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Innovative Education

Gain Innovative Optometric Education

Optometry’s Meeting® delivers a premier, industry-recognized continuing education (CE) and professional development program for optometrists, paraoptometric professionals and optometry students that not only satisfies your board and accreditation needs but also aligns the profession with optometry’s advancing scope of practice nationwide.

Impactful Networking

Connect, Grow Your Professional Network

Optometry’s Meeting is more than the annual conference of AOA and AOSA members—it’s a broad community of optometry professionals and industry thought-leaders from across the eye care community dedicated to keeping you at the forefront of eye health and vision care. Build your network, advance your career or get involved at Optometry's Meeting.

Advancing Optometry

Advance Optometric Care Nationwide

Optometry’s Meeting unites the profession’s leaders to advance optometry through innovative CE, powerful collaborations and strategic partnerships, as well as practice solutions, business services and resources that empower doctors of optometry and paraoptometric staff to deliver quality, primary eye health and vision care in your communities.



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Visit the AOA Focus content hub to see all the news and updates originating from the profession's premier annual event: Optometry's Meeting in Minneapolis. Use the hashtag #OptometrysMeeting to join the conversation on social media or engage with meeting attendees.
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💡Industry innovators cast vision for eye care

AOA Innovation Hub, June 24-25

Leading industry, clinical and research innovators, as well as forward-thinking doctors of optometry at the brand-new AOA Innovation Hub, June 24-25, in Minneapolis, shared their vision for optometry's next horizon. From cutting-edge advancements in AI, diagnostics and emerging therapies, pipeline innovations stand to shape the future of optometry—and  shape tomorrow's eye care. 

Keep reading about the panel sessions from the inaugural AOA Innovation Hub at the AOA Focus content hub below.

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About the Valley of the Sun | Phoenix, Arizona

Called "The Valley of the Sun" for its picturesque, desert landscape in the Salt River valley (and its abundant sunshine), Phoenix offers a striking fusion of Sonoran Desert beauty and metropolitan vibrancy. Beyond the iconic saguaros and breathtaking mountain preserves are hundreds of miles of trails perfect for hiking, biking, and exploring, all leading to a thriving arts and culture scene, world-class resorts and spas, award-winning Southwestern cuisine, and more. See what you can expect from Phoenix, the host city for Optometry's Meeting 2026.

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2026 Call for Courses now open

The AOA is now accepting submissions for continuing education courses offered at Optometry's Meeting 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. Lecture and workshop courses may be submitted online by July 20, 2025, using the link below.

5 reasons why your colleagues choose Optometry's Meeting

Whether optometrists, paraoptometric office staff or technicians, optometry students, industry and affiliate leaders, or exhibitors, Optometry's Meeting attracts a wide range of attendees from across the eye health and vision care industry. All find value in the profession's premier meeting for a number of reasons, but here are the top five reasons surveys show attendees choose Optometry's Meeting for their annual conference.

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