{"id":12995,"date":"2019-11-27T09:06:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T09:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/?p=12995"},"modified":"2019-11-27T09:07:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T09:07:23","slug":"first-congress-ambassadors-of-slovenia-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/first-congress-ambassadors-of-slovenia-awarded\/","title":{"rendered":"First Congress Ambassadors of Slovenia Awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Slovenian Convention Bureau with partners for the first time named and awarded honorary titles of the Slovenian Ambassadors Program<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 14th November 2019, the first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kongres-magazine.eu\/2019\/11\/slovenian-ambassadors-programm-awards-ceremony\/\">Congress Ambassadors of Slovenia<\/a>\u00a0were awarded their honorary titles at the Ljubljana Castle. Twenty-five awarded individuals included doctors, scientists, professors, researchers and other experts in various fields who have contributed to the internationalization of Slovenia on the meetings industry\u2019s stage.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.congress-ambassador.si\/\">Slovenian Ambassadors Program<\/a>\u00a0was this year launched by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/\">Slovenian Convention Bureau<\/a>\u00a0in collaboration with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slovenia.info\/en\/business\/about-slovenian-tourist-board\">Slovenian Tourist Board<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitljubljana.com\/en\/meetings\/\">Ljubljana Convention Bureau at Ljubljana Tourism<\/a>, and sixteen joining partners. The program is intended to acknowledge and honour the individuals able to successfully host many international congresses and other business events in Slovenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Condition for being nominated into the title of the\u00a0<strong>Congress Ambassador of Slovenia 2019<\/strong>\u00a0was an organisation of scientific-professional or business event with a minimum of 100 attendees and at least a half international participation. Into account were taken the events that took place in the period between 2014 and 2018. Priority went to events of regional, European, and international or global associations that have brought to Slovenia as large international participation as possible or were of exceptional international importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE FIRST CONGRESS AMBASSADORS OF SLOVENIA 2019 ARE (in an alphabetical order of their last names):<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Marko Anderluh<\/strong>, M.Sc. Pharm., University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monika A\u017eman<\/strong>, BSc, Nurses and Midwives Association of Slovenia \u2013 Association of Professional Associations of Nurses, Midwives and Health Technicians of Slovenia (Chamber \u2013 Union)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Marija Be\u0161ter-Roga\u010d<\/strong>, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andrej Bibi\u010d<\/strong>, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ass. Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Alenka Fikfak<\/strong>, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peter Grk<\/strong>, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Marko Hawlina<\/strong>, M.D. spec. opthalmologist, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Eye Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Sandi Klav\u017ear<\/strong>, University of Maribor, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Radko Komadina<\/strong>, M.D., President of the Slovenian Medical Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Janez Kova\u010d<\/strong>, Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute \/ Slovenian Society for Vacuum Technique<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assoc. Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Samo Kropivnik<\/strong>, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ass. Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Ale\u0161 Kuhar<\/strong>, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Klavdija Kutnar<\/strong>, University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u0160tefanija Luki\u010d Zlobec<\/strong>, BsC Economy, Spomin\u010dica \u2013 Alzheimer Slovenia \u2013 Slovenian Association for Dementia Assistance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Mojca Mati\u010di\u010d<\/strong>, M.D. spec. infectologist, University Hospital Center Ljubljana, Clinic for infectious diseases and febrile conditions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Nives Ogrinc<\/strong>, Jo\u017eef \u0160tefan Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sabina Otoni\u010dar<\/strong>, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Rado Pi\u0161ot<\/strong>, Science and Research Center of Koper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Iztok Podbregar<\/strong>, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assoc. Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Anja Podlesek<\/strong>, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Danica Purg<\/strong>, IEDC-Bled Business School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Maja Rupnik<\/strong>, National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food (NLZOH)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assoc. Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Vasilka Sancin<\/strong>, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,&nbsp;<strong>Nata\u0161a Tul-Mandi\u0107<\/strong>, Maternity Hospital Postojna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Ph.D.,\u00a0<strong>Tatjana Welzer Dru\u017eovec<\/strong>, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science (FERI), Institute of Informatics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Slovenian Ambassadors Program is of considerable importance for Slovenia\u2019s greater success in the field of internationalization of science, science, business and sports.\u00a0<em>\u00bbWe want to establish a platform of Slovenian Congress Ambassadors covering various fields that work closely with the Slovenian Convention Bureau and the individual destination bureaus as only with an active and creative cooperation we can be successful on the competitive international market,\u00ab<\/em>\u00a0emphasizes\u00a0<strong>Miha Kova\u010di\u010d, director of the Slovenian Convention Bureau<\/strong>\u00a0the reasons for the launch of the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main event of the Slovenain Ambassadors Program, where the honorary titles of the first Congress Ambassadors of Slovenia 2019 were awarded, took place yesterday evening, 14 November 2019, at Ljubljana Castle. Honorary patronage of the event was held by\u00a0<strong>Borut Pahor, the President of the Republic of Slovenia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kongres Magazine for the Slovenian Convention Bureau<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slovenian Convention Bureau with partners for the first time named and awarded honorary titles of the Slovenian Ambassadors Program. On 14th November 2019, the first\u00a0Congress Ambassadors of Slovenia\u00a0were awarded their honorary titles at the Ljubljana Castle. 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