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ASCRS ANNUAL MEETING
DAILY NEWS
incredibly bright, dedicated, and
innovative. Our executive director,
Steve Speares, has done an incred-
ible job leading a reorganization
of ASCRS as well as navigating the
difficult time during COVID-19.
There's no meeting that is as
good as the ASCRS Annual Meet-
ing at teaching anterior segment
surgeons. Surgery has changed
dramatically in the last 15–20 years
in all aspects of anterior segment
surgery, and I think ASCRS has been
right at the forefront of providing
the latest, greatest information and
techniques.
clinicians sometimes presenting for
their first time.
We're ending a day early this
year on Monday instead of Tuesday,
and it reflects what other meet-
ings have done. The meeting will
be packed with good content, and
we hope people will stay through
Monday.
EyeWorld: What do you see as the
future of the Society?
Dr. Holland: I think the organization
is in great hands. We have a lot of
young people within ASCRS' com-
mittees. We've had turnover with
some long-standing board members
rotating off. The new members are
including the Charles D. Kelman,
MD, Innovator's Lecture.
EyeWorld: What have you seen over
the years and how has it changed
since you first started?
Dr. Holland: I think the way that we
deliver education has changed. We've
become a lot more interactive with
audience participation. We have also
moved away from programs with a
series of single speakers to programs
with more panel discussion.
We've kept the traditional
things, like the paper sessions, where
we see great presentations by not
only the well-known researchers in
ophthalmology but also from young
