OPA 2025 Annual Conference & Trade Show 
Your Future Starts Today with OPA!
OPA's 147th Annual Conference & Trade Show was held in Columbus on April 11-13, 2025. The 2025 OPA Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio offers pharmacists the opportunity to earn up to 12 hours of live continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit and additional hours of home-study CPE credit for full-conference registrants from on-demand CPE activities.
Your Future Starts Today with OPA is the theme for the 2025 OPA Annual Conference. This is a great opportunity for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student pharmacists to focus on the future of your career, your profession, and to update your knowledge and resources to help you achieve professional satisfaction. Continuing education sessions will be held live April 11-13 with on-demand access available April 21-June 30, 2025, for full-conference registrants. The full package of on-demand CPE will also be available for purchase by those who cannot attend in person.
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Special Events
Breakfast Theatre: Opioid Use Disorder; A Chronic, Treatable Brain Disease
Friday 8:20 am; Presenter: Taylor Laffey, PharmD
Enjoy a hot, plated breakfast and presentation hosted by Indivior. (No CPE credit will be provided for participation in the Theatre.)
Awards and PAC Luncheon
Friday 11:45 a.m.
OPA will recognize excellence in the profession, in the community, and in the Association at the Annual Awards Luncheon. Current issues impacting the profession of pharmacy will be presented. Following the luncheon, alumni group photo opportunities will be offered. Contribute to the Pharmacy PAC to support pharmacy’s influence in the Ohio General Assembly. Click here for the list of previous OPA Award Recipients.
Trade Show and Networking
Friday, 3:45 – 5:30 p.m.
Meet exhibitors to learn about products and services. Enjoy refreshments and a cash bar while you reconnect with friends and colleagues. Sponsored by NPX, free professional head & shoulders photos will be offered for free to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student pharmacists on a first come, first served basis during exhibit hours.
Product Theater for Zepbound® (tirzepatide) Injection
Friday, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Enjoy refreshments and a presentation hosted by Lilly. (No CPE credit is available.)
Poster Session
Friday, 3:45 – 5:30 p.m.
Our annual Poster Session will feature the research and innovative practices of faculty and students from Ohio’s colleges of pharmacy, as well as practitioners from around the state.
Residency and Fellowship Expo
Friday, 3:45- 5:30 p.m.
The Expo is your chance to meet residents, fellows, and program directors from across the state.
Breakfast Theatre: Cardiovascular and Renal Implications of Aldosterone Dysregulation
Saturday, 8:20 a.m.; Presenter: Erica Sheridan, PharmD, MBA, BCCP
Enjoy a hot, plated breakfast and presentation hosted by AstraZeneca. (NO CPE credit is available.)
Trade Show, Lunch, & Prizes
Saturday, 11:40 a.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Network and visit exhibits for a chance to win a BIG prize!
House of Delegates
Saturday, 3:00 p.m.
The House of Delegates serves as the policy-making body of the Association. Be a part of decisions made for the practice of pharmacy in Ohio through the resolutions and bylaws processes.
Pharmacy Reception & President’s Banquet
Saturday, 5:00 pm
Come to the installation of OPA President Dana Wilkerson and the 2025-2026 Board of Trustees. This event requires an additional fee on the registration form.
Breakfast Theatre: Recognizing and Addressing the Risks of Shifting Epidemiology of Adult Pneumococcal Disease
Sunday, 8:00 a.m.
Enjoy a hot, plated breakfast and presentation hosted by Merck. (No CPE credit is available.)
Conference App Information
The OPA Annual Conference 2025 app/platform content is only available for registered attendees. Conference content is available whether on the app on your mobile device during the live event. The On-Demand content is available to full-conference registrants April 21-June 30, 2025 via your desktop computer or mobile device - you can attend from anywhere!
MOBILE DEVICE: The Ohio Pharmacists Association has a free App available for download, which includes the meeting schedule; in-depth descriptions of programming and downloadable handouts; speaker evaluations, sponsor information; exhibitors; and more. In the App store/Google Play, search for "Ohio Pharmacists Association." From the homepage of the OPA app, select the Events App Access tile. When you click on the Annual Conference & Trade Show from the list of events, a check mark appears and there will be a slight pause as the content loads. Once downloaded, you will be on the event landing page.
NOTE: On-Demand CPE content will be available April 21, 2025 through June 30, 2025. All special events will be held at the Hilton Downtown Columbus.
