Registration, Cancellation Policy, and Deadline
Full registrations include education sessions, breakfasts, luncheon and trade show. Member status only applies if you have paid your 2024 dues in full. Additional tickets for the trade show and dinner may only be purchased after one full registration has been purchased.
Cancellations received before April 15, 2024 will be refunded less $50. No refunds will be made after April 15, 2024.
Continuing Education: 18 total hours of continuing education credits will be available to ODs.
Hotel Reservations: Conference headquarters and registration will be at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 27 N. 27th St. Billings, MT 59101; (406)252-7400. The hotel is offering conference attendees special rates starting at $149 per night plus tax. When making reservations, be sure to indicate you are attending the MOA conference. Reservations need to made directly with the DoubleTree by Hilton by April 13 to receive the MOA conference rates.
Special Functions:
Trade Show: Thursday evening, May 8, will provide the opportunity to visit and place your orders with trade show vendors.
MOA Annual Membership Meeting, Awards Luncheon and Elections and Installations of Board and Officers:
Friday, May 9, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Full Schedule of Events |
Wednesday, May 7 |
2:00 - 4:00 pm | Board Meeting |
4:00 - 5:00 pm | The Increasingly Critical Role of Optometrists in Neovascular Retinal Diseases | Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, DipABO |
5:00 - 6:00 pm | Ocular Complications of Systemic Medications | Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, DipABO
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6:00 - 7:00 pm | I've Got What in My Eye?! Ocular Manifestation of Common Systemic Diseases | Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, DipABO
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After Hours Event |
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Thursday, May 8 |
8:00 - 10:00 am | Eye Can't Get No Satisfaction: New Solutions for OSD | Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, DipABO
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10:00 - 10:30 am | Sponsored Break
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10:30 - 12:30 pm | Building Good Habits: Daily Eye Hygiene and Our Patients | Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, DipABO
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch
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1:30 - 2:30 pm | Keeping an Eye on AI | Anthony DeWilde, OD, FAAO |
2:30 - 3:30 pm | Biologics in Eyecare | Anthony DeWilde, OD, FAAO
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3:30 - 4:30 pm | The Aging Face: The Good, The Bad, and the Treatable | Anthony DeWilde, OD, FAAO
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4:30 - 5:30 pm | Optometrists Guide to Glaucoma Surgery | Anthony DeWilde, OD, FAAO
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Friday, May 9 |
8:00 - 10:00 am | Evidence Based Approach to Unilateral Optic Nerve Edema | Anthony DeWilde, OD, FAAO |
10:00 - 10:30 am | Sponsored Break
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10:30 - 11:30 am | Why Our Patients Aren't Listening to Us | Ian Whipple, OD
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11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Lunch - Membership Meeting
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1:00 - 3:00 pm | Modern Insight Into Macular Degeneration | Ian Whipple, OD
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3:00 - 3:30 pm | Sponsored Break |
3:30 - 4:30 pm | The Advanced Scleral Lens Experience
| Ian Whipple, OD
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4:30 - 5:30 pm | Why Specialty Care? | Ian Whipple, OD |