Agenda-at-a-Glance

Wednesday, February 25, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
OD Breakfast Symposium
200
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Laser Physics, Hazards and Safety
300
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
When Drops Won't Do It: Oral Meds in Eyecare
500
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Laser Tissue Interactions
301
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
OD Lunch Symposium
201
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
10 Ways to Enrich Your Leadership Skills
400
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Intro to Therapeutic Lasers Workshop
302
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
SECO Contact Lens Summit - A Day in the Life of a CL Expert: Cases to Make You Laugh or Cry
501
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Promoting the Happiness Advantage in Your Office
401
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Contact Lens Summit Symposium
501S
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Gonioscopy: Interpretation & Advanced Techniques
303
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
7 Ways to Improve Your Culture
402
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Laser Therapy for the Open Angle Glaucomas: SLT and DSLT
304
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Hands-on Workshop - Cutting Edge Eye Care: A Showcase of New Technology
600
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
SECO Contact Lens Summit - The CL Journal Club
502
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Overcoming Burnout
403
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
OD/AHP Dinner Symposium
202
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Laser Therapy in Narrow Angles and Angle Closure LPI & ALPI
305
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Communication That Converts Patients to Customers
404
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Grand Rounds: Think Fast, Diagnose Faster
503
Thursday, February 26, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Drugs of the Future
100
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Floaters in Focus: Assessing Treatment of Vitreous Opacities
101
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
OD/AHP Myopia Hot Topic Breakfast Symposium
203
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
YAG Laser Capsulotomy Standard Techniques
306
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Special Session - The Fascinating Intersection of Genetics, Color Vision, & Modern Myopia Management
60
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
YAG Laser Capsulotomy Advanced Techniques (Ant Caps, Multifocal IOL’s, Capsular Bag Distension Syndrome, Silicone Oil
322
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
YAG Laser Vitreolysis/Laser Floater Removal
307
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Presbyopia Pharmaceuticals on the Horizon
103
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
The OTC Allergy Equation: Timing, Treatment, and Tailored Care
104
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Creating Dry Eye Protocols for Younger Generations
102
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Glaucoma Cross Examination
105
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Pupil Testing
700
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Grow Your Team, Grow Your Business
405
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Retina in Focus: Core Conditions and Cutting Edge Therapies
106
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
The Physics of Thinness: Understanding Lens Materials & Index
800
11:15 AM - 1:15 PM
11:15 AM - 1:15 PM
Hands-on Workshop - In-Office Surgical Procedures
601
11:15 AM - 1:15 PM
Facilitated Learning Lab - Pathways to Vision Therapy: Screening, Referring, and Supporting Your Patients
406
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
AHP Lunch Symposium
205
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
OD Lunch Symposium
204
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Laser Procedures Advanced Workshop
308
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Keynote - Eye Care Reimagined: The AI Advantage
61
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Staying Up to Date on New Eyecare Technology
701
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Principles of Visual Assessment for Opticians and Technicians
801
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Innovations in Diagnostic Tools and Technology
108
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Is it Real or No Big Deal?
