Now in its ninth year, the California Retina Consultants´ Annual Education Meeting welcomed over 130 ophthalmologists, optometrists and eye care specialists throughout the Central Coast and Southern California. Dr. Dennis Clegg, co-director at UCSB Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering was the keynote speaker, addressing recent advances in stem cell therapies for retinal disease. Dr. Clegg is the recipient of the UCSB Distinguished Teaching Award in the Physical Sciences, and served as Chair of the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from 2004-2009. In addition, Nobel Laureate, Dr. Walker Kohn spoke about the benefits of a computer program that he developed with Jim Klinghshirn to help correct distorted or wavy images using a novel algorithm. The device is still in early development and not yet ready for patient use. Dr. Kohn´s wife suffers from advanced macular degeneration, and has been cared for by Dr. Avery. Dr. Kohn says he created the program to help his wife, and he has collaborated with Dr. Avery on its development − testing it on CRC patients. Dr. Kohn was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his development of the density-functional theory. The event was held on October 2, 2010 at Fess Parker´s Doubletree Resort in Santa Barbara.