STUDENTS
Join us for another weekend filled with friends, fun, and pharmacy excellence from April 11-13, 2025! The 147th OPA Annual Conference has plenty of opportunities to expand your pharmacy knowledge. This three-day meeting is full of student-focused programming, numerous continuing pharmacy education programs to complement your classroom education, and invaluable networking opportunities for everyone. Enhance your professional platform while discovering what OPA can do for you now and for your future!
Innovative Pharmacy Business Plan Competition 2025
Friday, 10:10 - 11:40 a.m.
In this annual competition, students have been invited to submit business plans detailing the loan request, mission statement, detailed description of the business, marketing plan and financial reports for buying a pharmacy or developing innovative pharmacy services. Three finalist teams will present their plans to a panel of judges. Hear what the students envision for the future of pharmacy and get ideas for your own practice.
Ohio Innovative Practice Forum 2025
Friday, 10:10-11:40 a.m.
Innovative pharmacy practices and services in Ohio will be showcased to help pharmacists initiate or expand novel services and approaches in their own practices. Practitioners from a variety of practice sites will present examples and share successful implementation strategies and methods for overcoming barriers to offer patient-centered services.
2025 OTC and Self-Care Challenge
Friday, 1:00- 2:30 p.m.
Learn up-to-date information about nonprescription products, along with the rationale for product choices, at OPA’s 17th “OTC and Self-Care Challenge – Battle of the Colleges!” Join us for a highly interactive, fun-filled session that will enhance your OTC expertise and update your knowledge of common self-care conditions.
Ohio Research Forum 2025
Friday, 2:40-3:40 p.m.
Ohio pharmacists, college faculty, pharmacy residents, and students will be showcased in the annual Ohio Research Forum. Research areas may include those from pharmacy practice, scientific research, economic/social/administrative sciences, and pharmacy education.
NPX Financial Panel
Friday, 2:40-3:40 p.m.
Hear from new practitioners who have recently navigated the costs of student loans, licensure, and examination so that you are better prepared for the hidden costs of becoming a new pharmacist!
Poster Session
Friday, 3:45 – 5:30 p.m.
Our annual Poster Session will feature the research and innovative practices of faculty and students from Ohio’s colleges of pharmacy, as well as practitioners from around the state.
Residency and Fellowship Expo
Friday, 3:45 p.m.
The Expo is your chance to meet residents, fellows, and program directors from across the state.
Trade Show with Networking Head Shot Opportunity (Friday Only)
Friday, 3:45p.m. and Saturday, 11:40 am
Meet exhibitors to learn about products and services. Sponsored by NPX, free professional head & shoulders photos will be offered on Friday on a first-come, first-served basis during exhibit hall hours. On Saturday, network and visit exhibits for a chance to win a BIG prize!
NPX/Student Olympics
Friday, 5:30 p.m.
Form a team for your school and compete for the prestigious Pharmacy Trivia Trophy while getting to know students from all over the state! Followed by a student social to expand your network!
Pharmacy Law Update 2025
Saturday, 9:00 a.m.
Our representative speaker from the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy will present information regarding changes to Ohio laws/rules in the last year including those which apply to the outpatient and inpatient setting. The presentation will also highlight drug diversion, detection, and prevention in the healthcare setting. This session is a must for all pharmacists who want to stay up-to-date on legislative and regulatory changes impacting the practice of pharmacy.
Faculty Disclosure
Disclosure of faculty and commercial support relationships will be made known at each activity.
Continuing Education Credit
This Conference is targeted to all pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student pharmacists. To receive CPE credit for live CPE sessions, pharmacists and technicians must attend the entire session, actively participate, complete the speaker evaluation(s) in OPA's LecturePanda platform, and indicate session attended within 60 days of the conference. To receive CPE credit for on-demand sessions, pharmacists must view the entire video, complete the post-activity quiz and speaker evaluation, and claim credit in the virtual platform for each session completed. CPE Statements of Credit can be printed from the CPE Monitor. Learning objectives for each of the continuing pharmacy education programs can be found on the OPA website at www.ohiopharmacists.org. All CPE sessions are knowledge-based activities unless otherwise indicated.
The Ohio Pharmacists Foundation, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Disclosure: The OPF trustees and other individuals responsible for planning OPF continuing pharmacy education activities have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
