Events/News
Spring Meeting
Sunday, May 18, 2025
7:30 AM – 1:00 PM Embassy Suites
11301 Financial Centre Parkway Little Rock, AR 72211 501-312-9000
We will offer 4 hours of Arkansas State Board and ABO credits and the mandatory law class.
The Annual business meeting will be held at noon on Sunday May 18, 2025. If you would like to run for an office or a board seat, please contact, Christy Seaton, our nomination chairman.
Please make your reservations as soon as possible to make sure you have a room if needed.
You will find the registration form for This meeting below. Please make sure you PRINT your email address, and please use the email address that you want your registration confirmation to be emailed to.
Upcoming Meetings
SPRING Meeting
May 18, 2025
CEC Little Rock
FALL Meeting
Sept 28, 2025
CEC Jonesboro
WINTER
Meeting
Nov 16, 2025
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agendas
Meeting Agendas
OPTICIANS ASSOCIATION OF ARKANSAS
Spring Meeting
Sunday, May 18, 2025
7:30 AM – 1:00 PM Embassy Suites
11301 Financial Centre Parkway Little Rock, AR 72211 501-312-9000
AGENDA
May 18, 2025
ABO Speaker: Pete Hanlin
7:30 am - 8:00 am Seating and Questions
8:00 am –9:00 am Making Life Easier (by reducing redos)
Focus: reducing redos by addressing the main reasons we see remakes
9:00 am - 10:00 am Ocular Ramifications of Diabetes
10:00 am - 11:00 pm Ophthalmic Merchandising
11:00 am –12:00 noon Contrast Sensitivity & Visual Perception Focus: The role contrast plays in vision
12:00 noon Mandatory Law Class / Business Meeting
Thanks to Essilor for Sponsoring our Speaker Pete Hanlin Pete Hanlin began his ophthalmic career in 1989 as a lab technician. Over the next 13 years, he managed optometric practices in Pennsylvania and Florida before joining Essilor of America in 2002- where he is currently Vice President of Professional Services. Designated a Master Optician by the American Board of Opticianry, Pete serves as an industry representative on the ANSI Z80 committee. A graduate of Lee University, he lives in Hickory Creek, Texas with his wife and grandson.
CEC Courses are Arkansas State Board and ABO Approved
Please make sure you get the proper educational certificates stamped before you leave the class
Just remember to never stop growing and learning as an Optician!
Christina Seaton, OAA President