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AAOP2025 is THE meeting.

AAOP2024 is a four-day experience, bringing the O&P profession together from all parts of the world to learn from subject matter experts and one another. Meet face-to-face with longtime colleagues and make new connections from which you can grow and develop.

Join us as we honor the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future.

For 50 years, the Academy Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium has served as the nucleus of O&P continuing education, community, and connection. Thousands of O&P practitioners, academicians, researchers, and industry partners gather here to explore and collaborate in an enriching, inclusive, and interactive environment.

You'll have the opportunity to:

Explore trending and emerging topics that impact O&P patient care and discover innovative strategies and solutions to implement in your practice.
Attend multiple breakout sessions presented by subject matter experts in O&P, who share their experiences and insight into developing innovative methodologies to help advance our profession.
Expand your network of professional colleagues, reunite with friends, and make new connections.
Earn continuing education credits and gain knowledge you can put into action.

160 + QUALITY SESSIONS • Over 100 CEUS OFFERED

18 90-Minute-Deep Dive Clinical Sessions
5 Targeted Tracks
60 20-Minute Clustered Sessions Curated By Topic
45 Technical Workshops
2 4-Hour Hands-On Workshops
(Additional Fee)
7 Clinical Techniques
13 90-Minute Sessions On O&P
New O&P Exam Preparation Seminars
(Additional Fee)

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WHY ATTEND?

Gain new perspectives from your colleagues around the world, uncover innovative patient care strategies, and immerse yourself in new thought processes.
Connect with O&P professionals outside your typical network and reunite face-to-face with those you have known for years.
Engage with world-renowned presenters and more than 100 manufacturers to learn new methodologies.
Collaborate with attendees during interactive sessions to ensure a holistic understanding of the content.

DIGESTIBLE SESSION FORMATS

Nine unique session types allow for optimal knowledge transfer.

THRANHARDT LECTURES

Award-winning presentations chosen by the Clinical Content Committee

ORGANIZED SESSIONS

90-minute presentations providing a holistic view of a topic

FREE PAPERS

15-20-minute presentations curated by topic category

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Graphic displays of research-based content

TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS

Demonstrations of how certain products may offer new solutions to existing problems

PRODUCT DISPLAY SHOWCASES

Infomercial-style educational presentations

HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS

SPECIAL EVENTS

CLINICAL TECHNIQUES

A blend of lecture and hands-on technique demonstrations

TARGETED TRACKS

Design your educational experience with your professional objectives in mind and challenge yourself to explore new methodologies.

RISING PROFESSIONALS

Sessions specifically curated for students, residents, and newly-certified O&P professionals
CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Content focused on strategies that will help you rethink the way you practice
TECHNICIAN

A full day of content curated specifically for technicians
FOOT-ANKLE BIOMECHANICS & PEDORTHIC

A full day of targeted content tailored specifically for pedorthists
NEW! THE ACADEMY'S EXAM PREPARATION SEMINARS (EPS)

The Academy will offer one orthotic and one prosthetic Exam Preparation Seminars in conjunction with the 2024 Academy Annual Meeting. These seminars are designed to help board-eligible clinicians and residents successfully pass their exams. Space is limited, and registration will be prioritized for board-eligible clinicians and residents. (Additional Fee)

The EPS is best suited for board-eligible clinicians and residents in the last few months of residency. New residents and students are eligible to register and will be added to the attendee roster as space permits.

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STRATEGIC NETWORKING

AAOP2024 is your opportunity to strengthen and expand your network.

Orthotists, prosthetists, pedorthists, technicians, fitters, assistants, educators, researchers, physicians, rehabilitation specialists, business owners, administrators, technologists, inventors, and manufacturers — all sectors of the O&P profession attend the Academy Annual Meeting, the most comprehensive trade show for the O&P profession.