Thank you to those who were able to join us in Atlanta for the Academy’s 2008 Joint Meeting. You helped to make the meeting a success.

If you did not claim your CME credits onsite at the Joint Meeting, you can claim them online from Dec. 17, 2008, to Jan. 21, 2009.

2009 Joint Meeting in San Francisco

As it becomes available, this page will be updated to include information on the Academy’s 2009 Joint Meeting that will be held Oct. 24 – 27, 2009 in San Francisco, California. You will soon be able to locate information on visas, insurance, transportation and meeting resources and programs planned specifically for you. For now, please see below for information regarding abstract submissions for the Joint Meeting. If you have a question, e-mail international@aao.org.

Call for Abstracts
The abstract submitter for the 2009 Joint Meeting will be open on the following dates:

• Instruction Courses: Dec. 10, 2008, to Jan. 13, 2009
• Scientific Papers/Posters and Videos: March 11, 2009, to April 14, 2009
• If you plan to submit a video abstract, the deadline to submit the actual video is Friday, April 24.

Be sure to review the abstract guidelines before making your submission. See Presenter Central for details.