General Meeting Information
AACO/AOC/AAO
Sunday Symposium
Heads Up: Eye Signs of Brain Disease in Children McCormick Place Grand Ballroom S100C
AAP/AACO
Joint Symposium
Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome: Assessment and Management Embassy Suites Magnificent Mile Chicago River Ballroom
Lunch And Learns
New! This year we have two lunch and learns available for meeting attendees. RSVP is required and lunch is provided. More information below.
Lunch and Learn
NovaSight
Join NovaSight to explore the latest updates on CureSight. Long-term results on CureSight's pivitol study will be present. Lunch is provided. RSVP is required to attend.
Lunch and Learn
Luminopia
A panel of speakers share pearls learned from adopting Luminopia as a standard treatment option for amblyopia patients. Lunch is provided. RSVP is required.
Registration and Hotel Information
The 2024 National Meeting takes place at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Magnificent Mile Chicago.
AACO Registration Policy
All AACO 2024 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 2024 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.
National Meeting Sponsors
Thank you to our National Meeting Sponsors. We appreciate your support.
Presenting Sponsor and President Reception Sponsor
Optego
Supplying the Eyecare Community with Quality Products Since 1994
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Gold Sponsor
Fresnel Prism & Co
Gold Sponsor
MachineMD
Gold sponsor
SeeWorthy
Gold sponsor
Sydnexis
gold sponsor
Diagnosys
Sponsor Information
The American Association of Certified Orthoptists (AACO) is a non-profit organization comprised of certified orthoptists who are devoted to improving vision and binocularity in patients with visual system disorders. We are grateful for our continued partnerships as we advance eye care treatment for our patients.
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Exhibitor Prospectus
Become a sponsor at the 2024 AACO National Meeting. Click the link below for more information.
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Exhibitor Application
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Presenter Central
Thank you for your interest in presenting at the 2024 AACO National Meeting. Please use the links below to complete the required speaker submissions and forms.
closed for 2024
Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions are closed for the 2024 AACO National Meeting in Chicago. Abstract submissions for the 2025 AACO National Meeting in Orlando will open March 1, 2025.
AACO 2024
Disclosure Forms
Every speaker 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. Forms must be submitted by July 1, 2024.
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IJCAHPO Form
In order to receive IJCAHPO CE for our national meeting, we need each particpant to complete an IJCAHPO Speaker form. Click the button below to download the form. Forms can be to submitted Julie Harmon at
Contact Information
Amanda Yonkers, CO
AACO Vice President & Meeting Organizer AACOVP@orthoptics.org