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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, February 26, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EST
    301 - OD Breakfast Symposium - Wednesday
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    101 - Mitigating Malpractice: A Comprehensive Guide for Optometrists
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    302 - OD Lunch Symposium - Wednesday
  • 12:15 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    401 - The Art of Delegation
  • 12:15 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    501 - SECO Contact Lens Summit Part I - The Business of Contact Lenses: Boosting Practice Growth, Patient Satisfaction, and Profits
  • 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM EST
    500S - Contact Lens Summit Symposium
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
    402 - Navigating Leadership Challenges in Your Practice
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    502 - SECO Contact Lens Summit Part II - Defeating Dropouts: Optimizing Contact Lenses for Ongoing Success
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    403 - The Importance and Value of Joining Study Groups
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    303 - OD/AHP Dinner Symposium - Wednesday
  • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EST
    104 - Anterior Uveitis: An Organized Approach to Diagnosis and Management
  • Thursday, February 27, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    105 - From Retinal Findings to Systemic Diagnosis
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    106 - Beyond MS: Identifying Atypical Optic Neuritis
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    404 - Facilitated Learning Lab - Coaching Strategies to Develop Your Dream Team!
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    701 - Difficult People: The New Normal, How to Navigate It While Maintaining Your Sanity
  • 8:00 AM - 10:45 AM EST
    60 - Hot Topic Breakfast - The Future of Glaucoma Management: Perspectives from Leading Experts
  • 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    405 - Team Investment: Why Should I Invest in People if They're Just Going to Leave?
  • 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    601 - Laser Physics
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    107 - Focus on the Lids for OSD Success
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    108 - Retinal Vascular Disease: From Pathology to Practice
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    109 - Decoding Disc Edema
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    110 - Ocular Emergency & Trauma Grand Rounds
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    111 - Scleral Lens Fitting from Start to Finish
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    112 - FL Jurisprudence
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    702 - Balancing Prism
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    703 - The Technician's Role in Helping Patients Understand Dry Eye Disease
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    406 - Be the Team Member You Wish You Worked With
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM EST
    602 - Laser Tissue Interactions
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM EST
    304 - OD Lunch Symposium - Thursday
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM EST
    305 - AHP Lunch Symposium - Thursday
  • 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM EST
    603 - Gonioscopy
  • 1:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    61 - Keynote Session - Expansion of Eyecare: What's New and What's Next?
  • 1:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    704 - The Dynamics of Lens Power
  • 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    113 - Ocular Health Complications in TBI
  • 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    114 - The Challenges of the Cornea
  • 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    115 - Posterior Segment Manifestations of Systemic Disease
  • 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    116 - Nutrition & Disease: Causes & Cures
  • 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    117 - FL Medical Errors
  • 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    407 - Think Like a CEO: Making Your Business More Profitable
  • 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    408 - Facilitated Learning Lab - Frame Board Merchandising
  • 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    604 - Introduction to Lasers Workshop
  • 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    705 - How Wrap, Vertex, Tilt, and Lens Materials Impact Vision
  • 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    706 - A Look From Behind The Slit Lamp: A Virtual Experience
  • 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM EST
    306 - OD/AHP Dinner Symposium - Thursday
  • 6:45 PM - 7:45 PM EST
    119 - Modern Management of Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Friday, February 28, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    120 - Lutein for Eye-Brain Health
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    121 - Go for Glaucoma
