The Student Expo ExperienceAnd Your Future

Who’s there and why do I care?

• Vision Expo East

• 23,000+ attendees

• 500+ exhibitors (over 5,000 brands)

• Vision Expo West

• 17,000+ attendees

• 400+ exhibitors (over 4,000 brands)

• Bigger…means more!• Events

• Networking

• Hands-on exploration (the fun stuff)

Size

Them Us

Student Benefits• Complimentary Programs (FREE)

• Exhibit hall admission

• Lunch program (SUNY student create the session)

• Parties/Networking Events

• Career connections

• Education (375+ hours)

• Learning side-by-side Optometry and Optician students

Your Future:FREE for new ODs (graduated 5 years or less), Young Opticians/Dispensers/Optical Staff (under 35) and

Young Industry Professionals (under 35)

GREAT CONNECTIONSThe YPC partners with companies and programs for this stage of your career, including financial and insurance programs and a career center with options to search for your next opportunity.

FUN & NETWORKINGFrom happy hours and bowling to dinners and supporting social causes – take party in exclusive member events at International Vision Expo East and West and around the country.

TIME SAVINGSThe industry knowledge you need to get ahead – minus the legwork – with subscriptions to Vision Voice and Eyecessorize and access to our Buying Groups and Consultants lists.

EDUCATION & REWARDS6 FREE hours of education and FREE exhibit hall entry at International Vision Expo East and West. Not to mention $25 in your pocket for referring your friends.

Students can signed up now and once graduated, will be automatically enrolled as a member. Program is sponsored by Allergan OPTOMETRY JUMPSTART®.

www.VisionExpo.com/YPC

Why should we go?

ODs

Education• Practice Management• Anterior Segment• Contact Lens featuring Global Contact Lens Spectrum• Glaucoma• Ocular Surface Disease and Wellness• Posterior Segment and Macular Degeneration• Ocular Wellness Symposium• Surgery

Exhibits• Medical & Scientific• Lenses & Processing Technology• Low Vision

Accomplish more in the same time!

What You Need to Know – VEE 2016

• Website: www.VisionExpoEast.com/students (don’t wait until the last minute to register!)• Vision Expo official hotels (deadline: March 24) – free shuttles to convention center• NECO and PCO Alumni Receptions• Registration Desk (Bring you Student ID to get your student badge)• Bring Business Cards (Through AOSA or CAOS)• Young Professionals Club Party (YPC members, optometry and optician students)

• Student Education Lunch Program (Sat. @ 12:30pm) mandatory to get a wristband• Professional Headshots, compliments of National Vision

• Saturday 11:00am – 4:00pm, with a break during the student education lunch program• International Vision Expo Resources

• Show Specials (Contest, giveaways, new products, celebrity appearances)• Travel and Entertainment discounts on hotels, airfare, car rentals, dining, and

entertainment• Printed directories/map• Plan your trip online with MyShowPlanner• Mobile App • Opt in for text updates

Save the Date

Exhibits Education2016 April 15-17 April 14-172017 March 31-April 2 March 30-April 22018 March 15-18 March 16-18

Exhibits Education2016 Sept 15-17 Sept 14-172017 Sept 14-16 Sept 13-162018 Sept 27-29 Sept 26-29

Thursday – Sunday Wednesday – Saturday

VisionExpoEast.com/StudentsTo Register:

CAO 35th Biennial Congress 2017

Biennual Optometric Conference for Canadian

optometrists and students

3 days of top-notch CE Speakers and Keynote

Lectures

Hands-on workshop during Optofair

Meet with classmates and colleagues

Talk to suppliers and get to know new, innovative

companies at Optofair

Congress Social Events

Cap off the Congress at the President’s Gala,

overlooking the Canal and Parliament Hill

Stay for Canada’s 150th birthday celebration on

July 1st!

June 28- June 30

Anaheim, California

Nov 9-12, 2016 (Wed – Sat)

Academy 2016 Anaheim

AAO

Registration opens on

May 23, 2016

What to Do?

