Price
$500.00
Member Price
$200.00
2025 Lab Leadership Forum
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Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel in Addison, TX
The Lab Leadership Forum Comes to Dallas in 2025!
The Vision Council is excited to invite you to the Lab Leadership Forum in Dallas, TX on April 24-25, 2025. Join us for two days of insightful discussions, networking, and collaboration with industry executives.
This exclusive event is tailored specifically to The Vision Council’s optical laboratory members and offers a comprehensive agenda aimed at fostering professional growth, innovation, and collaboration among industry executives.
Agenda
The Lab Leadership Forum will provide education geared toward The Vision Council’s lab members. This event will also provide you with a unique opportunity to connect and network with colleagues in the optical industry.
| Date/Time | Event | Location |
| Thursday, April 24 | ||
| 6-7 pm | Welcome Reception | Gazebo Court |
| 7-9 pm | Dinner & Goodfellow Awards Presentation | Garden Court III |
| Friday, April 25 | ||
| 7-8 am | Networking Breakfast | Garden Court III |
| 8-9 am | Regulatory Issues Update-EPA, PFAS, etc. | Malachite |
| 9-10 am | Economics for Labs/Lab Pressures | Malachite |
| 10-10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:15-11 am | Industry 4.0 – Introduction and What’s Brewing | Malachite |
| 11 am-12 pm | “Morning Wrap” – Open Forum Discussion | Malachite |
| 12-1:15 pm | Networking Lunch | Garden Court III |
| 1:15-2 pm | How to Market Your Lab | Malachite |
| 2-2:45 pm | Open Discussion | Malachite |
| 2:45-3 pm | Break | |
| 3-4 pm | Keynote: Psychological Safety in the Workplace | Malachite |
| 4 pm | Wrap up and Closing Words of Encouragement | Malachite |
Download a pdf of the agenda here.
Accommodations
The Vision Council is excited to host the Lab Leadership Forum at the Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel in Addison, TX. A special room rate per room per night has been negotiated.
To reserve your room using the Lab Leadership Forum rate, click here.
Reservations must be made on or before April 2 using the link above to be eligible for the group rate. Reservations made after the cutoff will be based on availability at then current rates.
Sponsors
The Vision Council is grateful to our generous sponsors at this year’s Lab Leadership Forum. Their contributions help ensure the event will continue to be a huge success!
OCUCO
HOYA
Schneider
Younger Optics/IOT
Horizons
Artisan Lab Network
If you have questions, please contact Michael Vitale, Vice President; Membership, Government Relations & Technical Affairs, at mvitale@thevisioncouncil.org.