Programme

On the 90th anniversary of the birth of academic professor Lojze Vodovnik and the unveiling of his monument, several events will take place on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, in Ljubljana.

Photographs and footage will be taken throughout the event. They will be used by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering for marketing and publicity in our publications, on our website and in social media or in any third party publication.

Programme

Exhibition opening “From the Archive of Academician Lojze Vodovnik”

6/9/23 at 11.00 in the Prešeren Hall of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA), Novi trg 4, Ljubljana

Speeches:

• Matej Brešar, SASA section three secretary
• Roberto Merletti, corresponding member of SASA
• J. Thomas Mortimer: Lojze Vodovnik’s Seed of an Idea: How it Changed My Life and Became a Global Movement

International Symposium “Legacy of Lojze Vodovnik” (onsite and online)

6/9/23 from 14.00 to 17.45 in Lecture Room P2 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška cesta 25, Ljubljana

Moderator:

• Damijan Miklavčič, Laboratory of Biocybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana

Speeches:

• Tomaž Jarm, president of DMBTS (predsednik DMBTS)
• Ratko Magjarević, president of IFMBE
• Uroš J. Stanič, 1st president of IFESS

Monument Unveiling

6/9/23 at 18.30 in the park in front of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška cesta 25, Ljubljana

Speeches:

• Marko Topič, dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
• Peter Štih, president of SASA
• Damijan Miklavčič, Laboratory of Biocybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana

The monument is the work of professor Mirko Bratuša, a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. We would like to thank the Society for Medical and Biological Engineering Slovenia, the University Rehabilitation Institute Republic of Slovenia Soča and Dr. James T. Ryaby, who contributed to the installation of the memorial.