The 2026 National Meeting in New Orleans Was a Resounding Success
Our 2026 National Meeting in New Orleans delivered an inspiring weekend of education, collaboration, and celebration. Attendees enjoyed standout sessions including the AAP Special Symposium, the Sunday Symposium, and the impactful Scobee Memorial Lecture presented by Kimberly Merrill, CO®.
Thank you to everyone who joined us in New Orleans and helped make this year’s meeting exceptional. Recordings of the meeting will be posted to Brightspace by the end of the month.
General Meeting Information
October 10-12, 2026 New Orleans, LA
CE Info
17.5 AOC CE Credits available No JCHAPO CE will be provided Click the link below to complete the meeting evaluation and receive your CE Certificate
Video Recordings
All sessions were recorded and will be posted to the AACO's LMS platform Brightspace by the end of the month. If you have already registered, follow the link below to the National Meeting and login to view the recordings.
Sunday October 11, 2026
Sunday Symposium
Hosted by the AAO/AACO/AOC and held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Sunday Oct 11 | 3:45pm -5:00pm
Sponsors
Thank you to all of our incredible sponsors for your generous support—we’re truly grateful for your partnership! See you in New Orleans.
National Meeting Sponsors
Thank you to our National Meeting Sponsors. We appreciate your support.
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Presenter Central
Thank you for your interest in presenting at the 2026 AACO National Meeting. Please use the links below to complete the required speaker submissions and forms.
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Abstract Submission
Presentations are to be presented live in-person during the AACO National Meeting in New Orleans October 10-12, 2026. Click the button below to submit an abstract. Deadline for students is 6/30. All others is 8/15.
AACO 2026
Speaker Form
Every speaker or moderator participating in the AACO National Meeting must complete a speaker disclosure form and consent to video form. Click on the button below to complete this form.
AACO Registration Policy
All National meeting attendees are required to be registered using the correct registration category. If a registration is completed in an incorrect category, the registration will be corrected or canceled; additional fees my be due if the correct category is at a higher cost.
Attendees at the AACO National meeting must wear their own badge. Registrations are non-transferable. CME is only available to fully registered attendees. Guests/spouses are not eligible for CE credits.
Event Photography and Video/Audio Recording Policy
Any person who attends an AACO annual meeting event grants permission to the AACO to record his or her visual/audio images, including but not limited to, photographs, digital images, voices, sound or video recordings, audio clips, or accompanying written descriptions, and, without notifying such persons, to use his or her name an such images for any purpose of the AACO, including advertisements for the AACO and its programs, in any media or format including web-based, film or print.
Meeting Content Policy
Programs presented at the AACO national meeting are not public events. They are for the education of meeting attendees.
Meeting Contact Information
Dusty Gronemyer, CO
AACO Vice President & Meeting Organizer AACOVP@orthoptics.org