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Registration Open for AOA on Capitol Hill, Sept. 25-28
AOA on Capitol Hill is the AOA’s single-largest federal advocacy event in Washington, D.C., directly connecting optometry’s advocates with our nation’s policy leaders to advance optometric eye health and vision care nationwide. This annual Hill Day is a key reason why the AOA is consistently recognized as one of the most effective, respected advocacy organizations in the nation’s capital with hundreds of doctors and optometry students participating. And the AOA wants you to join!
Learn more and register: AOA on Capitol Hill
Open to all advocacy-minded AOSA students and AOA member doctors, AOA on Capitol Hill offers:
- Advocacy 101 breakout sessions for students
- Detailed briefings on optometry’s federal issues
- Networking with optometry’s foremost advocacy leaders
- Potential opportunities to join advocates’ meetings with congressional offices
This year’s priorities include health and vision plan abuses, protecting veterans' access to eye care, Medicare payment reforms, and ensuring a safer, simpler RX verification system. For more information and to access the fact sheets, click here.
Optometry’s Meeting 2025 and 2026
Optometry's Meeting® 2025 | 5th World Congress of Optometry marked the largest global gathering of optometry with more than 4,500 attendee doctors, students, staff, and industry partners. The event marked a first-ever collaboration with the World Congress of Optometry to foster collaboration connecting the national impact AOA, AOSA and affiliates deliver with the access and global force of optometry across the globe. And with record industry support and more than 40 new exhibitors in the Eye Care Square exhibit hall, it’s easy to see why Optometry’s Meeting continues to be the profession’s premier event.
Check out all the highlights by following Optometry’s Meeting on Facebook and the official hashtags, #optometrysmeeting and #WCO5, on the meeting’s dedicated live-running social wall.
Save the date for Optometry's Meeting 2026, June 17-20, 2026, in Phoenix! To sign up for early registration alerts, click here.
