CooperVision FORCE Student of the Year: opening opportunities for researchers of the future

It’s been a big year for the 2014 CooperVision FORCE Student of the Year. Since winning the award last April, Umberto Bassi has a new job, an academic post at his former university in Milan and the experience of attending a global optometry conference.

Bassi has also been a great ambassador for the FORCE event, working with CooperVision Italy to find the 2015 national winner.

This year’s finalists were no less knowledgeable or passionate about their future profession. Teams from nine countries competed for the title, each having won their national finals.

FORCE (Future Ocular Research Creativity Event) is an annual competition pitching students from colleges and universities all over Europe against each other. Each student undertakes a six- to eight-week research project on a contact lens-related subject and presents the findings at a national event.