Fort Lauderdale, FL—The theme of this year's annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) is "Global Networking." More than 9,000 scientists will be in attendance, and there will be in excess of 5,500 paper and poster presentations, more than 50 special events and presentations, and more than 100 exhibitors from which to choose. The conference begins Sunday, May 1, and wraps up on Thursday, May 5.