2024 Speakers
2024 Speakers
Robert L. Avery, MD
California Retina Consultants
Tara Capalbo
General Manager, Ocular Surface Disease and Glaucoma
Bill Carpou
CEO, Octane
Doug Faunce
Executive Director, External Disease, AbbVie
Nicole Fram, MD
Managing Partner, Advanced Vision Care
Jeffrey L. Goldberg, MD, PhD
Co-founder and Director, Board of Managers, Emmecell
John Hovanesian, MD, FACS
Private Practice, Harvard Eye Associates, Laguna Hills, CA Clinical Faculty, UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Mark Kontos, MD
Empire Eye (RxSight, Inc.)
Greg Kunst
Chief Executive Officer, Aurion Biotech
Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD
Steinert Endowed Professor, Chair, Department of Ophthalmology; Director, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine
Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS
President, CM Associates, LLC
Jim Mazzo
Executive Chairman, Neurotech
Co-Founder, Octane
Yari Mitchell
Aziz Mottiwala
Chief Commercial Officer, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Lisa Nijm, MD, JD
Founder and Medical Director, Warrenville Eyecare and LASIK
Cara Parchment
Senior Signature Event Manager, Octane
John Pollack, MD
Chief Medical Officer, jCyte, Inc.
Sergio Rossi
Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Ehsan Sadri, MD, FACS
CEO and Founder, Visionary Eye Institute
Eef Schimmelpennink
CEO, Lenz Therapeutics
Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH
Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Glaucoma Service, Stanford University
Richard Small
CEO & Board of Directors, Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Paul Smith
President & COO, Orasis Pharmaceuticals
Andrew Stewart
President, Global Ophthalmic Pharmaceuticals, Bausch & Lomb
Adam Szaronos
President & CEO, Trukera Medical
Euan S. Thomson, Ph.D.
Chairman and CEO, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
Farrel “Toby” Tyson, MD, FACS
Tyson Eye
Ramin Valian
Vice President-Eye Care and Pipeline Commercialization Strategy, AbbVie
Denise M. Visco, MD, MBA
Medical Director, Eyes of York
OC Innovation Week: Opening Reception
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Fast Pitch
The Cove at UCI Applied Innovation 5270 California Ave, Irvine, CA, United StatesFast Pitch is a unique opportunity for Orange County's tech innovators to showcase their groundbreaking ideas. Participants present their pitches to a distinguished panel of judges, potential partners, and investors.