CEwire2021: The Latest Information

CEwire2021 is now open for early registration!

64 COPE Approved Credits
4 Live Events
1 Low Price
Featuring ALL NEW LECTURES for 2021!

LIVE Online:
March 13 & 14 [view live schedule]
April 24 & 25
May 15 & 16
June 12 & 13

Large exhibit hall with vendor discounts!

Check back on this thread for the latest information about the conference.

 

Exhibit Hall Information

As the conference approaches, we'll be updating this post with information about the sponsors and latest offers for conference attendees. You can always check out the latest list of sponsors here.

 

BTW I'm aware some of the speaker bios and exhibitors aren't up yet on the CEwire2021 site. I just got power back 5 days after an ice storm hit here in Portland, so wanted to get the registration site up and running ASAP. We will be adding more information to it in the days and weeks to come.

Looking forward to a fun show! If you have any questions, feel free to add them to this thread

-- Adam

 

I'm working through the process with Illinois right now, they should have no reason to reject us.

 

Just an update --

I finished the Illinois application and FedEx will be delivering it to them (along with $500) tomorrow. I'm not sure how long it will take to process, or if they will reject us (I cannot imagine why they would - we've provided more COPE-approved CE than just about anyone over the past 5 years.)

I have to admit I'm totally befuddled as to why states like IL and FL are making CE providers take this extra step of registering with them individually.

My understanding was that ARBO -- which is made up of boards from all 50 states -- was supposed to define a common denominator for optometric CE. And that member states could rely on it as a seal of quality, or at least as a minimum floor of acceptability.

We are already a COPE administrator, and all education we provide is COPE-approved. Why is that not enough? It can't really be about the money, because the $500 registration fee isn't that great -- someone has to go through the hassle of reading the applications and processing them, so this doesn't seem like a real profit-center for the state.

From our perspective as an administrator, the application process was only a little time-consuming (it took me about 3 hours to draft a narrative about us and CEwire, fill out the forms, and then -- because this is all paper-based -- find a notary public (!) willing to sign off on the application (not something I was thrilled about doing during a pandemic.)

To do this for an individual state it is no big deal, but if each state or province forced us to do this.... it would be a challenge.

 

The costs really would escalate.

As it stands, because of the size of CEwire, just getting the lectures COPE-approved is going to cost us well north of $10k. (that's just for the approval process -- not paying the speakers, producing the talks, etc...)

 

Thanks Richard!

The 2021 show should be amusing -- I'm really looking forward to your talk. (As should anyone who is at a crossroads in their life!)

We're making this year's event into a rather intense experience -- 4 live events spaced out one a month, Mid-March thru June. Because like Cinderalla's coach turning back into a pumpkin, it is highly probable that ARBO's pandemic rules are going to revert to the "before times" on July 1 (with required testing, etc, etc...)

So... hope everyone hops on board what should be a fun 100-day long sprint to get your credits in.

In the meantime, i'll circle back and let everyone know about Illinois when I get more info.

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$575, mama mia. Anyway, our application to become an "approved" provider is reaching Springfield today. They only do it by paper, which has made the process take longer...