2026 AVE Conference in Florida, USA
The 2026 AVE Conference is happening Thursday, December 3rd to Sunday, December 6th at Sirata Beach Resort, located at 5300 Gulf Boulevard, St. Pete Beach, FL 33706 USA.
This teacher’s retreat includes presentations, interactive breaks, morning and night classes, vendor booths and moments to bond.
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We are thrilled to be featuring the work of Dr. Ray Gottlieb all 3 days of the conference!
Ray’s vast experience and creative inventiveness in the fields of vision therapy and vision improvement have helped countless people around the world, and we get to break it down into 3 main categories:
Stress Point Training
Syntonics Color Light Therapy
Convergence & Divergence Fusion Development
Ray will be teaming up with other vision educators each morning to do deep dives into each of the above topics.
Then each afternoon will provide panels and group discussions to dig in even a little deeper into the daily topics and more.
See below for more information…
Tentative Schedule
All times listed are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), USA
“Vision can be improved by natural methods.”
DAY 1 - THURSDAY (December 3rd, 2026)
3:00pm - 6:00pm: Check into Sirata Beach Resort
6:00pm - 7:00pm: Welcome Dinner
7:30pm - 8:30pm: Conference Committee Welcome
Carl Vigilante, Kate Keilman, Carla Sciaky, Trisha Kirby
“There are as many hours in the day to use the eyes well as to use the eyes badly.”
DAY 2 - FRIDAY (December 4th, 2026)
7:00am - 7:45am: Morning Class
OCEANFRONT YOGA
8:00am - 9:00am: Breakfast
10:00am - 12:00pm: Workshop #1
STRESS POINT TRAINING
with Dr. Ray Gottlieb, Nathan Oxenfeld
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Exhibit Window
1:30pm - 3:00pm: Physical Panel Discussion
VISION NUTRITION
with Claudia Muehlenweg, Dr. Marc Grossman, Mila Casey
3:10pm - 3:30pm: Bates Break
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Group Discussion
6:00pm - 7:00pm Dinner @ Restaurant
7:30pm - 8:30pm: Night Vision on the Beach
“The world moves. Let it move. All objects move if you let them. Do not interfere with this movement, or try to stop it.”
DAY 3 - SATURDAY (December 5th, 2026)
7:00am - 7:45am: Morning Class
QIGONG ON THE BEACH
8:00am - 9:00am: Breakfast
9:00am - 9:30am: Exhibit Window
9:30am-9:45am: Bates Break
10:00am - 11:30am: Workshop #2
SYNTONICS: COLOR LIGHT THERAPY
with Dr. Ray Gottlieb, Trisha Kirby
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm: Nonphysical Panel Discussion
VISION ENERGETICS with Barry Auchettl, Marion Reynolds, Carla Sciaky
3:10pm - 3:25pm: Bates Break
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Group Discussion
6:00pm - 7:00pm Dinner
7:30pm - 8:30pm Night Class
NIGHT VISION WALK by Kate Keilman
“We see very largely with the mind, and only partly with the eyes. ”
DAY 4 - SUNDAY (December 6th, 2026)
7:00am - 7:45am: Morning Class
MORNING VISION RELAXATION
8:00am - 9:00am: Breakfast
9:00am - 10:30am: Workshop #3
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS FOR FUSION AND VISION
with Dr. Ray Gottlieb, Kate Keilman
10:30am - 11:00am: Pack & Check Out
11:00am - 12:00pm: AVE Board Meeting
12:00pm - 12:15pm: Conference Closing
12:15pm - 1:00pm: Lunch
1:00 - 3:00pm: Depart Sirata Beach Resort
TRAVEL INFORMATION
We suggest you fly into Tampa International Airport (TPA)
It is approximately 35 minute drive from the airport to Sirata Beach Resort.
You can get a taxi or use a rideshare app like Lyft or Uber.
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