The Opening Session will take place from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4.
Eve J. Higginbotham, SM, MD, ML will deliver the 80th annual Edward Jackson Memorial Lecture. Dr. Higginbotham is the inaugural Vice Dean for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics and Professor of Ophthalmology specializing in glaucoma. She remains active in scholarship related to glaucoma, health policy, STEM, patient care and equity.