Can J Ophthalmol
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To assess participant attendance and engagement for an in-person Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) annual meeting (2019) compared with a virtual COS annual meeting (2020). ⋯ The first COS virtual meeting attracted more participants and was available to a geographically wider audience. Indeed, more professionals from provinces that are geographically further from the traditional COS meeting locations were able to participate in the event. Meeting engagement on a social media platform increased in the virtual meeting in 2020 relative to the in-person meeting in 2019, and possible enablers for increased engagement should be sought and incorporated into future meetings.