2011 Schedule of Events

Friday:   June 10, 2011                  Six Hours of CE Available

10:00 -4:00pm

Registration Desk Open

12:00 -1:00pm

The Total Opticial Experience

L. Pierce – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

1:00 -2:00pm

Advance Solutions of Bifocal Conversions

L. Pierce, One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

1:00 -2:00pm

Hands-on Workshop A

Photochromic Lenses Exposed

J. Reese – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO Pending

1:00 -2:00pm

Drivewear: Accelerate Your Sunwear Business

J. Taitelbaum – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

2:00- 3:00pm

Dispensing to Your Hispanic Patients

M. Solis – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

2:00- 3:00pm

They’re Not Your Father’s Single Vision Lenses

J. Zimmerman – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

3:00 -4:00pm

High Performance Opthalmic Lenses

R.J. Simmons – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

3:00 -4:00pm

Make Selling Sunwear Important

J. Taitelbaum – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

3:00 -4:00pm

Hands-on Workshop B

Photochromic Lenses Exposed

J. Reese – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO Pending

4:00-5:45pm

Florida Laws & Rules (Initial)

Miller & Simmons – Two hours of Laws & Rules

ABO

4:00-5:45pm

Apprentice/Sponsor Orientation

 J. Reese – Two hours Laws & Rules or Elective

NCLE

Saturday:  June 11, 2011             Eight Hours of CE Available

7:30 – 4:00pm

Registration Desk Open

8:00 -9:00am

Prescription Analysis

E. August – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

9:00 -10:00am

Progressive in the Digital Age

R.J. Simmons – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

9:00 -10:00am

Living Your Way- Planning for Income in Retirement

M. Avolio – One hour of Electives

9:00 -12:00pm

Hands-on Workshop C

Reducing Remakes: Tips, Tools, Tweaks & Rules

J. Reese-Three Hours of Tech: Dispensing        

ABO

10:00 -11:00am

Creating Customers for Life

M. Ganim –One hour of Elective

ABO

10:00 -11:45pm

Reduction of Medical Errors

L. Pierce – Two hours of Medical Errors

NCLE

11:00 -12:00n

Working With Your Lab: Improving the Relationship

12:00n -1:30pm

Lunch in the exhibits

1:00- 3:00pm

Hands-on Workshop D

Time Management for Opticians

M. Sayers – Two hours of Elective

ABO

1:30 -2:30pm

Secrets to Balancing Aniseikonia

P. Walker – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

1:30 -2:30pm

The New Era Of Digital Performance Eye Wear

 J. Zimmerman – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

2:30 -3:30pm

Trouble Shooting the Difficult Rx

P. Walker – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

A First Look at the emPower Lens

M. Maglione – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO Pending

2:30 -5:30pm

Hands-on Workshop E

Advanced Frame Selection & Fitting

L. Pierce -Three Hours of Tech: Dispensing

ABO

3:30 -4:30pm

High Tech Lenses

E. August – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

3:30 -5:30pm

Hands-on Workshop F

Time Management for Opticians

M. Sayers – Two hours of Elective

ABO

4:30 -5:30pm

Quality Ophthalmic Frame Construction

E. August – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

5:30- 7:00pm

Happy Hour in Exhibits

Sunday:  June 12, 2011                Six Hours of CE Available

7:30 -2:00pm            

Registration Desk Open

8:00 -9:00am

Un-Complicating Contact Lens Complications

M. Brujic – One hour of Technical: Contact Lens

ABO

9:00 -10:00am

Lens Aberrations

P. Walker – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

9:00 – 1:00pm

Hands-on Workshop G

Business Development for Opticians

M. Sayers - Four hours of Elective

10:00 -11:45am

Tales From The Trenches

M. Brujic – Two hours of Technical: Contact Lens

NCLE

10:00 -11:45am

Hands-on Workshop H

Spanish for Opticians

 Rodriquez & Vega – Two hours of Elective

11:45am

Lunch on your own

12:30 -1:30pm

Prism Applications

P. Walker – One hour of Technical: Dispensing

ABO

1:30 -2:30pm

Ocular Allergies: Scratching the Surface

M. Brujic – One hour of Technical: Contact Lens

NCLE