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    122 - Ordering and Interpreting Blood Labs
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    605 - Laser Therapy in Narrow Angles and Angle Closure: LPI & ALPI
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    606 - YAG Capsulotomy & Managing Laser Complications
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    801 - Hands-on Workshop - Lensometry: The Basics
  • 8:00 AM - 10:45 AM EST
    62 - Hot Topic Breakfast - The Future of Myopia Management: Perspectives from Leading Experts
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EST
    730 - Increase Profit Margins and Quality of Life Through Independent and Luxury Brands
  • 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    708 - MBA Methods to Frame Inventory Management
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    201 - Scleral Lens Fitting Workshop
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    202 - SECO Super Showcase Workshop: The Forefront of Anterior Segment Technology
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    802 - Hands-on Workshop - Lensometry: Advanced Concepts
  • 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM EST
    SASP1 - Iris Anatomy (no pre-registration required)
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    123 - Neurodegeneration: Risk Factors, Prognosis and Prevention
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    124 - Screen, Detect, Crosslink
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    125 - Ocular Disease Myths Shattered
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    126 - Vision's Role in Reading and Dyslexia
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    127 - Neuroimaging 101: MRI
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    128 - Tackling Toxic Maculopathy
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    410 - Your Frame Markup is Limiting Your Profitability
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    708 - Analyzing Chromatic Aberrations: Does it Affect Vision
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    710 - How the Eye Works: Anatomy & Physiology
  • 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM EST
    SASP2 - YAG PI how to break the block (no pre-registration required)
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM EST
    307 - OD Lunch Symposium - Friday
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM EST
    308 - AHP Lunch Symposium - Friday
  • 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM EST
    SASP3 - Plateau Iris: Don't Let It Fool You (no pre-registration required)
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    129 - Autoimmune Disease & the Eye
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    130 - Managing Glaucoma: From the Classics to the Conundrums
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    131 - All About the OCT
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    132 - Oral Meds in Eyecare: A New Vision?
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    133 - What's Behind the Pink Eye?
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    203 - SECO Super Showcase Workshop: Powering the Posterior Segment
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    204 - Aesthetics Workshop
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    316 - Money Matters: Mastering Student Debt and Financial Wellness for Optometrists
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    411 - Does Your Digital Presence Tell Your Story
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    412 - Facilitated Learning Lab - Staff Hiring + Engagement = Motivation & Retention
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    607 - Laser Therapy for the Open Angle Glaucomas: ALT & SLT
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    711 - Principles of Visual Assessment for Opticians and Technicians
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    712 - Ocular Emergency and Urgency Triage
  • 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM EST
    SASP5 - Performing Your First YAG Capsulotomy (no pre-registration required)
  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM EST
    SASP4 - NBEO Laser & Surgical Procedures Examination (LSPE®) Update (no pre-registration required)
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
    713 - Setting Realistic Benchmarks and Goals
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    134 - Anti-VEGF & the Eye: Past, Present, & Future
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    135 - Are You Okay? Recognizing Warning Signs of Mental Illness
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    136 - Neuro Grand Rounds: Some of My Favorite Cases
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    137 - Cornea Potpourri
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    138 - Concussion Management: What to Do and When to Refer
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    414 - No Thanks. I’ve Got My Prescription. Bye.
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    608 - Medico-Legal Aspects of Laser Procedures: A Panel Discussion
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    714 - I’m a Presbyope, What Now?
