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Orlando visitors looking for an over-the-top experience should check out a hot-air balloon ride at sunrise. Registration and housing for Optometry’s Meeting® is now open. For more information, visit www.optometrysmeeting.org.

From the Closing Breakfast Symposium to the Presidential Celebration, Saturday will be full of possibilities at Optometry’s Meeting® in Orlando, Fla.

Attendees can join Bausch + Lomb Pharmaceuticals for the Saturday Morning Breakfast Symposium from 6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. (Lecturers: R. Melton, O.D., and R. Thomas, O.D.)

The symposium will feature a full breakfast buffet and free continuing education.

This course will detail how to therapeutically intervene on behalf of patients affected with common ocular disorders. Register for #B301.

TLC Vision is providing an unrestricted educational grant for “Corneal Mapping A to Z,” course #3008, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Lecturers: M. Jones, O.D., and A. Morgenstern, O.D.)

Simplify the process of interpreting corneal maps: topographies, orbscans, pentacams, and wavescans.

The attendee will learn the secrets to understanding these devices and their displays.

Bausch + Lomb is providing an unrestricted educational grant for “‘Back to the Future’- New Technology in Contact Lens Practice,” course #3208, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Lecturer: E. Van Der Worp, O.D.)

The dynamics of contact lens practices are changing dramatically in the new millennium.

New technology is available to better respect the shape of the cornea, and wavefront aberrometry is a new method that can help provide patients with the best optical correction possible.

Primary Care Optometry News is providing an unrestricted educational grant for “Clinical Grand Rounds,” course #3408, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Lecturers: R. Melton, O.D., and R. Thomas, O.D.)

This course covers both common and not-so-common ocular disorders in a clinically practical manner.

An interactive approach is used to discuss diagnosis and management strategies involved with each case presentation.

The AOA Education Theater will feature “Protect Your Practice…Plan Your Future: A Member’s Guide to Insurance and Retirement,” course #T360, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Protecting your practice against unforeseen events and potential litigation while planning for a comfortable retirement has never been more challenging.

Today’s difficult times make it hard to know what steps to take to protect your livelihood and plan for tomorrow.

The AOA Insurance Committee and AOA endorsed providers will help guide members in the right direction in this timely program.

AMO is providing an unrestricted educational grant for “New Technologies in Cataract Surgery,” course #T334, in the Complete Refractive Solution Theater from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Lecturers: M. Bloomenstein, O.D.; J. Owen, O.D., MBA; and B. Tullo, O.D.)

This course is designed to offer optometrists insight into the premium cataract procedure.

It is designed for optometrists actively managing cataract patients due to the advanced subject matter covered.

This course will include live instruction and the opportunity to experiment with some of the new technologies available to patients and surgeons today.

The AOA Interactive Poster Session will be offered for continuing education credit from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Register for one hour (#PST1) or two hours (#PST2).

TLC Laser Eye Centers is also providing an unrestricted educational grant for “The Art of the Conversion,” course #3014, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. (Lecturers: J. Lehr, O.D., and J. Sturm, O.D.)

Use these tips and tricks to make the LASIK conversation fast and easy.

Increase your revenue without increasing your chair time.

Bausch + Lomb is providing an unrestricted educational grant for “Antioxi-dants and Human Vision,” course #3714, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Lecturer: S. Richer, O.D.)

Current U.S. government food recommendations call for five to 13 fruits and vegetables per day.

Because antioxidant-rich produce consumption is low, the American Medical Association recommends multivitamins for chronic disease prevention for the entire U.S. population, and in particular, aging adults. This course reviews the basics.

TLC Vision is providing an unrestricted educational grant for “Be a Control Freak for a Great Refractive Outcome,” course #3018, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Lecturer: A. Morgenstern, O.D.)

This one-hour course will show how to control the lids, lashes, and tear film to maximize the custom outcome.

The tear layer greatly affects the wavefront mapping and custom scans. Your time spent upfront will last a lifetime for the patient.

First Insight is providing an unrestricted educational grant for “The Paperless Optometric Practice—Myth or Reality,” course #3120, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Lecturer: P. Gross, O.D.)

This course presents the challenges the optometrist faces in creating the paperless optometric practice.

In addition, the management of special testing and images will be discussed with ways to provide better patient care.
After a day filled with valuable continuing education, attendees won’t want to miss comedians Frank Caliendo and John Pinette at the HOYA-sponsored Presidential Celebration from 7:45 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Following the performances, attendees will enjoy a dessert reception and private laser show.

Make sure attendees and guests are registered for #0380 for admission tickets.

Registration and housing for Optometry’s Meeting® is now open. For more information, visit www.optometrysmeeting.org.