Topic and Learning Objectives

• Impact from inception: Tracing the evolution and transformative impact of OCT technology.

• Beyond ophthalmology: Exploring the applications of OCT in other medical fields.

• Home OCT: The emerging trend of at-home OCT and its implications for patient care.

• OCT wishlist: Insights and aspirations from experts on the OCT developments they’d like to see.

• AI and the future: How artificial intelligence is poised to redefine OCT capabilities.

Speakers:

David Huang

Professor of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Science University

Dr. Huang is known for his innovations in applying laser and optical technology to eye diseases. He is a co-inventor of optical coherence tomography (OCT), which is a commonly used ophthalmic imaging technology at 40 million procedures per year.

Anat Loewenstein

Chairman of Ophthalmology, Sourasky Medical Center, Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Sidney Fox Chair of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv University, President of the Israeli Ophthalmological Society

Michael F. Chiang

Director, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA

Keith Barton

Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital; Professor of Ophthalmology, UCL; Co-Chair, Ophthalmology Futures Forums, London, UK

Nadia Waheed

Professor of Ophthalmology at Tufts University Medical School and Chief Medical Officer, Ocular Therapeutix

Andrzej Grzybowski

Professor of Ophthalmology and Head of Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Foundation for Ophthalmology Development, Poznan, Poland

Dennis Lam

President, Hong Kong C-Mer International Eye Care Group; Honorary Director of the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China; Director of ZOC’s State Key Laboratory; Secretary-General and CEO of both the APAO and the APVRS