Advancing Vision Summit Program

Join experts from EssilorLuxottica, Dr. Monica Jong, Dr. Aaron Goffinet, and SUNY College of Optometry’s Dr. Rahim Bhaloo for an engaging look at how AI, MedTech, wearables, and personalized care are creating new opportunities to improve eye health and patient outcomes. Attendees will gain insights into how technology can expand access, support healthier aging, enable earlier intervention, and connect vision care with broader health and wellbeing. The discussion will also highlight the importance of collaboration across healthcare, industry, education, and public health to turn innovation into meaningful patient impact. (EssilorLuxottica is a Presenting Sponsor for this event.) BREAKOUT OPTION The Eye as a Window to the Body: What Clinicians Can See Before Symptoms Begin 2:00pm – 2:30pm Dr. Rudrani Banik, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai What if a routine eye examination could reveal more than vision, and it could provide an early warning system for disease throughout the body? This engaging, case-driven lecture explores using ocular biomarkers to detect systemic disease before symptoms appear. Discover how the eye offers a unique, non-invasive window into vascular, neurologic, and metabolic health. This session highlights practical ocular findings that can influence diagnosis, referral, and patient management underscoring the growing importance of collaboration between primary care and eye care professionals. Such findings include: hypertension, diabetes, stroke, brain tumors, Alzhiemer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

BREAKOUT OPTION Medical Technology and Innovation: Shaping the Future 11:30am – 12:00pm MODERATOR: Christine Chang, Director at Artesian Capital SPEAKERS: Rohan Gray, Partner and Co-head of VC at Artesian Capital Stephen DeNelsky, Co-Founder and President at Life Sciences Turning a breakthrough idea in eye care or health innovation into something that reaches patients takes more than good science — it takes the right investment partner. This panel brings together a venture capital investor and a private credit investor to explore how different kinds of capital fuel healthcare innovation, how economic trends and geography shape where breakthroughs happen, and real examples of how vision related technologies get funded and brought to market. Seeing the Future: The Intersection of AI, Eye Care, and Public Health 1:00pm – 1:45pm Dr. Monica Jong, Head of Medical Affairs North America at EssilorLuxottica Dr. Aaron Goffinet , Director of Professional Affairs at EssilorLuxottica Dr. Rahim Bhaloo , Director of Externship Programs at SUNY College of Optometry Artificial intelligence, digital health, and connected technologies are reshaping healthcare—but how can they address today’s biggest challenges in vision care, including access, health equity, aging, and preventable vision loss?

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