109
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Prevention of Medical Errors within Eyecare
151
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Hands-on Workshop - Custom Solutions: Scleral and Ortho-K Lens Fitting
602
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Glaucoma Challenges: Real Cases, Real Decisions
110
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Seeing the Signs: The Diabetic Eye
107
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Facilitated Learning Lab - Strategic Team Building: Leading Growth Through Restructuring
407
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
What is Glaucoma
702
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Review and Final Exam
309
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
OD/AHP Dinner Symposium
206
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
Nutrition and The Eye From Front to Back
504
Friday, February 27, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Revolutionizing Cataract Care in an Office-Based Surgical Suite: How Can ODs Take Part in this New Paradigm Shift
128
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Corneal Ulcers from Z-A (Zoster to Acanthamoeba)
112
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Prescription for Perfection: The Science Behind a Great Rx
802
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Shedding Light: Managing Ocular Rosacea in Darker Skin Tones
111
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
AHP Hot Topic Breakfast Symposium
208
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
OD Dry Eye Hot Topic Breakfast Symposium
207
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Intro to Optometric Surgery, Consents, Surgical Instruments, and Asepsis
310
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Unleash Your PHA-BULOUS
803
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Special Session - The Tried, The True, & The New in Ocular Surface Disease
62
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hands-on Workshop - Lensometry: The Basics
804
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Review of Surgical Anatomy of the Ocular Adnexa and Eyelids
311
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cryosurgery for the Optometric Physician - PART I: Theory & Mechanics
182
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Eyelid Lesions: A Thorough Overview
312
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Hands-on Workshop - Making the Most of Aesthetics & Dry Eye: A Practical Workshop for Doctors of Optometry
603
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Iris Anatomy (demo; no pre-registration required)
170
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Color of Vision: How We See the World
805
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Made to Order: Custom Meds for the Cornea and Ocular Surface
113
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Making the Most Out of Patient History
703
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Power, The Perils, & The Potential of AI for ECPs
156
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Next Gen SLT: What, When, Where
114
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Optimizing OCT for Posterior Segment Pathology
117
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Diplopia Management
115
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Ditch the Sales Pitch: Educating Patients Without Feeling Like a Salesperson
408
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Hands-on Workshop - Lensometry: Advanced Concepts
806
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
YAG PI: How to Break the Block (demo; no pre-registration required)
171
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
Plateau Iris: Don't Let it Fool You (demo; no pre-registration required)
172
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
AHP Lunch Symposium
210
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
OD Lunch Symposium
209
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Performing Your First YAG Capsulotomy (demo; no pre-registration required)
173
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Managing Anterior Capsule Phimosis with YAG (demo; no pre-registration required)
174
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Solutions for Presbyopes
807
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Staff Retention Hacks: Develop and Delegate
409
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Why are You Buying Online?
704
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Office-based Local Anesthesia
313
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Florida Jurisprudence
123
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Vascular Disorders and Vision
120
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
AMD: How to Improve Outcomes and Prevent Blindness
118
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
From Slit Lamp to Superbill: Anterior Segment Cases in Focus
121
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lightning Rounds: Real Cases, Quick Calls
119
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Neuro-Optometric Management of Visual Snow Syndrome
122
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
NBEO Laser & Surgical Procedures Examination (LSPE®) Update (demo; no pre-registration required)
175
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Eyewear Catwalk Unleashed: The Fashion Forecast You’ll Love
821
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Radio Frequency Surgery, Chemical Cautery, Cryotherapy, Xanthelasma Treatment and Lesion Removals in Optometric Practice
314
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Cryosurgery for the Optometric Physician - PART II: Application & Technique
183
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Social Media for Optometry: What Works in 2026
410
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Chalazion Management
315
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Optics vs. Cosmetics
808
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
How Do I Protect My Doctor's Chair Time?
705
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sight Restored, Life Transformed: The Power of Modern IOLs
125
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
High Performance Sports Vision
127
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Botulinum Toxin Use in the Optometric Practice
316
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
All About Papilledema
124
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
What's New in Anterior Segment Surgery?
