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  • For Audience: OD = Optometrists / AHP = Allied Healthcare Professionals, Opticians, Paraoptometrics, Technicians and Practice Administrators

    • 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
      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 - SLT It’s really not that hard! (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 - Better with a Laser Lens or Without? (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 - Pharmaceutical Considerations in Anterior Segment Surgery (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 - Emergent Canthotomy and Cantholysis (no pre-registration required)
    • 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM EST
      SASP4 - Performing your first YAG Capsulotomy (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
    • 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
      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
      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 - Corneal Procedures Survival Kit (no pre-registration required)
    • 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM EST
      Student Board Review Study Group: Systemic Pharmacology
    • 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM EST
      SASP6 - Co-management of Anterior Segment Laser Therapies (no pre-registration required)
    • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM EST
      Student Board Review Study Group: Systemic Health
    • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM EST
      721 - My Last Nerve: Ophthalmic Nerves Anatomy
    • 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM EST
      SASP9 - NBEO Laser & Surgical Procedures Examination (LSPE®) Update (no pre-registration required)
    • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
      611 - Laser Review and Final Exam
    • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM EST
      Student Board Review Study Group: Pharma & Anterior Seg. & Lunch
    • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM EST
      310 - OD Lunch Symposium - Saturday
    • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM EST
      311 - AHP Lunch Symposium - Saturday
    • 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM EST
      SASP8 - YAG PI how to break the block (no pre-registration required)
    • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
      Student Board Review Study Group: Retina & Vitreous
    • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
      Optometric Career Options—Employee, Buy, Partner, Open Cold?
    • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
      The Next Level In Multiple Frame Sales - Eyewear Wardrobes
    • 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
      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 – 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
      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
    • 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