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6:30 PM – 8 PM: Young OD Food for Thought dinner
6:45 AM – 7:45 AM: Food for Thought breakfast
8 AM – 8:50 AM: Fifty Shades of Ocular Surface Disease 
9 AM – 9:50 AM: The Three C’s of Dry Eye Management
10:00 AM – 11:40 AM: Glaucoma Case Files in Diagnostic Interpretation
11:30 AM – 3 PM: Exhibit hall open
12 PM – 1 PM: Food for Thought lunch
3 PM – 4:40 PM: From Red to Relief: Considerations on Ocular Inflammation
5:00 PM – 5:50 PM: The Glaucoma Compass
6:30 PM – 8 PM: Welcome Reception
6:45 AM – 7:45 AM: Food for Thought breakfast
8 AM – 9:40 AM: Dry Eye Disease Update: Practical Applications of IPL, LLLT, and Radiofrequency in Clinical Practice
10:00 AM – 11:40 AM: Lumps and Bumps: A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management
11:30 AM – 3 PM: Exhibit hall open
12 PM – 1 PM: Food for Thought lunch
3 PM – 3:50 PM: Glaucoma Care: Exploring the Latest Treatments and Innovative Pipeline Therapies
4 PM – 4:50 PM: Can My Patient Get Refractive Surgery
5:00 PM – 5:50 PM: The Latest Updates in Diabetes
6:00 PM – 6:50 PM: Pharmacology Update
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM: Young OD Event
6:45 AM – 7:45 AM: Food for Thought breakfast
8 AM – 9:50 AM: Secondary Glaucomas as the Primary Focus
10:00 AM – 11:40 AM: Hot Topics in Retina
12:00 PM – 12:50 PM: Beyond the Surgery
No, all CE and Food for Thoughts are designated for ODs only. However, guests and staff are welcome to attend our Welcome Reception.
Yes, all guests must first obtain a guest badge at the registration booth outside the exhibit hall.
Yes, COA will have limited amount of rooms at a discounted price for attendees at the Monterey Marriott Hotel once registration is open.
No, our CE is not COPE approved. As an authorized provider of CE by the California State Board of Optometry our CE does not need COPE approval.
October 23 – 25, 2026
November 5 – 7, 2027
November 3 – 5, 2028
November 2 – 4, 2029
October 25 – 27, 2030
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Chief Strategy Officer
Dr. Lance Anderson is the Chief Strategy Officer at PECAA, where he is engaged in all aspects of company strategy. He co-founded PECAA in 2007 and helped lead the organization as it grew from a small local Portland study group to a national alliance of independently owned eye care practices. He served as a board member of Rev-360 from 2015 – 2021 and helped oversee the management and successful sale of Revolution EHR, Visionary Partners, and eventually PECAA.
He earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from Pacific University in 1991. He started his own optometry practice in 1993 in Hillsboro, OR, and was able to grow the practice into a busy three-doctor clinic. He retired from clinical care in 2021 and then moved to New York City where he was tasked with helping to integrate PECAA with the HEA buying group. He recently moved to Nashville, TN where he will continue to be actively involved in creating the future vision for PECAA as it is integrated into the VSP family of businesses.
Chief Member Experience Officer
Dr. Justin Manning is the Chief Member Experience Officer at PECAA, where he leads the member experience team, encompassing member education, the Member Business Advisory services, Events, and the Cold Start program. He is the founder and host of the Practice Advantage podcast. Prior to joining PECAA, he founded The Keratoconus and Scleral Lens Institute at Bettner Vision in Colorado Springs, and eyeLeader, a consulting company focused on leadership development, technology in eyecare, and population health.
He has contributed to Review of Optometric Business and has lectured nationally and internationally on specialty contact lenses, design thinking, population health, and the patient experience. He earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from The Ohio State University and completed a residency in Geriatric Optometry at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Tacoma, WA, a Master of Public Health degree at Salus University, and a graduate certificate in Customer Experience from the CU Boulder Leeds School of Business. He is driven to help all independent eye care professionals grow their businesses and enjoy their practices every single day.
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