Latest News From The AOA
Registration Open: Optometry’s Meeting® | 5th World Congress of Optometry
The American Optometric Association (AOA), American Optometric Student Association (AOSA) and World Council of Optometry (WCO) are pleased to share that registration is now open for Optometry’s Meeting® | 5th World Congress of Optometry, taking place June 25-28 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis. This year, WCO will host its 5th World Congress of Optometry in partnership with Optometry’s Meeting – welcoming optometric professionals from around the world to an unprecedented collaboration under one roof.
Learn more about this year’s Optometry’s Meeting | 5th World Congress of Optometry in the digital 2025 Conference Preview.
To register, click here. Note: An AOA profile is required for registration to ensure onsite CE credit-claiming. An AOA profile exists for most U.S. optometrists and students, regardless of membership status.
WCO members can register and learn more about their special promotion code by clicking here.
Have questions about registration, rates or deadlines? Please email optometrysmeeting@aoa.org or review our frequently asked questions.
300+ Hours of Continuing Education (CE) and Professional Development
Optometry’s Meeting provides leading-edge CE and professional development with over 300 hours of education available for doctors, paraoptometrics and optometry students. Attendees can access an exciting lineup of sessions that will not only enhance their skills but also transform patient outcomes and strengthen community health.
From hands-on workshops and peer-to-peer forums to combined doctor-staff learning opportunities, traditional lectures and the returning Education Theater in the Eye Care Square, Optometry’s Meeting delivers an exceptional professional education experience suitable for doctors and optometry students alike.
View the full 2025 education schedule.
Will you be an advocate for optometry? 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!
Join optometry’s advocates this Sept. 25-28 in Washington, D.C., as AOA on Capitol Hill champions our profession’s priority issues with Members of Congress. Open to all advocacy-minded AOSA students and AOA member doctors, AOA on Capitol Hill offers: