Note: This schedule is tentative and subject to change.
| Wednesday, June 25 | Event |
| 7:00 am – 4:30 pm | Registration |
| 8:00 am – 11:00 am | Leadership Workshop (3 CEUs) Sharpening Your Focus: Leadership Skills for Success Separate Registration Required. Breakfast included. |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | New Attendee Welcome Session |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | General Session (1 CEU) Keynote: The Power of Recognition in Eye Banking |
| 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm | Donor, Partner, and Community Relations Workshop (1.5 CEUs) Cultivating Relationships with Donor Families |
| 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm | Quality Assurance Workshop (1.5 CEUs) Value Stream Mapping: A Tool for Process Improvement |
| 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions (1 CEU) Transforming Resistance to Change DSAEK 2.0: An Interactive Experience |
| 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall |
| Thursday, June 26 | |
| 7:00 am – 4:00 pm | Registration |
| 7:00 am – 7:45 am | Breakfast in Exhibit Hall |
| 8:00 am – 9:15 am | General Session (1.25 CEUs) Honoring One of Our Own: Turning Tragic Loss into a Lasting Legacy OPOs and Eye Banks Navigating the Future of Transplantation |
| 9:15 am – 9:45 am | Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 9:45 am – 10:45 am | Concurrent Sessions (1 CEU) Activating Your Board and Medical Directors into Eye Bank Ambassadors Bringing a Device to Market Working with Medicolegal Entities to Advance Donation |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions (1 CEU) On the Case: Investigating Infectious Adverse Reactions Myth Busters: Debunking Myths Around Donation |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Innovative Solutions Showcase |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch in the Exhibit Hall |
| 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm | Technical Skills Workshop (2.25 CEUs) Guardians of Sterility: Aseptic Technique for Difficult Recoveries Pen Light Exams: Illuminating the Gift Advances in Corneal Tissue Processing You Want Us to Do What!? Surgeon Feedback & Requests Research Requests and Research Tissue Uses Maximizing the Donor Pool for Research: Extending the Post-Mortem Interval for the Retina Donor Eligibility Case Studies Innovation Spotlights |
| 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm | Workshop: Maximizing Impact: Smart Strategies for Public Relations on Any Budget (2.25 CEUs) |
| 3:15 pm – 3:45 pm | Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 3:45 pm – 5:45 pm | Accreditation Board Meeting |
| 3:45 pm – 5:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions (1.5 CEUs) A Deeper Look: Corneal Tissue Evaluation Building Engaged and High Performing Teams |
| 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Social Event: EBAA Cruise in the San Diego Harbor Separate Registration Required  |
| Friday, June 27 | |
| 7:00 am – 3:00 pm | Registration |
| 7:00 am – 7:45 am | Breakfast in Exhibit Hall |
| 8:00 am – 9:45 am | General Session (1.75 CEUs) Keynote: Understanding and Identifying Sepsis Visionary Solutions: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Eye Banking Eye Donation Month Announcement State of the Association |
| 9:45 am – 10:15 am | Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am | Concurrent Sessions (1 CEU) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Going Back to the Basics Hosting Wet Labs, Surgical Trainings and Educational Experiences |
| 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | Awards Luncheon |
| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Dessert Reception in Exhibit Hall |
| 1:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Medical Advisory Board Meeting (2.25 CEUs) |
| 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 4:15 pm – 5:00 pm | House of Delegates Meeting |
| Saturday, June 28 | |
| 7:00 am – 11:00 am | Registration |
| 7:00 am – 7:45 am | Breakfast in Exhibit Hall |
| 8:00 am – 11:45 am | Scientific Symposium* (3.25 CEUs) Invited Session: An Update on Endothelial Cell Therapy in the United States Scientific Abstracts: Ocular Surface Reconstruction with Keratolimbal Allograft for Severe or Recurrent Symblepharon Novel Technique to Thin Oral Mucous Membrane Grafts for Ocular Surface Reconstruction to Achieve Texture Mimicking Conjunctiva Role of Sex and Extracellular Matrix Modification on Migration Rate of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Cells in Descemet’s Stripping Only Evaluating the Role of Rho Kinase Inhibitors in Glaucoma Patients with Underlying Cornea Transplantation Efficacy of ?-MSH in Accelerating Corneal Endothelial Regeneration Following Descemet’s Stripping Only Comparison of Orientation Markings on Endothelial Keratoplasty Grafts Over 72 Hours Comparing the Characteristics and Feasibility of Donor DMEK Tissue Under Age 50: A Retrospective Review Screening and Preventing Textural Interface Opacities in DSAEK Corneal Transplants Comparison of XTRA4 and Optisol-GS Corneal Storage Solutions for the Preservation of DSAEK Grafts. How Different are Donor Corneas from Diabetics versus Non-Diabetics? Diabetes Endothelial Keratoplasty Study (DEKS): Donor and Donor Lenticule Prep Findings Evaluation of Area of Cell Damage Assessment in the DEKS-ACD Ancillary Study Eyes with Severe to Total Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency can Present Clusters of Limbal Epithelial Cells Evaluated by In vivo Confocal Microscopy Transcriptomic Analyses of Corneal Endothelial Cells Treated with Mitochondrial-targeted Antioxidant MitoQ during Ex Vivo Expansion for Cell-Based Therapies Hydrogel-Based Grafts for Cultured Human Corneal Endothelial Cell Transplantation *This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM  Sponsored by:  |
| 9:40 am – 10:10 am | Break in Exhibit Hall  |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Physician Luncheon* Physician attendees only *This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM |
| 1:15 pm – 4:15 pm | Medical Directors Symposium* (2.75 CEUs) Infectious Diseases: A Primer for Medical Directors Adverse Events- Reporting, Investigations and Case Studies What’s New in Accreditation? Advocating for Eye Banking: The Medical Director’s Role in Education, Outreach, and Social Media Becoming an Ambassador for Your Eye Bank Medical Director Dilemmas: What Would You Do? *This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM |
