Education
University day: first edition
Optics and Optometry in the spotlight and at the forefront during the first edition of the University Day held on 20 March 2024.
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COMiB at Università Svelate
On the occasion of “Università Svelate” the day called by CRUI, the University of Milano-Bicocca is organizing workshops and guided tours to introduce the secrets of the university’s research and scientific activities.
Researchers from the School of Science tell about their research, offer interactive activities to help people understand complex scientific principles, and open the doors to the departments’ laboratories to introduce and illustrate their activities.
The degree course in Optics and Optometry will be present with booth “The iris of the eye seen up close“.
When: March 20, 2024, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: Galleria della Scienza (piazza della Scienza – ingressi lato edifici Atlas-U1 e Quantum-U2)
Premio “Giulio Velati” 2022-2023
The award, established in memory of Giulio Velati, a pioneer of optometry in Italy, is aimed at students who have completed a three-year degree in Optics and Optometry at the University of Milan – Bicocca in the academic year 2022-2023.
Join us at MIDO 2024!
The advanced training course for professionals signed by CSO continues at the Milanese show MIDO 2024. A symposium will be held on the morning of Sunday 4 February in which we will talk about the important role of instruments in the evaluation of contact lens fitting.
The event takes place in the spaces of B2EyesTG, which offers talks, interviews, debates and previews of the sector, in Pavilion 1. After the success of the two previous appointments, which involved a large number of professionals from the supply chain, Fabrizio Zeri of the University of Milan-Bicocca will delve into the topic “How new instruments help in the application of multifocal contact lenses”. Finally, Mauro Frisani of the University of Turin will illustrate the “Use of Scheimpflug camera and ocular aberrometry in the selection and evaluation of contact lenses”. The event will also be broadcast live.
COMiB at AILAC 2023
Fabrizio Zeri and Giulia C. Rizzo participated in the AILAC 2023 conference held in Rome on November 19 and 20.
Zeri moderated the roundtable discussion titled “Nuove sfide nell’attività clinica e nella formazione in contattologia morbida” while Rizzo contributed with a presentation titled “L’utilizzo della topografia nell’applicazione di LaC morbide”.
IACLE webinar – Join us on 13 December
On Wednesday 13 December at 12 noon UK, IACLE Director Dr Fabrizio Zeri and Giulia Carlotta Rizzo will give a webinar on ”Multifocal Contact Lenses: clinical perspectives and teaching challenges”.
IACLE members can watch live online via Zoom, and the event will be live streamed to our Facebook page for students and eye care practitioners to tune in to.
IACLE EAMA national meeting chaired by regional director Fabrizio Zeri
On June 27th, at Alcon Experience Academy in Barcelona, a one-hour IACLE EAMA national meeting was arranged for Italian contact lens practitioners and educators in conjunction with a 2-day educational event arranged by Alcon. The IACLE meeting, titled “New challenges in CL teaching: round table”, was chaired by EAME regional director Dr. Fabrizio Zeri.
The panel comprised Prof Josè Manuel Gonzales-Meijome from University of Minho, Prof David Pinero from the University of Alicante, and Dr. Alberto Recchioni from the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham. Participants discussed how CL teaching can be changed by the new challenges of artificial intelligence and, also the need to add new knowledge of modern instrumentations and CL materials to the programs. Fifty Italian delegates attended the event in presence, moreover 40 participants from Spain and Portugal joined the event remotely too.
Adele Sassella interviewed by b2eyes about the exibition “Visionaries”
Prof. Adele Sassella, director of the bachelor degree in Optics and Optometry, has been interviewed by b2eyes about Visionaries: life leads where the eyes look, an exibition organized by University of Milano -Bicocca that displays works by the artist Square.
Fabrizio Zeri is the new Regional Director of IACLE for Europe, Africa, and Middle East
Fabrizio Zeri, assistant professor at the Materials Science Department of University of Milano-Bicocca, has joined the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) board as Regional Director for Europe, Africa, and Middle East. Fabrizio Zeri is the first Italian board member of IACLE.