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  • Wednesday, Feb 28th
    12:30 PM – 2:30 PM EST
    500 - SECO Contact Lens Summit PART I: GPs, Sclerals and Hybrids for Presbyopia
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, Sidney Marcus Auditorium
    Moderator: Milton M. Hom, OD – Canyon City Eyecare
    Panelist: Ashley D. Wallace-Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS – Bellaire Family Eye Care/The Contact Lens Institute of Houston
    Panelist: Julie DeKinder, OD – UMSL College of Optometry
    Panelist: Joseph P. Shovlin, OD – Northeastern Eye Institute
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     CE Hours: 2
  • Wednesday, Feb 28th
    1:30 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    700 - Aniseikonia: The Problem, The Solutions
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 402
    Lecturer: Andrew S. Bruce, LDO, ABOM, NCLE-AC – ASB Opticianry Education Services
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     CE Hours: 2
  • Wednesday, Feb 28th
    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    701 - The Math Behind Common Optical Concepts: PART 1
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 402
    Lecturer: Andrew S. Bruce, LDO, ABOM, NCLE-AC – ASB Opticianry Education Services
    AOA PARAABONCLEAZ OPTFL OPTGA DISP OPTKY OPHTH DISPOPT NC-SPOPT NC-CLNV DISP OPTSC OPTTN OPT
     CE Hours: 1
  • Wednesday, Feb 28th
    3:30 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    501 - SECO Contact Lens Summit Part II: Solving the Unsolvable - CL Case Files
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, Sidney Marcus Auditorium
    Moderator: Ashley D. Wallace-Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS – Bellaire Family Eye Care/The Contact Lens Institute of Houston
    Panelist: Milton M. Hom, OD – Canyon City Eyecare
    Panelist: Julie DeKinder, OD – UMSL College of Optometry
    Panelist: Mile Brujic, OD – Premier Vision Group
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     CE Hours: 2
  • Wednesday, Feb 28th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    702 - The Math Behind Common Optical Concepts: PART 2
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 402
    Lecturer: Andrew S. Bruce, LDO, ABOM, NCLE-AC – ASB Opticianry Education Services
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     CE Hours: 1
  • Thursday, Feb 29th
    8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    727 - Managing the Effects of Unequal Refractive Errors
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 402
    Lecturer: Diane F. Drake, LDO, ABOM, NCLEM, FNAO – Diane F. Drake
    AOA PARAABONCLEAZ OPTFL OPTGA DISP OPTKY OPHTH DISPOPT NC-SPOPT NC-CLNV DISP OPTSC OPTTN OPT
     CE Hours: 2
  • Thursday, Feb 29th
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM EST
    801 - Red Eye Emergencies: What Do You See?
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 403
    Lecturer: Kris Kerestan Garbig, OD – Garbig Family Eye Care
    AOA PARANCLEGA DISP OPTKY OPHTH DISPOPT NC-CLNV DISP OPTSC OPTTN OPT
     CE Hours: 1
  • Thursday, Feb 29th
    2:15 PM – 4:15 PM EST
    706 - Principles of Visual Assessment for Opticians and Technicians
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 402
    Lecturer: Diane F. Drake, LDO, ABOM, NCLEM, FNAO – Diane F. Drake
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     CE Hours: 2
  • Thursday, Feb 29th
    4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EST
    61 - Keynote Session: Putting the Eye in AI - The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Optometry
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, Sidney Marcus Auditorium
    Lecturer: Carl Spear, OD, MBA – Essilor Luxottica
    Panelist: Naama Hammel, MD – Google
    Panelist: Jorge Cuadros, OD, PhD – University of California, Berkeley, Optometry/Vision Science
