# Lectures

## ARVO+Genentech Keynote Series

May 3 & 7 | 10:15am MT | Colorado Convention Center

### May 3 - Opening Keynote - Thomas R. Cech, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1989

[Learn more](/content/annual-meeting/program-schedule/lectures/arvo-genentech-keynote-series/index.html)

### May 7 - Closing Keynote - Sally Temple, PhD

Scientific Director, Neural Stem Cell Institute (NSCI)

[Learn more](/content/annual-meeting/program-schedule/lectures/arvo-genentech-keynote-series/#closing-keynote/index.html)

## Achievement Awards Lectures

May 4 & 6 | 8:30 - 10am MT | Colorado Convention Center

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**José-Alain Sahel, MD, FARVO**

[Proctor Medal Lecture](/content/annual-meeting/award-lectures/index.html)

**Val C. Sheffield, MD, PhD**  
[Friedenwald Award Lecture (joint)](/content/annual-meeting/award-lectures#Friedenwald/index.html)

**Edwin M. Stone, MD, PhD, FARVO**  
[Friedenwald Award Lecture (joint)](/content/annual-meeting/award-lectures#Friedenwald/index.html)

**Nisha Acharya, MD, MS**  
[Weisenfeld Award Lecture](/content/annual-meeting/award-lectures#Weisenfeld/index.html)

**Aaron Y. Lee, MD, MSCI**  
[Cogan Award Lecture (joint)](/content/annual-meeting/award-lectures#Cogan/index.html)

**Cecilia S. Lee, MD, MS**  
[Cogan Award Lecture (joint)](/content/annual-meeting/award-lectures#Cogan/index.html)