Education Highlights
Your Clear Path to Eye Care Excellence
Brought to you by the Southern Council of Optometrists, SECO 2025 is an essential event for every optometry professional. This one-of-a-kind event is dedicated to advancing your career, offering the perfect blend of top-tier education, impactful networking opportunities, and strategic partnerships—all designed to drive the future of eye care forward on a global scale.
Cutting-Edge Education
If you’re eager to explore the latest advancements in eye care technology and innovative patient care strategies, SECO 2025 is the event for you. Featuring sessions led by industry-renowned experts, you’ll discover the most up-to-date trends, research, and breakthroughs. SECO 2025 ensures you leave with the knowledge and tools to stay at the forefront of optometric practice.
Networking Opportunities
SECO 2025 provides an exceptional platform to connect with a diverse community of passionate eye care professionals. These networking opportunities create a space for the exchange of innovative ideas, open the door to valuable mentorship, and lay the foundation for collaborations that can elevate your practice to new heights.
Strategic Partnerships
SECO 2025 is more than just an educational experience—it’s a hub for building strategic partnerships. Whether you’re looking to expand your practice, invest in cutting-edge technology, or explore new ways to serve your patients, SECO is where you’ll make the right connections. Engage with industry leaders, vendors, and forward-thinking startups to shape the future direction of your practice.
Our Global Mission
SECO 2025 goes beyond borders, championing a global mission to advance eye care through top-tier education and strategic partnerships. By attending, you become part of an international dialogue focused on shaping the future of eye care and driving its positive evolution worldwide.
If you’re an eye care professional looking to stay ahead in the ever-evolving field, expand your professional network, and contribute to the global advancement of eye care, SECO 2025 is a must-attend event.
Embark on a transformative learning journey with SECO 2025’s cutting-edge educational programming—designed to elevate your practice and enhance patient care. Gain the essential knowledge needed to excel in your profession through a variety of engaging formats, including hands-on learning labs, immersive presentation theaters, insightful lectures, and practical demonstrations.
SECO 2025 Education
Embark on an unforgettable journey of learning with SECO 2025's educational programming - a transformative experience designed to elevate your practice. Absorb the essential knowledge that will empower you to deliver remarkable patient care and excel in your unique role. SECO presents sessions in an array of engaging formats, including hands-on learning labs, immersive presentation theaters, enlightening lectures, and practical demonstrations.
Developed in partnership with the American Society of Optometric Surgeons, this dedicated pavilion in Optometry’s Marketplace Exhibit Hall will feature a variety of hands-on experiences designed to familiarize or update attendees with a variety of surgical, laser and aesthetic procedures. Participants will benefit from hands-on guidance in an interactive environment.
Through interactive stations, the SECO Surgical Skills Education Pavilion will provide a platform where attendees will experience simulation training in several procedures, including Botox administration, suturing, laser procedures, and cryosurgery.
SECO's hallmark special sessions stand as a shining beacon in the landscape of the SECO 2025, renowned for their exclusive lineup of the field's top thought leaders. These dynamic sessions provide an unmatched platform where attendees have the unique opportunity to learn from industry pioneers, gaining insights and perspectives that are rarely found at other optometry meetings. These esteemed professionals are innovators, ushering in new paradigms and advancements within the ever-evolving sphere of optometry. By attending these special sessions, you're not only expanding your knowledge with cutting-edge concepts and progressive strategies, but you're also part of an active discourse shaping the future of optometry, whether that involves pioneering tech advancements or groundbreaking patient care approaches.
We are excited to announce the return of our successful Certificate Programs for SECO 2025. Introduced with resounding success two years ago, these Certificate Programs allow you to accumulate focused course hours in a specific subject, with the certificate you receive demonstrating that you've acquired a fundamental understanding of that topic.
The SECO 2025 Ophthalmic Symposium Series allows eye care professionals to join their colleagues while engaging with industry leaders to discuss advances in ophthalmic healthcare while enjoying a complimentary meal. The Symposium Series sessions are unopposed by education for the designated audience and are offered at no charge to attendees.
This free, comprehensive program kicks off with a Continuing Education session focused on the latest innovations in contact lenses, offering strategies to improve patient satisfaction and boost profitability. After a complimentary snack break, sponsored by our partners, you’ll dive into another enriching CE session. Open to all attendees, this program is a valuable opportunity to expand your knowledge and connections in the field of contact lenses.
Dive into the business aspect of your practice and keep abreast of the most recent developments in leadership and management strategies. The widely appreciated and recently broadened MedPRO360 curriculum promises to feature renowned practice management experts.
These sessions are designed to provide you with cutting-edge knowledge and practical applications in the field of optometry. This year’s topics include Glaucoma, Dry Eye, and Myopia and will be delivered in a “discuss and debate” format. Make sure to secure your spot for these entertaining, informative, and essential programs!