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Colorado Vision Summit Conference

Registration Information

Registration is available online or by mail. Please note that no registration forms will be accepted by fax, telephone or email. Each registrant must fill out a separate registration form. Click here to go to the registration page.

The early registration deadline is Tuesday June 15, 2010.

To qualify for the early-bird rate, you must successfully submit an online registration by 9:59PM on Tuesday, June 15, or your mail-in form must be received by the CVS Registrar postmarked no later than June 15. All registrations received after June 15 will be processed on-site at the higher registration rate.

Registrant Catagory Registration Includes: Postmarked on or before June 15 On-site fees after June 15
Doctor - Member (AOA, OEP, COVD)
  • All education sessions
  • Exhibit hall admission
  • One ticket to "How the West Was Won..or Two" party

NOT included in the Doctor registration fee: "Enhancing Patient Care Through the Implementation of EHRs" (see 'EHR Course' below)

$478 $528
Doctor - AOA Life Member (must be approved for Life Membership in AOA and your state association) Admission to all functions listed in the Doctor category $148 $198
Doctor - Non Member Admission to all functions listed in the Doctor category $659 $709
2009 Licentiate - Member

Admission to all functions listed in the Doctor category

$281 $331
2009 Licentiate - Non Member Admission to all functions listed in the Doctor category $409 $459
Student/2010 Grad/OD in Residency

Admission to all functions listed in the Doctor category

NOTE: in exchange for the very low registration fee, registrants assist the conference committee by performing small tasks during the conference, such as stamping CE credit forms.

$52 $52

Paraoptometric

(A paraoptometric is any person who works under the direct supervision of an optometrist, whether an assistant, technician, optician or vision therapist.)

Admission to all paraoptometric and/or doctor (when doctor is registered) education sessions, exhibit hall, and all paraoptometric meal functions

$168 $194

 

Extra Special CE Event
"Enhancing Patient Care Through the Implementation of EHRs"
(Presented by AOA)
  Postmarked on or before June 15 On-site fees after June 15
Member $49 $59
Non Member $209 $259

 

Registration Desk

The on site registration desk will be open;
Thursday, July 15 12:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Friday, July 16 7:00 AM- 5:30 PM
Saturday, July 17 7:00AM - 5:30PM
Sunday, July 18 7:00AM - 12:00PM

Extra Special CE Event

AOA presents "Enhancing Patient Care Through the Implementation of EHRs". For an additional fee, registrants may attend the lecture on Thursday, July 15 from 2:00 to 5:00pm. You must be registered for CVS to attend.

Cancellation Policy

Refund of CVS registration fee(s) less $25 per person for administrative costs will be granted on written request including reason for cancellation only if postmarked by July 1, 2010. No refunds will be made for cancellations after July 1, 2010. Registrations are not transferable.

Course Outlines

After you have registered, you will receive an email that includes a special link to a web page where you can download course handouts prior to attending the Summit.

OD Registrants: you will be provided with a CD of these course outlines when you check in at the meeting registration desk. Printed outlines will not be provided at CVS. It is highly recommended that you access and download or print the handouts before attending the Summit. A print station will be available on site.

Para Registrants: Printed outlines will be provided to you at CVS.

Badge Admission

An official CVS name badge is required for entrance to all events. The loan or transfer of this badge is strictly prohibited; violation of the policy subjects the registrants to forfeiture of the right to attend, as well as the loss of all fees paid.

Exhibit Hall Entry

All CVS registrants and attendees (e.g. family members) may enter the exhibit hall at NO CHARGE. An adult must accompany children under the age of 12.

Lecture Rooms

In most cases, the lecture rooms will be set with tables and chairs. As a courtesy to the speaker and the attendees seated around you, we respectfully request that all cell phones and pagers be silenced during the lectures.

Literature Distribution

Registrants are not permitted to distribute literature, samples, souvenirs and the like in the lecture rooms and exhibit area.

Course Outlines on CD

Course outlines are provided on a CD to every OD registrant. Prior to the Summit and at the time you preregister, you will provided with a code to access a site in order to download the outlines. Replacement cost of the CD is $20.

Continuing Education Credit Hours

The CVS OD program offers 52 hours of education/20 obtainable. The CVS does not guarantee that any courses are accepted for credit by a licensing board. It is the responsibility of attendees to be thoroughly familiar with the licensing requirements of their individual states.

One 50-minute lecture equals one (1) hour of CE credit.

OD Verification of Attendance

A course verification form is given to all optometrists who enter the course within the first ten (10) minutes of the lecture. At the completion of the lecture, monitors are available to stamp the forms verifying attendance. NOTE: A $25 service fee is charged per request for copies of CE credit slips.