FAQ

Your registration packet, name badge and course tickets will be available on-site at the EastWest registration desk.  All course handouts and evaluations will be available online before the conference. Please print only what you need and bring to EastWest with you.

OOA

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 800-999-4939
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. EST

Registration Questions:

QMS Services, Inc.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 678-341-3000
Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. est.

Please see the OOA congress page.

One hour of CE will be available for doctors viewing the Posters Friday from 11:30 a.m until 1:30 when the authors are present.

The exclusive Friday Night Party at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  is optometry’s social event of the year. Live entertainment by Bad Habits and Remember Then, dancing, hors d’oeuvres and admission to all the Rock halls exhibits are included. The registration fee includes an admission. Additional tickets are $59 each. Attire is casual.

Sponsored events are non-CE breakfast or lunch seminars sponsored by a company/vendor. Sponsored events are included with the registration fee; however, since space is limited you must pre-register on the registration form for the events you wish to attend.

Thursday, October 16         3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Friday, October 17            9:00 am – 5:30 pm

Daily Buses are not provided.

A shuttle bus  will provide transportation between the EastWest preferred hotels and the Friday Night Party at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on October 18th.

1 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 44114

OR

300 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113

Please see the hotel portion of the website under the travel tab.

Thursday, October 16 – Saturday, October  19, 2019

Early Bird Registration Ends 09/04/2019

Registration Fees increase $50.00 starting 09/05/2019

Onsite registration fee of $100.00 effective on 10/16/2019

Please refer to the OD CE Approval and Opticians/Optometric Staff Member Pages

Students are welcome to enroll in OD or AEP courses. However, because of limited space, students cannot enroll in workshops.

There are some OD courses that are also available to Opticians and Optometric Staff Member registrants. If you are an Opticians or an Optometric Staff Member and choose to enroll in an OD course, you must pay the OD price of $30 per credit hour. Please contact Jordan Quickel at 800-999-4939 to be added to an OD course.

OD CE – $30 per credit hour

Opticians (OPT) CE – $20 per credit hour

Optometric Staff Member (OSM) CE – $20 per credit hour

OD Workshops – $40 per credit hour

Opticians/Optometric Staff Member Workshop – $30 per credit hour

An optometric student is defined as an individual currently enrolled in an accredited 4-year optometric program at an Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) approved school or college of optometry.

An optometric resident is defined as an OD participating in a planned program of post-O.D. clinical education that lasts a minimum of twelve months and must be composed of appropriately supervised clinical eye/vision care provided by the resident in one of the following areas:

•   Family Practice Optometry
•   Primary Eye Care
•   Cornea and Contact Lenses
•   Geriatric Optometry
•   Pediatric Optometry
•   Low Vision Rehabilitation
•   Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation
•   Ocular Disease
•   Refractive and Ocular Surgery
•   Community Health Optometry
•   Brian Injury Vision Rehabilitation

Registration fee includes access to all Exhibit Hall activities, sponsored events, and admission to the Friday Night Party.

OD Member (OOA, AOA, COA): $99

OD Non-Member: $249

Student/Resident: Free

Optometric Staff Member: $69

Opticians: $69

There are THREE easy ways to register:

• Online – See the OD Register, Opticians or Optometric Staff Register tabs at the top of the page.
• By mail – Download the registration brochure. Send payment with completed registration form to:

EastWest Eye Conference,

P.O. Box 6036

Worthington, Ohio, 43085.

• By fax – With credit card information FAX to 614-781-6521.