VM EVENTS: VM Summit VM 2013 Global Leadership Summit Slideshow By Staff Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:30 PM NEW YORK—Nearly 400 executives from the ECP, retail, insurance, product and lab arenas attended Vision Monday’s 7th annual Global Leadership Summit here on Wednesday. The daylong event at The New York Times Center featured a comprehensive program emphasizing creativity and invention and shone the spotlight on a range of ideas, trends and developments poised to impact the optical business. In keeping with his tradition of surprising the audience at the start of Vision Monday’s Global Leadership Summit, Jobson Medical Information CEO Marc Ferrara walked out onto the stage at the seventh annual event wearing a casual outfit of black jeans, an untucked shirt and black Converse sneakers. Stepping out in this unexpected departure from “business attire” to illustrate the Summit’s theme of “Imagination-Invention, Succeeding in a Culture of Change,” he invited the audience to “challenge the expectations that rule the day and set the boundaries of your business.” Fitting the Imagination-Invention theme, the premier sponsors of this year’ s event were Adlens and Essilor. Signature sponsors were Luxottica and VSP Global and Supporting Sponsors were Alcon, CareCredit, DAC Vision, and International Vision Expo. 1/28 VM Summit 2013 » Fast Company's Robert Safian closed out the day with his keynote speech. VM Summit 2013 » Jobson's Marc Ferrara welcomes the attendees to the Summit. VM Summit 2013 » The Summit was a sold-out event attracting nearly 400 attendees. VM Summit 2013 » Howard Purcell, Essilor of America, addressed the Summit audience about threats to independent optometry. VM Summit 2013 » Preparing for the start of the Summit, Mike Ferrara, Adlens (l) and Jobson Information Services Group's Marc Ferrara. VM Summit 2013 » VSP Global's Kate Renwick-Espinosa with VSP's Dave Plevyak. VM Summit 2013 » (L to R) David Plogmann, Luxottica Retail with The Vision Council's Ed Greene and Rene Shephard. VM Summit 2013 » AOAExcel's Karen Bergfeld and Alcon's Dwight Akerman, OD. VM Summit 2013 » CareCredit's Randy Baldwin with Jennifer Buildt. VM Summit 2013 » (L to R) Matt Swartz, Essilor of America; Bill Clove, Essilor; David Golden, OD; Golden Optometric; and Steve Bailey, Essilor of America get ready for the start of the Summit. VM Summit 2013 » (L to R) Viva was represented by Barry Jones; Kelly O'Gady; Jan Cory; Dawn Fischer; Celina Huizar-Fouts; Robert Scott; and Martin Seebacher. VM Summit 2013 » (L to R) Leo MacCanna, Ocuco; Gordon Bishop, Sunland Optical; and Janet Johnson, Ocuco. VM Summit 2013 » Ed Zajac, Alcon (l) and Gary Gerber, OD, The Power Practice. VM Summit 2013 » Barry Baressi, AOA (l) and Ed Greene, the Vision Council. VM Summit 2013 » Jobson's Marge Axelrad makes her opening remarks and introduces the day's speakers. VM Summit 2013 » Real Goulet, Essilor Labs of America (l) and Raanan Naftolovich, Shamir. VM Summit 2013 » Essilor's Rod Tahran, (l) and Jean-Felix Biosse Duplan. VM Summit 2013 » Kate Reid, VSP (l) and Alan Yuster, PFO Global. VM Summit 2013 » Joe Donahue, Carl Zeiss Vision (l), with Julie King, Walmart. VM Summit 2013 » (L to R) Transitions Optical Larissa Bryan, Dave Cole and John Ligas. VM Summit 2013 » (L to R) Costco's Art Salas and Denis Mogil, with National Vision's Angela Lehmkuhle. VM Summit 2013 » American Optical Services Pierre Keyser (l) and Mark Mialon flank Essilor's Tim Spencer. VM Summit 2013 » Speakers (L to R) Ami Dror, Xpand; Kevin Rankin, eSight Corp.; Keith Thompson, MD, DigitalVision Systems; and Kip Fyfe, 4iiii Innovations Inc. VM Summit 2013 » Marchon's Mark Ginsberg and Leslie Muller. VM Summit 2013 » (L to R) Michaela Hllucha, Adlens; Gerard Santinelli, Santinelli International; Reade Fahs, National Vision; and Alan Yuster, PFO Global. VM Summit 2013 » SUNY College of Optometry's David Heath, OD and Richard Soden, OD. VM Summit 2013 » James Galinsky, Zyloware (l) with Kaiser Permanente's Steve Levenson. VM Summit 2013 » Jack Schaeffer, OD, Schaeffer Eye Associates (l) with Jonathan Rosin, MD, Rosin Eyecare.