1. Student Fellowship

2. Leadership InSight™ Program

3. Lectures and Workshops

4. Exhibit Hall

5. Student Networking Luncheon

Cost

1. Conference Registration Fee

2. Flight

3. Hotel

Travel Grants

Early Bird Regular Onsite

Student Member

$50 $75 $85

REGISTRATION FEE

Academy of Ophthalmic Education (AOE) Bi-Annual CE Seminar and Optifair Tradeshow

• April 23-24, 8am-5pm, Brampton, ON

• Speakers include: Dr. Mile Brujic OD, Dr. Dave Kading OD, Dr. Joseph Sowka OD, and Dr. Baseer Khan MD, OMD

• Lecture Topics: Glaucoma, Anterior Segment Disease, Retinal Disease

AOE April 23-24th Cont

• Cost for students: $70+HST per day (regular price $503.97)

• Price includes: Continental Breakfast, Buffet Lunch, Coffee/Refreshments throughout, admission to Optifair Trade Show (Sunday Apr 24th only)

College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) Canada Annual Conference

• Hosted with the AOE, May 28-29 2016 at the Lakeridge Health Oshawa LHEARN Centre, Oshawa, ON

• Interprofessional event for ODs and MDs

• The theme for day one is Visual Dysfunction and Learning Difficulties and the theme for day two is Concussion/mTBI: Importance of the Team

COVD Canada Annual Conference Cont

• Keynote Speakers: Dr. Eric Singman MD, PhD, Neuro-Ophthalmologist from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Patrick Quaid FCOVD, PhD from University of Toronto Sports Medicine and Guelph Vision Therapy Centre

• May 28/29 – 9am-4:30pm

• Cost for students: $100+HST per day (regular price is $665.57)

• Included in price: Continental Breakfast, Buffet Lunch, Free Parking, Coffee/refreshments

Who are they?The Vision Institute is a non-profit charitable optometry clinic & organization dedicated to excellence in specialized clinical services, eye health education and research. All donations and funds raised through their continuing education conferences and research programs support specialized clinical services to underserved communities and at-risk patient populations.

Dr. Chris Paul acts as the Executive Director of the Institute and is the main organizer of all the C.E. events. He works out of the Vision Institute Clinic located in Toronto and also served for ten years on the Council of the College of Optometrists of Ontario (COO), were he was the acting President from 2001 – 2003

2016 ConferencesAnnual Fall Conference & Trade Show: November 4th – 6th

Markham, Ontario at the Markham Hilton Suites Hotel and Conference Centre.

Northern Conference & Trade Show: May 28th – 29th

Sudbury, Ontario at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre

Annual Fall Conference & Trade Show: November 4th – 6th

Who: opened to 3rd & 4th year students

Topics: - Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders- Anterior Segment Disease & Management- Macular Carotenoids – Vision and Brian Function- New Research and Treatment in Convergence Insufficiency, Amblyopia and Strabismus

Keynote Key Speakers: - Tara Alvarez, PhD : Director of reaserch on the neural mechanism of Vision Therapy at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

- Lisa Renzi Hammond, PhD: founder of the University of Georgia’s Human Biofactor Laboratory, which studies the impact nutrition has on visual & cognitive functions.

Guest Speakers: Stephen Kraft, MD, Agnes Wong, MD, Patricia Modica, OD, Leonid Skorin, OD, Kelly Malloy, OD

*Lecture notes will be posted ahead of time on their website*

Annual Fall Conference & Trade Show: November 4th – 6th

UW Student Price: $250 for early registration (open until October 14th)

$300 on-site

Per-day options will also be available with early registration!

What’s Included: 20 hours of CE + buffet breakfast/lunch everyday + dinner on Sunday + entrance to the

Trade Show, Book Fair, Silent Auction, College of Optometrists of Ontario (COO) Town Hall Meeting.

Registration: opens in June – full form with lecture schedule will become available on their website

http://www.visioninstitute.optometry.net/PracticeTemplates/index.aspx?user_data_id=499&menu_id=553&aboutid=8397

Northern Conference & Trade Show: May 28th – 29th

Who: opened to 3rd & 4th year students

Topics: - The Functional Benefits of Adult Strabismus Surgery – It’s Never Just Cosmetic!- Functional Mechanisms of Neural Control in Convergence Insufficiency- Macular Carotenoids – Visual Function and the Brain - Eyes That Won’t Open – It’s Not What You’d Expect- Ocular Emergencies of the Anterior Segment- The Necessity of the Neuro-Retinal Rim- New Research in Amblyopia - The Power of the Pupil- Extreme Dermatology

Keynote Key Speakers: - Sarah MacIver, OD, FAAO: Our very own glaucoma expert! - Victor G. Spear, OD- Bernard Hurley, MD- Derek MacDonald, OD, FAAO

Northern Conference & Trade Show: May 28th – 29th

UW Student Price: currently there is no set student price!

What’s Included: 12 hours of CE + both days + lunch on Saturday + entrance to the Trade Show & Book Fair

Registration: open now! If any student are interested, they urged to contact one of the CAOS members and and we can help to arrange for suitable student pricing with Dr. Paul Chris.

CAOSTUDENTS.CA

http://caostudents.ca/conferences/

/CAOSACEO @CAOStudents

THANK YOU!