Register Today for the ASCRS Annual Meeting to Secure the Best Rates
The 2026 ASCRS Annual Meeting has something for everyone, and you don’t want to miss the premier event in anterior segment surgery. Take advantage of the educational and networking opportunities from April 10–13 in Washington, D.C. Register today to get the best rates.
Why Act Now?
- Significant Savings: Register today to lock in discounted pricing before rates increase. Advanced registration discounts end Friday, March 20.
- Focused Education: Easily navigate clinical tracks and Main Stage sessions most relevant to your practice.
- Access to Faculty Experts: Learn directly from trusted experts and peers through case-based discussions and real-world insights.
- Hands-on Training: Explore and experience emerging technologies and techniques you can apply immediately.
- Lasting Professional Support: Build a supportive professional network that extends beyond the meeting, offering year-round access to the latest research, education, and peer collaboration.
View the Real-Time Program to see what the ASCRS Annual Meeting has to offer and plan your schedule; it provides in-depth information on the Annual Meeting program schedule, session details, and speakers. It is searchable by session type, clinical topic, and speaker, or use the comprehensive search and filters to locate the most relevant educational sessions for your onsite experience.
Map out your schedule and make your Annual Meeting plans today! Advanced discounts end March 20.
ASCRS Live! on Tour in 2026
Don’t miss your opportunity to attend ASCRS Live! Join us tomorrow, March 19, in Baltimore, Maryland, or next week, on March 26, in St. Louis, Missouri.
🎸 Headliner: Rock the Vision – High-Impact Clinical Pearls
From preop planning to IOL selection to achieving postop satisfaction, this program delivers actionable pearls from leading experts—including faculty from your own region.
Price of Admission: FREE
- Earn CME credit
- Access bonus webinars on MIGS, refractive surgery, and more
- Complimentary gourmet dinner
- Connect with peers and ASCRS faculty
Whether you’re an ASCRS member or exploring what our community offers, this is your chance to learn, connect, and tune up your cataract surgery skills.
Look out for these 10 remaining cities on the ASCRS Live! tour:
- Baltimore, Maryland
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Chicago, Illinois
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Detroit, Michigan
- Tucson, Arizona
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- New York, New York
- Birmingham, Alabama
Skills Transfer Labs at the Annual Meeting
The Skills Transfer Labs at the ASCRS Annual Meeting are the largest, in terms of size and scope, for the anterior segment surgeon in the U.S. There is still time to add hands-on opportunities to round out your Annual Meeting experience, but seats are filling up.
Register for the ASCRS Annual Meeting and select the Skills Transfer Lab(s) you would like to add to your registration.
Already registered? To add a Skills Transfer Lab to your schedule, use your badge number to log in, then click “Upgrade.”
The following labs still have good availability, but act now to ensure access to your preferred choice:
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Don’t wait to upgrade your experience. Some of these ASCRS Skills Transfer Labs are once-a-year opportunities only available in person at the ASCRS Annual Meeting!
Agenda Topics Now Available: SightLine at ASCRS
The wait is over—the agenda details for SightLine at ASCRS are posted. Hosted by ASCRS and ASOA, this one-day business meeting will take place Thursday, April 9, ahead of the ASCRS and ASOA Annual Meetings. SightLine brings together ophthalmology’s most influential voices—surgeons, practice leaders, industry partners, regulators, and payors—to examine the evolving relationship between healthcare, business, and government.
This year’s program—How Ophthalmology Works with the Government—explores the forces shaping commercial ophthalmology today and what they mean for your practice tomorrow. Sessions will tackle reimbursement pressures, market dynamics, patient communication, and how practices of all sizes can position themselves for long-term success.
Review the day-of agenda details and register today.
ASCRS Online Education
The online ASCRS CME Education Catalog offers a wealth of both CME and non-CME content available for members. Check out what your colleagues have been watching lately. You won’t want to miss it!
ASCRS Live! Roundtables: In addition to in-person events, ASCRS Live! also offers a virtual roundtable series. Three roundtables are now available, covering MIGS, cataract surgery in the setting of retinal disease, and a refractive update.
'Closing the Gap’ webinar series: Four webinars in the “Closing the Gap” series, developed based on data from the ASCRS Clinical Survey, are now available for a total of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
- Edge Cases – Managing Irregular Astigmatism
- Finishing the Job - Enhancements Following Lenticular Refractive Surgery
- Getting Started with Refractive Cataract Surgery and How to Talk to Your Patients
- Review of Members’ 2025 Clinical Survey and Best Retina Related Practices
Satellite CME programs: Three satellite CME activities from the 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting cover Refractive Options for Patients with Irregular Corneas, Phaco Fundamentals: Phacodynamics for Challenging Cataracts, and Refractive Surgery in the Glaucoma Patient.
ASCRS Grand Rounds: This virtual CME offering brings the experience of a live grand rounds to your home or office. Listen to the panel of experts discuss and debate the management of interesting cases. ASCRS has partnered with major academic institutions to present a monthly series of virtual grand rounds, each approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. View on demand at your convenience to earn CME credits from home.
BPOS webinars: This non-CME webinar series highlights Best Paper of Session (BPOS) winners from the 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting. Catch up on the best papers from refractive, glaucoma, cataract, and cornea now.
Important Resources
- ASCRS Annual Meeting: April 10–13, 2026 | Washington, D.C.
- SightLine at ASCRS: April 9, 2026 | Washington, D.C.
- Business of Interventional Glaucoma: April 9, 2026 | Washington, D.C.
- CME 24/7: Your source for the latest online CME from ASCRS; member login required
- Calculators and Tools: Essential tools for your practice
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