2020 Agenda
This year’s agenda features industry leaders discussing ground-breaking innovations and our annual LaunchPad Presentationsas well as experts speaking on recovering their practice following the healthcare crisis.
OTS 2020 Agenda
Thursday, August 6, 2020
5:00 – 6:00 pm
On-Boarding & Cocktail Party
Get to know your fellow attendees, get a run down of the agenda and learn how we’ll be using our virtual platform to help you get the most our of Octane’s Ophthalmology Technology Summit, 2020.
6:00 – 7:00 pm
EXPERIENCE
Networking, Expo Hours + More
Network with colleagues! Visit our virtual sponsor booths with our expo hours. You can also set appointments within our virtual platform or take part in a networking session catered to your interests.
Friday, August 7, 2020
7:00 – 8:00 am
EXPERIENCE
Roundtables, Networking, Expo Hours + More
Network with colleagues! Visit our virtual sponsor booths with our expo hours. You can also set appointments within our virtual platform or take part in a networking session catered to your interests.
8:00 – 8:10 am
OPENING
Opening Comments
Bill Carpou, CEO, Octane
8:10 – 8:30 am
KEYNOTE
State of the Ophthalmic Industry
Mike Giaquinto, Senior Managing Director, SVB Leerink
8:30 – 9:00 am
KEYNOTE
Interview with Michael Severino, MD, Vice Chairman & President, AbbVie
A discussion about innovation in ophthalmology and the industry more broadly and where Michael sees the future of AbbVie.
Michael Severino, MD, Vice Chairman & President, AbbVie
Jim Mazzo, Chairman of the Board Octane, Advisor ZEISS, Executive Chairman Avellino, Advisor Bain Capital
9:10 – 10:00 am
PANEL
The Eyecare Industry: COVID-19 & Beyond
Elizabeth Yeu, MD, Partner, Virginia Eye Consultants (Moderator)
Jag Dosanjh, Senior Vice President, Eye Care at Allergan
Warren Foust, Worldwide President, Surgical for Johnson & Johnson Vision
Caren Mason, President & CEO, STAAR Surgical
Jim Mazzo, Chairman of the Board Octane, Advisor ZEISS, Executive Chairman Avellino, Advisor Bain Capital
Tom Mitro, President & COO, Aerie Pharmaceuticals
Michael Onuscheck, President, Global Business & Innovation, Alcon
10:00 -10:30 am
EXPERIENCE
Roundtables, Networking, Expo Hours + More
Network with colleagues! Visit our virtual sponsor booths with our expo hours. You can also set appointments within our virtual platform or take part in a networking session catered to your interests.
10:30 – 11:00 am
PANEL
Lessons Learned The Hard Way
What are some lessons learned the hard way in 2020? What technologies have been impacted or pivoted? What impact has COVID-19 had on clinical trials? How will industry interface with doctors in the future? What are the legal implications/changing regulations of COVID-19 in our industry?
John Hovanesian, MD, FACS, Private Practice, Harvard Eye Associates, Laguna Hills, CA Clinical Faculty, UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA (Moderator)
Dick Lindstrom, MD, Chairman, Surface Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Robert Maloney, MD , Maloney Vision Institute
Allison Shuren, Partner, Arnold & Porter
Vance Thompson, MD, Vance Thompson Vision
11:00 – 11:30 am
PANEL
What Are You Doing Differently In Your Practice?
A 30-minute session of 5 rapid-fire talks addressing the following: what is the future of premium practice, how do we provide a premium patient experience now, what is the future of innovation in telemedicine in a premium practice, what products will survive/which products will thrive.
John Hovanesian, MD, FACS, Private Practice, Harvard Eye Associates, Laguna Hills, CA Clinical Faculty, UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA (Moderator)
Ike Ahmed, MD, Prism Eye Institute
Inder Paul Singh, MD, Eye Centers of Racine & Kenosha
11:30 am – 12:15 pm
EXPERIENCE
Roundtables, Networking, Expo Hours + More
Network with colleagues! Visit our virtual sponsor booths with our expo hours. You can also set appointments within our virtual platform or take part in a networking session catered to your interests.
