloo Prime, Level 21, The ONE, Tsim Sha Tsui
Hosts: Benjamin Chau, Deputy Executive Director, HKTDC
David Chow, President, Hong Kong Optical Manufacturers Association
Fair Website
Hong Kong Optical Fair: http://hkopticalfair.hktdc.com/
Media Enquiries
Please contact the HKTDC’s Communication & Public Affairs Department
Joe Kainz Tel: (852) 2584 4216 Email: joe.kainz@hktdc.org