The Student of the year CooperVision 2012/2013

¿What is FORCE? F uture O cular R esearch C reativity E vent FORCE is an annual competition in the field of contact lenses, pitching the very best students from European universities and colleges against one another. The aim is to inspire and stimulate students to become even better and to help them create a professional knowledge base for their future careers. CooperVision wishes you good luck!

The competition is only for all students in Optometry in Spanish and Portuguese universities. The work must be about Multifocal Soft Contact Lenses The student must present a paper and a video of 10 minutes explaining the work in English. The competition 2012/2013 in Iberia (Spain and Portugal together)

The student winner from each university in Iberia will get a tablet 16Gb

The student winner of the Iberia final will get: €

The student winner of the Iberia final will get: € and… A trip to the European Final in CooperVision’s facilities in French Riviera, Nice March 22 nd – 24 th 2013

University student winner of the Iberia final will get an Optimec Chiltern: Chiltern of Optimec: The design brief being to manufacture an extremely accurate instrument for BCOR (Base curve) and DIAMETER measurement with surface and edge inspection facilities. Excellent projection lens acuity gives very clear imaging of the edge and surfaces of the contact lens under examination.

And the European Student winner… More information: October 23-26, 2013 Academy 2013 Seattle

Dates October 1 st Start the competition January 24 th The students must submit their work to the FORCE coordinator at their respective universities February 7 th The coordinator must decide the winner of each university and report to CooperVision Iberia February 11 th The coordinator receive the papers for evaluation. (Only the coordinators of universities which have presented papers will be involved in the evaluation process) February 26 th The coordinator must send his votes to CooperVision (5 points the best, 3 points the second, 1 point the third) February 28 th The winner of the Iberian Peninsula will be announced by CooperVision March 22 nd – 24 th European Final in CooperVision’s facilities in French Riviera, Nice October 23 rd -26 th, American Academy Optometry 2013 Seattle

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