Keynote Speakers

Kaleb Abbott, OD, MS, FAAO
Instructor of Ophthalmology, CU School of Medicine

M. Valeria Canto-Soler, PhD
Doni Solich Family Chair in Ocular Stem Cell Research
Director of CellSight, the CU Department of Ophthalmology’s Ocular Stem Cell and Regeneration Research Program
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, CU School of Medicine

Christina Ebersohl
DMA Candidate at UIUC and Editor for the Journal of the American Viola Society

Darren Gregory, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, CU School of Medicine

Gordon Legge, PhD
Director of the Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research and a Founding Member and Scientific Co-Director of the Center for Applied and Translational Sensory Science (CATSS)
Deegan M Lew Lectureship in Ophthalmic Disease

Dr. Lotfi Merabet,OD PhD MPH
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Schepens Eye Research Institute

Niya Miller, PhD
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Department of Communication and Media, Samford University

Jason Romero, Adversity & Resilience
Author | Speaker | Athlete

Natalia Vergara, PhD
Director of CellSight’s Ocular Development and Translational Technologies Laboratory, CU Department of Ophthalmology Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, CU School of Medicine