SCENE + HEARD: Shows Show Daily Shots for Oct. 2: CE Program, Booth Setup, Special Events By Staff Thursday, October 3, 2013 4:48 PM RELATED CONTENT 25 Years and Counting—A Look Back at Vision Expo West Vision Expo West Sets the Stage for Optical Industry Honors Party Time at Vision Expo West 2013 With a Nod to the Past, Show Organizers See a Bright Future Show Daily for October 5, 2013 VM’s dba LIVE Event Explores Technological Advances in Optical Retailing Show Daily for October 4, 2013 Vision Expo West Gets the 'Party' Started Show Daily for October 3, 2013 Robust Continuing Education Program Continues to Deliver For a look at what happened in the classrooms, in the exhibit hall and more, view the slideshow below. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Jeff Johnson, OD, RW Baird (l) and Jim Murphy, U.S. Vision Care, Alcon at the Corporate Optometry Reports Meeting. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » (L to R) Steven A. Loomis, OD, FAAO, American Optometric Association; Carl Spear, OD, FAAO, Alcon; and Maria Barnwell, Essilor at the Corporate Optometry Reports Meeting. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » (L to R) Dean Butler, Michael Ferrara, Graeme Mackenzie, OD, and Rob Stevens, PhD, all of Adlens, the sponsor of Vision Monday's dba Live event, with Marc Ferrara of Jobson Information Services. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » The Vision Monday dba Live event, Technology Reinvents the Retail Experience, speakers (l to r) Barbara Barclay, Tobii Technology; John Bonizio, Metro Optics; Brian Chou, OD, EyeLux Optometry; and Joe Pflanz, LensCrafters. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » (L to R) VSP's Dede Neifert, Caryn Ng and Ed Buffington attend the Vision Monday dba Live event. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Swing Fore Sight committee co-chair Rick Elias (l), PPG/Transitions Optical, and Prevent Blindness America's Hugh Parry kick-off the PBA Swing Fore Sight golf outing. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » (L to R) Prevent Blindness America Swing Fore Sight committee honorary co-chair, Dave Pierson, Refac and committee co-chairs Mike Daley, The Vision Council and Rick Elias, PPG/Transitions Optical, welcome golfers prior to tee-off. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Eyefinity's president Steve Baker introduced the third annual Eyefinity Focus event. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Dr. Steve Bedwell (c) engaged the audience in his keynote presentation at the Eyefinity Focus event. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » It's all systems go at VM's Eye2 Zone exhibit. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » (L to R) Hoya's Thomas Gosling, OD; Heather Padgett; and Ron Barnes get ready for the show. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » (L to R) A&A Optical's Debbie Estapa; Madeline Glenn; and Stephen Lewis put the finishing touches on the booth. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Timm Parker of Viva gets the booth in shape for the show. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Pulling out product at the ClearVision booth is Colleen Clark. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Susan Lopez sets up the Adlens display. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Showing how Crizal Preventia eliminates blue light is Theresa Duncan with the light spectrum in the Essilor booth. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Sheryl Ingravallo with the VSP Optics Groups folds new cleaning cloths for the opening of VEW. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Putting the finishing touches on the AES 2200 robotic finishing system are (l to r) Frank Balestra, Gustavo Menchaca and Steve Swalgen of Santinelli International. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Jane Harrison polishes up one of the displays in the Transitions booth. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Heinz Pichler displays the exact same Adidas frame used in the booth imagery. Vision Expo West 2013 Show Shots: Day 1 » Setting up the LMS system on the Modulo unit are Thomas Hueber (l) and Anton Weimer.