BCLA Industry Award 

 The BCLA Industry Award is given to an individual/team working within industry who has made an outstanding contribution to the or contact lens profession or field of anterior eye either in relation to a product, technology, or a concept. It is aimed to honour and recognise the entrepreneurial work being carried out by those working in contact lens and anterior eye science, research, and technology within the industry.

Awarded to an individual/team that has demonstrated and applied new products, concepts and/or technology, which has significantly contributed to the growth of the contact lens and anterior eye industry, or has leveraged existing (standard) technology in a new, creative manner; or to an individual/team who has/have significantly impacted the health of the global contact lens wearing community and contact lens profession; or to an individual/team who has/have significantly impacted the health and comfort globally of dry eye sufferers and eyecare professionals who offer such treatments.

All BCLA 2023 sponsoring and exhibiting companies can nominate an individual/team for the award (using the form below). 

 The winner is chosen by the BCLA Council and will be announced at the BCLA Clinical Conference & Exhibition in June 2023.

To be considered for the 2023 Industry Award, please return the nomination form by 10 April 2023, together with any additional pertinent information via email to [email protected]

 

Past recipients of the BCLA Industry Award

2023 CooperVision: Project Sunflower Team
2021 Alcon: Erich Bauman and John Pruitt
2019 CooperVision: Stuart Cockerill, Paul Chamberlain, and John Philips
2017 Dr. Paul C Nicolson
2015 Tony Martin
2014 Dr Paul Rose

 

History

The inaugural recipient of the BCLA Industry Award was Dr Paul Rose – inventor of the Rose K lens for keratoconus.  Dr Rose, renowned throughout the world for his outstanding contribution to the field of contact lens research and development, was announced as the winner during the BCLA’s annual dinner held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK, on Saturday 7 June 2014.

Tony Martin, known as ‘The father of Acuvue’, was named as the winner of the 2015 BCLA Industry Award. Mr Martin said: “It’s a great honour to accept this award, and I do so on behalf of all of the team members who were part of the development of Acuvue. We knew that introducing a disposable soft contact lens had the potential to dramatically change the market, but I’m not sure we ever really thought about how successful it would become.”