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52 AAO Program Preview • November 11–14, 2017 EW AAO 2017 by Ellen Stodola EyeWorld Senior Staff Writer Dr. Kliman added that Dr. Cun- ningham will moderate a morning session that will provide insights into innovation and R&D at some big companies. This year's OIS Award will be a tribute to Abbott Medical Optics (now Johnson & Johnson Vision, Santa Ana, California). After giving out the award, discussion will focus on Abbott Medical Optics' early days up to its present merger with John- son & Johnson Vision. During the afternoon program- ming, Dr. Kliman will moderate a session that he said will focus on "problem solving in innovation." This will feature case studies of real situations that have happened to different companies, and audi- ence members and panelists will be able to weigh in on how they would react before learning how the situation played out in real life. Dr. Kliman said there will be a variety of instances shared, including clinical scenarios and financial scenarios. Other sessions throughout the day will focus on the rise of the chief medical officer, private and public funding, a showcase of public companies, and updates on the AAO, National Eye Institute, and the OIS index. Finally, the popular Masters of Industry session will be back again to conclude this year's meeting. EW Contact information Kliman: gkliman@interwest.com MD collaboration and how they can work together, private equity/private practice, MIGS/glaucoma, retina, dry eye, and two different FDA sessions. Emmett Cunningham Jr., MD, San Francisco, will give a talk on the year in review before the company showcases. This year, there will be a wide variety of companies in the morning showcases. There will be a showcase of early-stage companies, as well as about 20 later-stage com- panies sharing progress updates. some of the sessions that will be in- cluded. Dr. Kliman said they expect between 800 and 1,000 attendees at the 2017 OIS@AAO, which will be held on Thursday, November 9 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. OIS@AAO 2017 will feature an all-day program, which will kick off with seven breakfast breakout sessions. These breakfast sessions will focus on popular topics from past meetings, as well as some new topics. Highlights will include OD/ The meeting will feature a full day of programming T he Ophthalmology In- novation Summit (OIS) will again be taking place prior to the 2017 Ameri- can Academy of Ophthal- mology (AAO) annual meeting in New Orleans. Gilbert Kliman, MD, Menlo Park, California, one of the chairmen of the meeting, spoke to EyeWorld about this year's event and October 2017 OIS@AAO back in New Orleans ascrs.org/macrahotline MACRA update: Nancey McCann shares information on MACRA and what physicians should know about the new reporting measures during the 2017 Surgical Summit. Now on EWAR!

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