COCOA BEACH, Fla. --The Professional Opticians of Florida (POF) and Jobson Optical Group presented a Rimless Symposium during POF’s Summer Showcase event last month. POF provides continuing education and professional growth opportunities for Florida opticians.

The Symposium was supported by an unrestricted grant from Seiko Eyewear and Santinelli International with additional support from Hilco. More than 200 optical professionals sat for a three-hour panel, lecture and interactive discussion of the rimless phenomenon and the details required to be more successful at rimless.

More than 200 opticians attended the Florida Rimless Symposium, held in conjunction with Professional Opticians of Florida. Rimless frame and lens materials, ordering and dispensing were detailed during the lecture/panel discussion.

Later, in a series of 90-minute workshops, participants edged, drilled, assembled and adjusted a variety of three-piece rimless eyewear. “Meetings like this are critical today to share the best of practice with optical professionals” said Mark Mattison-Shupnick, Jobson Optical Group’s manager, education and training, who led the Symposium, “Mixing a discussion of lens and frame materials, excitement about rimless, the selling techniques needed and a hands-on workshop allows us to address each participant’s need in detail.”

Seiko made frames and lenses available for purchase at a reduced rate so some participants could actually edge, drill and assemble a pair of three-piece rimless during the workshop. Hilco made available the new three-piece bracing plier to teach anxiety free rimless adjusting. A team from Santinelli explained drilling with the LessStress drill.

Another event will be held in the New York area in the fall. For more information on this event, call (800) 825-4696.

Santinelli’s Clark Smith(r), explains in-office drilling using the LessStress drill.	Symposium  leader Mark Mattison-Shupnick, in red shirt, explains a variety of ‘how-to’s’ to workshop participants. Forty-seven participants participated in the hands-on rimless workshops.