THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2023
Registration Desk Open: 3:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Exhibitor Installation: 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM Charity Networking Event and Golf Tournament (separate registration required)
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Live Well – TBD
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Play UP, Play ON – Meet & Greet Social
5:40 PM – 5:50 PM Welcome / Opening Session / Meeting Kick-off
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CME Spotlight Dinner Session
7:15 PM – 8:30 PM Opening Reception – Sandals & Sunset Champagne Toast
Registration Desk Open: 6:00 AM – 5:30 PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2023
6:00 AM – 6:45 AM Live Well – Daybreak Beachside Yoga
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CME Spotlight Breakfast Session
8:00 AM – 8:40 AM UPRISE Session I: The Tactical Plan
• Awareness, Resilience & Adaptability
8:40 AM – 9:10 AM Bernice Z. Brown Memorial Lecture & Award
9:10 AM—9:40 AM Break with Exhibitors / Coffee & Snacks
9:40 AM – 10:30 AM UPHEAVAL Session I: Global Science Squad
• Pipelines & Progress – Global Hot Topics
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM UPHEAVAL Session I BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Operation EYE Dive
• Cornea/Dry Eye
• Plastics
• Retina
• Glaucoma
• Neuro
• Pediatrics
• Cataract/Refractive
• Oncology
• Clinical Trials Training Program Session & Reception (all are welcome!)
• Suture Skill Lab Didactic Room
11:00-11:45 AM Poster Session I
11:50 AM – 12:50 PM CME Spotlight Lunch Session
11:50 AM – 12:50 PM Medical Student Mentoring Lunch Session
12:50 PM – 2:30 PM UPLIFT Session I: Operation Empower
• International Inspirers
• Operation Eye Flight: Ocular Cross Specialty Symposium
• Special Assignment – No Mas
- The “Nice” NO
- Getting the YES
• Combat Communication – Handling Hostile Conversations
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Break with Exhibitors / Coffee & Snacks
2:30 PM – 5:30 PM Skill Labs (separate registration required)
• Glaucoma / MIGS
• Dry Eye Wetlab
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Volunteer Activity with United Way (advanced sign up required) 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Live Well – TBD
4:000 PM – 5:00 PM Pool Networking – A Taste of Sweetness
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM INSPIRE Session 1 – Special Guest Speaker
6:15 PM – 7:45 PM Friday Night Dinner Symposium
7:45 PM – 8:45 PM Networking, Nightcaps & Nibbles – Exhibit Hall
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2023
Registration Desk Open: 6:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Exhibitor Dismantle: 3:45 PM – 6:00 PM
6:00 AM – 7:00 AM Live Well – Beach Trek
6:00 AM – 7:00 AM Live Well – Daybreak Beachside Yoga
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CME Spotlight Breakfast Session
8:00 AM – 8:55 AM UPRISE Session II
• Raise Your Play – Leadership Lessons
8:55 AM – 9:30 AM New Plays for Old Crusades
• IOL Solution Primer – IOL Choices for Everyone
• Reverse the Wheel – Medical Presbyopia Treatments
• Game Change – Medication Delivery Systems for Glaucoma
• Name That Med – Updates on New Therapies in Uveitis
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Break with Exhibitors / Coffee & Snacks
10.00AM – 10:30 AM WIO Honorary Lecture & Award
10:30 AM – 10:50 AM Best Research Abstract Presentations & Joanne Angle Award Presentation
10:50 AM – 11:35 AM Poster Session II
11:35 AM – 12:45 PM CME Spotlight Lunch Presentation
11:35 AM – 12:45 PM Medical Student Mentoring Lunch Session
12:45 PM – 1:20 PM UPHEAVAL Session II
• Alignment with Allies – Make or Break Moves in Cross Specialty Collaborative Cases
- Fusion & Confusion – Management of Post Op Diplopia After Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery
- Taking Torture Out of TED, Dry Eye, and Lid & Orbit Surgical Planning
- A Complex Case of Ocular Lymphoma
1:20PM – 1:50 PM UPLIFT Session II
• Operation Goldmine – Achieving Gender Parity
- Capitalizing on Areas Lacking Gender Parity
- Insights on Peer Review, Grants, Research& Development
2:00 PM – 2:30PM UPLIFT Session II BREAKOUT SESSIONS Delve & Thrive
• Subspecialty Rooms - TBD
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Break with Exhibitors / Coffee & Snacks
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Skill Labs (separate registration required)
• Cataract / Phaco
• Suturing Techniques
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Live Well – TBD
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pool Networking – Mentor and Mentee Networking
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Sponsor / Exhibitor VIP Networking Event (By Invitation Only)
6:45 PM – 7:15 PM Closing Reception / Group Photo
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM INSPIRE II – Gala Dinner
9:00 PM – 11:00 PM Get Up and Dance!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2023
Registration Desk Open: 6:30 AM – 11:30 AM
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CME Spotlight Breakfast Presentation
8:30 AM – 9:40 AM UPHEAVAL Session III
• Battle of the Wage Gap 9:40 AM – 10:05 AM UPLIFT Session III
• A Girl’s Ultimate Field Bag of Advanced Communication Tricks
10:10 AM – 11:10 AM UPRISE Session III
• Chaos Containment
- Mysterious Cases of Vision Loss
• Preservation & Perseverance
- AAO Scope Battle, Advocacy Update, and VA Supremacy Act
11:10 AM – 11:15 AM Meeting Wrap-Up