ASCRS Speaker Guidelines

DEADLINE FOR ONLINE ENTRY FORM SUBMISSION AND RECIEPT OF UPLOADED DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH(S): FEBRUARY 28, 2023

OPS submission(s) requires a 2-step process. The first step is filling out the entry form online with your intent to submit a photo(s). You must complete a Financial Interest disclosure. The second step will be uploading your digital photo(s) beginning December 16, 2022, using a link that will be sent to you via email. Separate instructions for uploading your photo(s) will be sent with the link.

ASCRS and the Ophthalmic Photographers’ Society (OPS) co-sponsor a call for photo submissions of high-quality ophthalmic images demonstrating superior imaging techniques to be selected for the OPS exhibit at the 2023 ASCRS Annual Meeting. OPS represents members who perform imaging of all structures of the eye using highly specialized equipment in order to increase the level of patient care and help to advance the science and practice of ophthalmology. The photo selection process is judged by ophthalmologists and OPS member photographers. Acceptance of a photograph(s) for the exhibit is highly selective. You do not have to be an OPS member or register to submit photo entries. Meeting registration is required if you are planning on attending the 2023 ASCRS Annual Meeting.

PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION IS NOW COMPLETELY DIGITAL.

1. Online submission is open from August 12, 2022, to February 28, 2023.
2. Go to https://ascrs.confex.com/ascrs/23am/cfp.cgi to submit a photograph entry. It is important to use a valid email as all correspondence regarding the entry will be sent to this email address. Please read the following instructions carefully before submitting. All information must be complete, or the submission will not be considered for judging. Only the lead photographer’s name should be submitted.
3. Complete the Faculty CME review and Financial Disclosure at https://ascrs.confex.com/ascrs/ficme23/cfp.cgi. Photographers will need to complete the CME Review and Financial Disclosure to finalize their submission.

JUDGING PANEL

A panel of judges will review digital photo entries. The judges will be composed of ASCRS ophthalmologists and OPS member photographers. Judges may not submit entries. The judges reserve the right to reassign images to different categories.

CATEGORIES

Please be sure to submit your photo to the correct category or your photo will be disqualified during the judging process.

• Clinical Setting Photography
• Composite
• Corneal Endothelial Photography
• Cross Categories
• External Photography
• Fluorescein Angiography
• Fundus Autofluorescence
• Fundus Photography, High Magnification, 20°
• Fundus Photography, Normal, 30°–40°
• Fundus Photography, Wide Angle, 45°–60°
• Gonio Photography
• Gross Specimen Photography
• ICG Angiogram
• Instrumentation Photography
• Monochromatic Photography
• Optical Coherence Tomography
• Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography
• Photo/Electron Micrography
• Slitlamp Photography
• Special Effects Photography
• Surgical Photography
• The Eye as Art
• Ultra-Widefield Imaging >60° (all modalities)

NUMBER OF ENTRIES

Individuals can submit up to 3 entries per category (Cross Categories being an exception; see below). For imagers with access or skill in image software editing, a single entry can consist of more than 1 digital image incorporated in the submission file. Photoshop work of several images is acceptable, certainly like in categories such as Cross Categories (e.g., 4 photographs from the same angiogram, progression studies). Extra images will be arbitrarily eliminated. For submissions to Cross Categories, separate files of the entity are accepted.

WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS

Winners will be displayed in the OPS exhibit at the ASCRS Annual Meeting. First, second, third, and honorable mention photographs will be selected. Additionally, an overall Best in Show winner will be selected.

ELIGIBILITY

Photographs that have not been displayed in previous OPS exhibits are eligible for entry.

For more information, please see the 2023 ASCRS Submission Guide

To begin a submission, please click here