2025 NOA Convention Schedule

10:30 am

3:00 pm

​Henry Moore Golf Tournament

5:30 pm

6:30 pm

Reception

6:30 pm

7:30 pm

Student Led College Tour

7:30 pm

8:30 pm

NOA Board Meeting

8:00 am

3:00 pm

Community Service Event (Serve Where You Go) – Sponsored by VSP OSU Healthy Community Center

3:00 pm

5:00 pm

Early Check-In

4:00 pm

6:00 pm

NBEO Writing Workshop

7:00 am

8:00 am

Registration | Exhibit Hall | Art Auction | Breakfast

8:00 am

9:40 am

CE (2 hours) – Next-Generation Retinal Care: Emerging Therapies and Best Practices for Modern Co-Management 
Roya Attar, OD

9:40 am

10:10 am

Break with Exhibitors | Art Auction

10:00 am

11:50 am

VSP Leadership Institute I – NOSA

10:00 am

11:00 am

Associates’ Meeting

10:10 am

11:00 am

​CE (1 hour) – Contact Lenses of Tomorrow: Enhancing Vision Beyond Correction
Lamont Bunyon, OD

11:05 am

11:55 am

​CE (1 hour) -The Eye of the Storm: The Hidden Connections between Stress and Ocular Disease
Vondolee Delgado-Nixon, OD

11:55 am

1:30 pm

Lunch | Exhibit Hall | Art Auction

12:05 pm

12:20 pm

VSP – Onyx-Level Sponsor Presentation

12:20 pm

12:40 pm

Johnson & Johnson – Onyx-Level Sponsor Presentation

12:40 pm

12:55 pm

CooperVision – Onyx-Level Sponsor Presentation

1:20 pm

2:20 pm

Essilor – NOSA

1:30 pm

2:20 pm

CE (1 hour) – My Mi and the Eye” The Microbiome and the Gut Brain/Eye Axis
Paula Newsome, OD

2:20 pm

2:45 pm

Break with Exhibitors | Art Auction

2:45 pm

4:25 pm

CE (2 hours) – S E E-Optimizing Modifiable Risk Factors.  (Sleep, Stress, Smoking, Exercise and Eating)
Paula Newsome, OD

4:00 pm

5:00 pm

NOSA Business meeting I (including chapter of the year presentations) – NOSA

4:30 pm

5:30 pm

NOA Business Meeting

5:30 pm

7:30 pm

Speed Netting – NOSA

6:00 pm

7:00 pm

NOF Board Meeting

6:00 pm

7:00 pm

Meet & Greet with Industry Partners

9:00 pm

11:30 pm

NOSA/ NOA Social Event (Sponsored by VSP)

6:00 am

7:15 am

Dr. Will Kelly’s Memorial Scholarship Fun Run Event

7:00 am

8:00 am

Registration | Exhibit Hall | Art Auction | Breakfast

8:00 am

9:40 am

​VSP Leadership Institute II – NOSA

8:00 am

9:40 am

​CE (2 hours) – Mastering Diabetic Eye Care
Roya Attar, OD

9:40 am

10:10 am

Break with Exhibitors | Art Auction

10:10 am

11:50 am

CE (2 hours) – Building a Diabetes-Focused Optometric Practice
Ansel Johnson, OD

10:10 am

11:50 am

NOSA Business Meeting II – NOSA

11:50 am

1:10 pm

Lunch | Exhibit Hall | Art Auction (Auction closes at 1:10)

12:05 pm

12:20 pm

EssilorLuxottica – Onyx-Level Sponsor Presentation

12:20 pm

12:35 pm

Alcon – Onyx-Level Sponsor Presentation

1:10 pm

2:00 pm

CE (1 hour) – Updates on Technology and the Use of AI for Rehabilitation of People with Vision Impairment
Bradley Dougherty, OD

1:15 pm

2:00 pm

NOSA Business Meeting III (E-board voting) – NOSA

2:00 pm

2:50 pm

Round table/Panel discussions (NOSA convention committee) – NOSA

2:00 pm

2:50 pm

CE (1hour) – 2:00 pm – 2:50 pm: CE (1hour) Uveitis Update and Macular Scaffolding
Jacqueline Davis, OD/ Heather Bowen-Jones, OD

2:50 pm

3:10

Break with Exhibitors (3:10 exhibit hall closes)

3:10 pm

4:00 pm

CE (1 hour) – CE (1 hour) Vision Matters: Understanding Dementia’s Impact on Vision
Vondolee Delgado-Nixon, OD

4:00 pm

5:00 pm

NOA Business Meeting

5:00 pm

6:00 pm

ASCO/College/NOA Members Meeting**

6:00 pm

7:00 pm

Scholarship recipient – Sponsor photos – NOSA

6:15 pm

7:00 pm

College Receptions

7:00 pm

10:00 pm

Student & Doctor Awards Banquet | Installation of Officers

8:00 am

9:00 am

Prayer Breakfast (Plated)

9:00 am

NOA Convention Ends