Wednesday, March 18, 2026

8:00 – 2:30    Board of Directors Meeting
12:00 – 7:00   AAPOS Registration
1:00 – 4:00     Poster Set Up
4:00 – 6:00    Poster Viewing
4:15 – 5:15      Possible Corporate Sponsored Symposium
6:15 – 7:00      International Attendees Reception
7:00 – 9:00     Opening Reception

Thursday, March 19, 2026

6:30 – 5:00      Registration
6:30 – 7:30      Breakfast – Poster Viewing
8:00 – 5:00      Administrators Program (includes Practice Management Workshop)
7:45 – 8:55       Opening Remarks and Costenbader Lecture
8:55 – 10:00     Scientific Session
10:00 – 11:00    Interactive Poster Session – Authors Present and Q/A (1st Set)
11:05 – 11:35     Presentation of Parks Medal Awards and CEF of AAPOS update
11:35 – 12:05    Jampolsky Introduction and Lecture
12:05 – 1:10       Scientific Session
1:20 – 2:05        Possible Corporate Sponsored Symposium
2:15 – 3:05        Practice Management Workshop
3:10 – 3:55        OMIC Workshop
4:05 – 4:30        AAPOS Business Meeting
4:30 – 6:30        Jampolsky Lecture/Founders Series Reception 

Friday, March 20, 2026

6:30 – 5:00           Registration
6:30 – 7:30           Breakfast – Poster Viewing
7:00 – 12:00         Workshops (7:00 – 8:15; 8:30 – 9:45; 10:30 – 11:45)
8:00 – 5:00           Administrators Program
9:45 – 10:30          Break and Exhibit Viewing
11:30 – 12:00         Poster Removal (1st Set)
12:00 – 1:00           Possible Corporate Sponsored Symposium
1:15 – 4:00             Workshops (1:15 – 2:30; 2:45 – 4:00)
3:45 – 4:15             Poster Set Up (2nd Set)
4:00 – 4:30             Possible Sponsored Pre-Symposium Reception
4:30 – 5:30             President’s Symposium (NANOS attendees able to attend with RSVP)
6:00 – 7:00             Young Ophthalmologists, Senior Ophthalmologists and New Member Reception
7:30 – 8:30             POM Reception (invitation only)

Saturday, March 21, 2026

6:30 – 7:30             AAPOS 5K Run (Separate Registration/Fee)
6:45 – 7:45             Possible Corporate Sponsored Symposium
7:00 – 5:00             Registration
7:00 – 8:00             Breakfast – Poster Viewing
8:00 – 12:00           Administrators Program
8:00 – 8:10             Gunter K. von Noorden Young Investigator Award
8:10 – 10:05            Scientific Session
10:05 – 11:05           Interactive Poster Session – Authors Present and Q/A (2nd Set)
11:10 – 1:00              Scientific Session
1:15 – 2:00               Possible Corporate Sponsored Symposium
2:15 – 3:30               Rapid Fire Medical Student Paper Session
3:45 – 4:45              Possible Corporate Sponsored Symposium
5:00 – 6:00              Possible Corporate Sponsored Symposium
6:00 – 7:00              Children’s Eye Foundation of AAPOS Donor Reception (By Invitation Only)
7:00 – 10:00             Closing Reception