opti – the international platform for optics & design from 31 January to 2 February 2025 in Munich – will once again focus on the topic of sustainability, one of the most important challenges of our time. Consequently, in its upcoming edition two sustainability prizes will be awarded, each endowed with earmarked prize money of 3,700 euros.
“With two opti SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS, opti is picking up on important industry developments and is now also promoting the next generation and their creative, unconventional ideas as a source of inspiration.’
opti 2025 introduces as a first the ‘opti SUSTAINABILITY YOUNGSTER AWARD’
This award is aimed at young people in the industry and their creative ideas in the field of sustainability. This prize offers students and trainees of the optical industry a playful space to present their projects. Invited to participate are all young people currently undergoing training in the industry or are enrolled on a degree programme in an ophthalmic optics discipline, such as students at universities and pupils at vocational or master schools and technical colleges. Anyone who would like to take part, will find all the necessary information on the opti homepage by clicking on the link below.
opti SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
The ‘2nd opti SUSTAINABILITY AWARD’ is a distinction for national and international opticians providing jury-convincing activities in terms of sustainability. Anyone working in the optical industry can apply; the necessary information can be found on the opti website via the below link.
Which projects and initiatives are eligible to apply?
Projects and initiatives relating to social, economic and ecological issues can be submitted, based on the three pillars of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in its Agenda 2030.
Criteria for the new opti SUSTAINABILITY YOUNGSTER AWARD
The criteria are deliberately set broader. Plausible, feasible concepts for sustainability projects and initiatives in the optical industry, such as climate-neutral behavior or diversity within the workforce and much more, may be submitted. To provide young applicants the opportunity to present their ideas in a creative and uncomplicated way, applications may be submitted in the form of video.
The opti SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
This award recognises relevant initiatives by optical enterprises, such as the sustainable design of business premises, which, for instance, successfully avoid microplastics or using alternative energy supplies.
Applications are accepted from now on until 20 November 2024.
Thereafter the jury will review the projects and initiatives submitted for both competitions and compile a shortlist. The jury is made up of active members of IG Nachhaltigkeit (Sustainability Association) who work in a wide variety of areas and are firmly integrated in the optical industry.
On the first day of opti, Friday, 31 January 2025, selected participants from both competitions will pitch their inspiring solutions live at the opti SUSTAINABILITY HUB. The award ceremony will take place immediately after the pitches.
Details of how to apply for both awards can be found online by clicking the link below. This section of the opti website also introduces the jury and their outstanding commitment. It also presents inspiring impulses for a comprehensive sustainability strategy within the optical industry.
Exhibitors interested in sponsoring are invited to apply with the opti trade fair team for both opti SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS in order to position themselves effectively on the international optics stage.
OPTI Munich 2025
31.01. – 02.02.2025
Fairground Munich, Germany
opti is the international trade show for optics & design which takes place annually as the industry kick-off in January in Munich, Germany.
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The show offers trade visitors the complete spectrum of ophthalmic products, from spectacle frames and lenses, contact lenses, refraction, diagnosis and low vision to shopfitting and technical equipment. opti is the order platform and the location for product premières by international market leaders and start-ups alike. The event was first held in 1998, and since 2008 has been organised by GHM Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen mbH.
‘We have found a wonderful mix of strong personalities who are all passionate about their optical work, their industry and their favourite trade show, opti! Strong personalities for a strong community! Look forward with us to the beaming faces that will accompany us from now until opti 2025.
With the further development of the WE ARE opti campaign 2024/2025, we want to express the unique atmosphere and further strengthen the sense of community within the optical industry – even outside the exhibition halls.’
As the annual kick-off for the optical industry, opti stands for knowledge exchange and innovation. But above all, it is the atmosphere at opti, the personal encounters and exchanges that make the trade fair something special – for international trade visitors and exhibitors alike. With the further development of the WE ARE opti campaign 2024/2025, we want to express the unique atmosphere and further strengthen the sense of community within the optical industry – also outside the exhibition halls.
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