Birth anniversary programme
On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the birth of the academic Professor Lojze Vodovnik and the unveiling of his monument, several events will take place in Ljubljana on Wednesday, 6 September 2023.
The event will be filmed and photographed. The material will be used by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering for promotional and communication purposes in our publications, on our website and social media, or in any third-party publications.
Programme
Opening of the exhibition "From the Archive of Academician Lojzet Vodovnik"
(SAZU - Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 11.00)
Speeches:
- Matej Brešar (Secretary of the Class of Mathematical, Physical, Chemical and Engineering Sciences)
- Corresponding Member of SAZU Roberto Merletti
- J. Thomas Mortimer, : Lojze Vodovnik's Seed of an Idea: How it Changed My Life and Became a Global Movement
International Symposium The Legacy of Lojzet Vodovnik (live and online)
(Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, lecture room P2, from 14.00 to 17.45)
Moderator:
- Damijan Miklavčič, Laboratory of Biocybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UL
Speeches:
- Tomaž Jarm (DMBTS President)
- Ratko Magjarevic (IFMBE President)
- Uroš J. Stanič (First President of IFESS)
Unveiling of the monument
(in front of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, 18.30)
Speeches:
- Marko Topič, Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UL
- Peter Štih, President of SAZU
- Damijan Miklavčič, Laboratory of Biocybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UL
The monument is the work of Professor Mirek Bratuš, a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. We would like to thank the Slovenian Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, the University Rehabilitation Institute of the Republic of Slovenia Soča and Dr. James T. Ryaby, who contributed to the erection of the memorial.