    Panelist: Walter Mayo, OD – SECO International
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     CE Hours: 2
  • Friday, Mar 1st
    7:30 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    301 - The Best Exhibit Hall Education
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, Exhibit Hall
    Lecturer: Lynn Eric Lawrence, Sr., MSOL, CPOT, ABOC, COA, OSC – See The Light Consulting
    AOA PARAABONCLEAZ OPTFL OPTGA DISP OPTKY OPHTH DISPOPT NC-SPOPT NC-CLNV DISP OPTSC OPTTN OPT
     CE Hours: 2
  • Friday, Mar 1st
    8:00 AM – 10:45 AM EST
    62 - Hot Topic Breakfast: Myopia Management in 2024
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, Sidney Marcus Auditorium
    Moderator: Julie DeKinder, OD – UMSL College of Optometry
    Panelist: April Jasper, OD, FAAO – Advanced Eyecare Specialist
    Panelist: Katherine K. Weise, OD, MBA, FAAO – University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry
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     CE Hours: 2
  • Friday, Mar 1st
    2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    304 - Hands-on Workshop: Scleral & Ortho-K Fitting
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, Surgical Pavilion 2
    Lecturer: Ashley D. Wallace-Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS – Bellaire Family Eye Care/The Contact Lens Institute of Houston
    Co-Lecturer: Milton M. Hom, OD – Canyon City Eyecare
    COPE-CLFL ODIL ODSC ODTX ODAOA PARANCLEAZ OPTFL OPTGA DISP OPTKY OPHTH DISPOPT NC-CLNV DISP OPTSC OPTTN OPT
     CE Hours: 2
  • Friday, Mar 1st
    2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    603 - Hands-on Workshop: Cow Eye Dissection
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 406/407
    Lecturer: Diane F. Drake, LDO, ABOM, NCLEM, FNAO – Diane F. Drake
    Co-Lecturer: Russ Tolar, ABOC – National Academy of Opticianry
    AOA PARAABONCLEAZ OPTFL OPTGA DISP OPTKY OPHTH DISPOPT NC-SPOPT NC-CLNV DISP OPTSC OPTTN OPT
     CE Hours: 2
  • Friday, Mar 1st
    5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST
    711 - General Session: AI, the End of the World as We Know It
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 411/412
    Moderator: Walter Mayo, OD – SECO International
    Panelist: Lynn Eric Lawrence, Sr., MSOL, CPOT, ABOC, COA, OSC – See The Light Consulting
    Panelist: Adam Parker, OD – Midlothian Eye Care
    Panelist: Minerva Maldonado, ABOC, NCLEC, LDO – Lenscrafters
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     CE Hours: 2
  • Saturday, Mar 2nd
    8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    604 - Hands-on Workshop: Introduction to Lensometry
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 406/407
    Lecturer: Thomas R. Neff, MA, LDO, ABO-AC, NCLE-AC – Hillsborough Community College
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     CE Hours: 2
  • Saturday, Mar 2nd
    12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EST
    715 - Power Optics of Magnification
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 402
    Lecturer: Phernell Walker, II, MBA, ABOM, LDO, NCLEC – Pure Optics, LLC
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     CE Hours: 1
  • Saturday, Mar 2nd
    12:30 PM – 2:30 PM EST
    605 - Hands-on Workshop: Advanced Lensometry & Prism
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 406/407
    Lecturer: Thomas R. Neff, MA, LDO, ABO-AC, NCLE-AC – Hillsborough Community College
    AOA PARAABONCLEAZ OPTFL OPTGA DISP OPTKY OPHTH DISPOPT NC-SPOPT NC-CLNV DISP OPTSC OPTTN OPT
     CE Hours: 2
  • Saturday, Mar 2nd
    4:45 PM – 5:45 PM EST
    718 - Binocular Vision and Prism
    Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 402
    Lecturer: Phernell Walker, II, MBA, ABOM, LDO, NCLEC – Pure Optics, LLC
    AOA PARAABONCLEAZ OPTFL OPTGA DISP OPTKY OPHTH DISPOPT NC-SPOPT NC-CLNV DISP OPTSC OPTTN OPT
     CE Hours: 1