NEW YORK—Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Alcon-sponsored Corporate Optometry Reports (COR) meeting hosted a crowd of industry executives and professionals representing leading optical groups in the Manhattan Skyline Ballroom of the Park Central Hotel. The Wednesday afternoon event began with a networking luncheon followed by an agenda filled with presentations of statistics and information related to business building for eyecare professionals.

In keeping with tradition, the half-day event got underway with Marge Axelrad, senior vice president/editorial director of Jobson Optical Group’s Vision Monday presenting an “Overview of the U.S. Optical Market.” The AOA’s Christopher Quinn, OD, followed with a discussion about many of the current contributions the professional organization is making for the optical community.

Alcon’s U.S. region president, Robert Warner, then spoke about the company’s “powerful mission to enhance the quality of life to help people see better.” Alcon’s U.S. Vision Care vice president/general manager, Eric Bruno followed with a moving discussion of how “all of us have dedicated our lives to helping people see better.”

“Inside the Numbers” with an emphasis on Air Optix Colors followed in a presentation by Alcon’s U.S. Vison Care head of strategic accounts, Dennis Kane.

Alcon’s head of U.S. Enterprise and Business Development, Ben Nobles then made a presentation asking “Does Strategy Really Matter?” The final COR speaker for the day, Joe Rappon, OD, MS, FAAO, Alcon’s global program head, discussed the process of innovation with references to the Google projects as part of Alcon’s $5 billion commitment to innovation.