| September |
| 5 | Registration and Housing open |
| October |
| 5 | Deadline for ASCRS paper, course, poster, film submissions |
| Deadline for ASOA course and round table submissions |
| Deadline for Clinical & Surgical Staff Program course submissions |
| December |
| 6 | Program participant acceptance letters and schedules sent via e-mail |
| Preview (preliminary program) available online |
| January |
| 8 | Deadline for financial interest information |
| 11 | Deadline for Ophthalmic Photographers Society Exhibit submissions and receipt of OPS photographs at ASCRS |
| Preview (preliminary program) mailed |
| February |
| 1 | Deadline for early-bird registration fee |
| Preregistration deadline to receive badge in the mail (domestic only) |
| Deadline for registration cancellation/refund |
| 25 | Deadline for hotel reservations |
| March |
| 3 | Deadline for receipt of films at Tradeshow Multimedia, Inc |
| 8 | Deadline for ASOA COE Review Day registration |
| Deadline for ASOA COE On-site Exam registration |
| 17 | Deadline for posters to be uploaded |
| Deadline for ASCRS electronic course handouts |
| Deadline for ASOA Practice Management electronic course handouts |
| Deadline for Clinical & Surgical electronic course handouts |
| April |
| 3 | ASCRS•ASOA on-site registration open: 2:00–8:00 pm |
| 4 | ASCRS Glaucoma Day 2008 |
| Cornea Day 2008 |
| ASOA COE Review Day |
| ATPO COA/COT/COMT Review Course |
| ASCRS•ASOA Welcome Reception |
| 4-8 | ASOA Congress on Practice Management and Clinical & Surgical Staff Program |
| 4-9 | ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery |
| 5-9 | Exhibit Hall open |