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    715 - The Nuts and Bolts of Brain Injury for Opticians and Technicians
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST
    139 - Refractive Cataract Surgery: Raising the Expectations
  • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST
    732 - Transitions Certified Live Dinner
  • Saturday, March 1, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    140 - Optometrist’s Guide to Headaches
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    141 - Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: Prescribing for Pregnant Patients
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    716 - Lensometry for Opticians and Technicians
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    717 - What You Should Know Before Administering Medication
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    609 - Laser Therapy Workshop Part 1: YAG cap and LPI
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    718 - Career Essentials: Insider Hacks Every Optician Needs to Succeed
  • 8:00 AM - 10:45 AM EST
    63 - Hot Topic Breakfast - The Future of Dry Eye Management: Perspectives from Leading Experts
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM EST
    904 - Student Board Review Study Group: Optics & Breakfast
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    610 - Laser Therapy Workshop Part 2: SLT and Gonio
  • 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM EST
    905 - Student Board Review Study Group: Ocular Pharmacology
  • 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    719 - Pre-Screening Techniques That Work
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    142 - Demystifying the Anterior Segment: Separating Fact From Fiction
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    143 - Get the Most from Your OCT
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    144 - Cutting Edge Cataract Surgery: What You Need to Know
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    145 - Prescribing Opiates to Manage Ocular Pain
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    146 - Understanding Brain Injuries in the Primary Eye Care Setting
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    147 - Lenses, Lasers, Light: Take Aways From Challenging Cases
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    205 - Aesthetics Workshop
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    415 - How to Embrace and Implement Change
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    720 - Here’s the Spectacles (Problem), Give Me the Solution
  • 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    803 - Hands-on Workshop - Frame Adjustment
  • 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM EST
    SASP7 - Anterior Chamber Angle Anatomy (no pre-registration required)
  • 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    906 - Student Board Review Study Group: Systemic Pharmacology
  • 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM EST
    SASP6 - SLT It’s Really Not That Hard! (no pre-registration required)d)
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    721 - My Last Nerve: Ophthalmic Nerves Anatomy
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    907 - Student Board Review Study Group: Systemic Health
  • 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM EST
    SASP9 - Eyelid and Adnexa Anatomy (no pre-registration required)
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
    611 - Laser Review and Final Exam
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM EST
    310 - OD Lunch Symposium - Saturday
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM EST
    311 - AHP Lunch Symposium - Saturday
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM EST
    908 - Student Board Review Study Group: Pharma & Anterior Seg. & Lunch
  • 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM EST
    SASP8 - Emergent Canthotomy and Cantholysis (no pre-registration required)
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    909 - Student Board Review Study Group: Retina & Vitreous
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    148 - Now You’re Speaking my Language: Overcoming Challenging Language Barriers in Optometric Practice
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    149 - Retinal Roundup: Cases You Will See!
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    150 - The WEIGHT is Over: New Guidelines Help Optometrists Modify Plaquenil Risk
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    151 - Clinical Lessons I Live By
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    152 - Low Vision for the Primary Care Optometrist
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    315 - Optometric Career Options—Employee, Buy, Partner, Open Cold?
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    416 - Understanding Complacency and Quiet Quitting and What To Do About It
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    722 - AI vs the Optician: Fact or Fiction
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    723 - Put A Lid On It: Anatomy of The Technicians Role in Ocular Lids
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    731 - The Next Level In Multiple Frame Sales - Eyewear Wardrobes
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    206 - Laser Workshop
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    207 - Lid/Corneal Procedures & Injectables Workshop
  • 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM EST
    SASP10 - Cryosurgery for the Optometric Surgeon (no pre-registration required)
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    910 - Student Board Review Study Group: Optic Nerve & Neuro-Ophthalmic Pathways
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    724 - What Does World Class Service Mean to Your Young Employees and Customers
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    911 - SECO Showdown: Optometry Edition
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
    418 - Elevating the Patient Care Experience Through Technology and AI
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    64 - Special Session - Interventional Glaucoma: Empowering Optometry
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    725 - What is Binocular Vision and What Affects It?
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    804 - Hands-on Workshop - Cow Eye Dissection
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    419 - Just Ship It: Don’t Let Perfect Get in the Way of Getting Things Done
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST
    153 - Keeping an Eye on AI-Disease Screening and Diagnosis Options
  • Sunday, March 2, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EST
    154 - Wake the Health Up! Impacts of Diet & Nutrition on Ocular & Systemic Diseases
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    421 - Artificial Intelligence Workshop: Basic Practical Applications
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    726 - Professor Abbe: What Does It Teach Us?
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    155 - Don’t Fear the Optic Nerve: A Review of the Optic Neuropathies
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    420 - Billing and Coding Bootcamp 2025
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    727 - Identifying Ophthalmic Lenses Without a Lensometer
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    422 - Artificial Intelligence Workshop: Advanced Practical Applications
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    156 - AMD: Hope on the Horizon
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    728 - What Are All These Abbreviations & Acronyms
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
    157 - Injecting Injections into Your Practice
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
    729 - Georgia Opticianry Laws & Rules