126
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
MIGs Update 2026
505
Saturday, February 28, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
How to Handle Non-Ocular In Office Emergencies
116
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Surgical Mythbusters
129
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Cones and Cross Linking
130
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
UV vs. Blue
809
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
AHP Hot Topic Breakfast Symposium: Conflict Management & Difficult Conversations for Optometric Staff
212
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
OD Glaucoma Hot Topic Breakfast Symposium
211
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
SECO Professional Opportunities Recruiting Fair
905
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
First Impressions to Lasting Loyalty: Customer Service by Role in the Optometric Office
810
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Intravitreal Injection Techniques and Applications
317
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Special Session - Contemporary Glaucoma Care
63
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
HOYA Basic Optics & Optician Training (BOOT Camp)
825
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Futures in Focus Breakfast Symposium
903
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Demystifying Myopia Management with Essilor Stellest: From Science to Chairside Success
820
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Video Grand Rounds & Surgical Concepts of Lesion Removal, Eyelid Biopsy, RF Trichiasis Treatment, Cyst Drainage, CCH treatment, Xanthelasma treatment, Plasma Pen for CCH and More
318
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Student Board Review SESSION 1: Systemic Health
900
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Optical Throwdown: Creative Display Challenge
822
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Interpreting the Biopsy Report - PART 1: Foundations for the Practicing Optometrist
180
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Hands-on Workshop - Laser Vitreolysis, Capsulotomy, & Trabeculoplasty
604
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Hands-on Workshop - Spectacle Measurements and How to Perform Them
811
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Student Board Review SESSION 2: Retina, Choroid, Vitreous
901
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Anterior Chamber Angle Anatomy (demo; no pre-registration required)
176
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations in the Perinatal Patient
134
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
What's in the Bottle? New Rx Therapies
131
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Don't Turn a Blind Eye: Incorporating Low Vision Into Everyday Practice
135
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Intro to Suturing & Lid everting Sutures for Entropion
319
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
High-Risk Medications and Neuro-Ophthalmic Challenges
132
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Outpatient Testing: I Can Order That!?!
133
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
AHP Lunch Symposium: Patient Buying Behaviors
213
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
SLT It’s Really Not That Hard! (demo; no pre-registration required)
177
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Futures in Focus Lunch Symposium
904
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
Eyelid and Andnexa Anatomy (demo; no pre-registration required)
178
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
First Impressions: Creating an Awesome Patient Experience
411
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
OD Lunch Symposium
214
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Visual Fields Testing and Common Defects for the Paraoptometric
706
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Tackling Troubleshooting
812
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Hands-on Workshop - What Makes Glasses Fit Correctly and How to Troubleshoot
813
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Emergent Canthotomy and Cantholysis (demo; no pre-registration required)
179
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Student Board Review SESSION 3: Glaucoma Rapid Fire Roundup
902
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Drive Value in Your Practice
412
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Suture Techniques Lab
320
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Fraud & Embezzlement: What Every Optometry Practice Should Be Thinking About
155
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Clinical DEWS & Don'ts in Dry Eye
138
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
AI Then & Now: A Clinical and Diagnostic Perspective
137
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Anterior Segment Lasers for the Optometric Physician
139
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
I'm New and Don’t Know What to Do
707
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Giant Cell Arteritis and the Imposters
136
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lens Fabrication: How Lenses are Made
814
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Hands-on Workshop - Sports and Performance Vision
605
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Interpreting the Biopsy Report - Part 2: Advanced Histopathology and Clinical Decision-Making for Optometrists
181
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
SECO Showdown: Optometry Edition
906
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Lab Rotations
321
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Reputation Management and Online Reviews
413
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Technician and AI
708
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Futures in Focus VIP Networking Event
916
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Boat Anchors, Devices or Toys?  Pathways to Dry Eye Success
141
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
My Top 20 Neuro Rules
140
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Eye to Eye With Melton and Thomas
142
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Master Opticianry: Mastery of Ophthalmic Lens Theory and Math
815
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Opioids in Eye Care
145
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Back of the Eye, Bottom Line: Posterior Cases and Billing Pearls
144
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Grand Rounds: Systemic Etiologies
143
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
What Every Optician and Tech Needs to Know About Ocular Emergencies
709
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Scheduling for Profitability
414
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
In The Trenches: Managing Geographic Atrophy
506
Sunday, March 1, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Oral Pharmaceuticals in Eye Care
147
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Oculomics: Hidden Narratives to Systemic Disease from a Comprehensive Eye Exam
816
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Chasing the “Benjamins”: Billing & Coding Bootcamp 2026 
415
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Intersection of GLP-1 Therapy and Ocular Health: What Clinicians Need to Know
148
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Influence of Light and Vision
817
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
AI Bootcamp: The Basics
416
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Understanding Medications, Supplements, and Their Impact on Eye Health
149
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
An Overview of Ophthalmic Optics
818
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
AI Bootcamp: Advanced Concepts and Practical Use
417
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Georgia Opticianry Laws & Rules
819
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Second to None: A Deep Dive into Secondary Glaucomas
150