Poster Session

The 2026 EastWest Eye Conference Poster Session

Call for Abstracts

Chair: Dawn J. Goedde, O.D., F.A.A.O

OSU College of Optometry

Introduction

Optometry students, residents, clinicians, educators, and researchers are all cordially invited to participate in the 2025 EastWest Eye Conference Poster Session. All are encouraged to share their optometry knowledge with the attendees of the EastWest Conference.

The Submission Process

Poster abstracts will be accepted from Monday May 4, 2026 until Friday August 14, 2026. No late submissions will be accepted.  If accepted, poster presenters will be notified by August 21, 2026.

Ten authors will be chosen to present a brief synopsis of their poster at a one hour lecture on Friday October 16, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Authors chosen to present will be notified by August 21, 2026.

Abstracts should be submitted electronically to goedde.11@osu.edu. (Specify 2026 EastWest Poster in the subject line.)

Abstracts must include the following information

  1. Title
  2. Author(s) (full names, degrees, and institutional affiliations)
  3. Category
    1. Primary Care
    2. Public Health
    3. Contact Lens
    4. Low Vision
    5. Ocular Disease
    6. Binocular Vision
    7. Pediatrics
    8. Optometric Education
  4. Abstract (maximum 400 words) listing Background, Case Discussion, Conclusion
  5. Conflict of interest/Acknowledgement of grant support
  6. Contact information for communicating with author: name, mailing address, phone, fax, email.

Guidelines for Preparing Clinical Posters

Please follow these guidelines carefully to have your poster submission considered for presentation at the 2026 EastWest Eye Conference.

Each case will be presented on one 36” by 48” horizontal corkboard. The presenter will be responsible for setting up the poster by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2026. Please bring enough tacks to hang your poster. Posters should be large roll-up heavy poster paper (laminated is acceptable) or foldable cloth posters. Posters consisting of unmounted 8.5”x 11” separate papers are not allowed.

The title, name of presenter(s), and affiliated institution(s) should be at the top of the poster. Text, results of testing, figures, graphs, photographs, fluorescein angiography, visual fields, amsler grids, lab and radiology reports, etc, and discussion/literature review should all be displayed in a logical and self-explanatory manner. A place for comments or handouts can also be incorporated in the poster’s design. Bulleted lists are easier for the reader to navigate than lengthy paragraphs.

NOTE: A residency director, faculty member, or previous poster presenter is a valuable resource in preparing an educational poster.

Posters will be on display from 3:00 p.m. Thursday October 15, 2026, until 12:00 p.m. on Friday, October 16, 2026. The presenter must be available to discuss the poster Thursday October 15, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The authors of the top 10 posters will give a brief synopsis of their poster during a one hour lecture at 10 a.m. on Friday October 16, 2026. 

Posters must be removed from the convention center by 12:00 p.m. on Friday October 16, 2026.