12:15 – 12:45 pm
PANEL
Innovative Companies: Pharma & MedTech
Jeffry Weinhuff, Managing Partner, Visionary Ventures (Moderator)
Ehsan Sadri, MD, FACS, Visionary Eye Institute (Moderator)
Bobak Azamian, MD, PhD, CEO, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
Robert Dempsey, CEO, TearClear
Elad Kedar, CEO, Orasis Pharmaceuticals
Kamran Hosseini, MD, PhD, President & CEO, Surface Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Matt Larson, President & CEO, Equinox
Monty Montoya, President & CEO, CorneaGen
12:45 – 1:30 pm
KEYNOTE
Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology: Irrational Hype or Paradigm Shift
Topics Include: Machine and deep learning and the application in medical image interpretation. AI tools that are available for ophthalmology. The future of AI in medicine and surgery.
Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS, Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer, CHOC Children’s Hospital
1:30 – 1:35 pm
CLOSING
Closing Comments
Bill Carpou, CEO, Octane
1:35 – 2:30 pm
EXPERIENCE
Roundtables, Networking, Expo Hours + More
Network with colleagues! Visit our virtual sponsor booths with our expo hours. You can also set appointments within our virtual platform or take part in a networking session catered to your interests.
Saturday, August 8, 2020
7:00 – 8:00 am
EXPERIENCE
Networking, Expo Hours + More
Network with colleagues! Visit our virtual sponsor booths with our expo hours. You can also set appointments within our virtual platform or take part in a networking session catered to your interests.
8:00 – 8:15 am
OPENING
Opening Comments
Tom Mitro, President & COO, Aerie Pharmaceuticals
8:15 – 8:45 am
KEYNOTE
“Together We Are Limitless”
Jeremy will discuss seeing the Power of Interdependence, suspending judgment, and focusing on the Good.
Jeremy Poincenot, Inspirational Speaker & Blind Golf Champion
8:45 – 10:15 am
EXPERIENCE
LaunchPad Company Presentations
Our annual pitch competition, featuring 5 ophthalmic startups. Each company gets 10 minutes to pitch their company, followed by a Q+A with our expert judges. Our independent judges choose one startup to be the winner. Learn more about our award-winning accelerator, LaunchPad.
10:15 – 10:45 am
KEYNOTE
State of Affairs (COVID-19) in Ophthalmic Innovation
This panel will focus on COVID-19’s impact on the industry, the legal impact and how Octane has evolved.
Bill Carpou, CEO, Octane
Bill Link, PhD, Managing Partner, Flying L Partners
Marty Waters, Partner, Wilson Sonsini
10:45 – 11:15 am
PANEL
Physician Entrepreneurs
Insurgence of physician entrepreneurs, Concept to commercialization, Funding, Bootcamp, Q&A, Interactive.
Ehsan Sadri, MD, FACS, Visionary Eye Institute (Moderator)
Jeffry Weinhuff, Managing Partner, Visionary Ventures (Moderator)
Bobak Azamian, MD, PhD, CEO, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc
John Berdahl, MD, Founder & CEO, Equinox Ophthalmic
Sean Ianchulev, MD, MPH, CEO, IanTECH
Curt LaBelle, MD, Managing Partner, Global Health Investment Fund
Dick Lindstrom, MD, Chairman, Surface Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
11:15 – 11:45 am
BOOTCAMP
Visionary Venture Fund
11:15 – 11:45 am
BOOTCAMP
Women Leaders in the Ophthalmic Industry
11:15 am – 12:45 pm
EXPERIENCE
Exhibitors & Networking
11:45 am – 12:15 pm
BOOTCAMP
LaunchPad
11:45 am – 12:15 pm
BOOTCAMP
Telemedicine
11:45 am – 12:15 pm
EXPERIENCE
Exhibitors & Networking (Continued)
12:15 – 12:45 pm
BOOTCAMP
Private Investor Network
12:15 – 12:45 pm
BOOTCAMP
Next-Gen KOL’s
12:15 – 12:45 pm
EXPERIENCE
Exhibitors & Networking (Continued)
© 2020 Octane