{"id":4945,"date":"2016-05-25T13:18:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T13:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/?p=4945"},"modified":"2016-05-25T13:18:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T13:18:45","slug":"nikola-tesla-man-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slovenia-convention.com\/sl\/nikola-tesla-man-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Tesla &#8211; A Man of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We use this provoking title (and picture) found on the internet to announce a great exhibition held by the CD Congress Centre Ljubljana (Cankarjev dom Ljubljana) titled Nikola Tesla &#8211; A Man of the Future. \u00a0Although the idea might be a bit unconventional, we strongly believe that meetings industry should also be different and intriguing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CD Congress Centre Ljubljana, a member of <em>CCA <\/em>and IAPCO nearly for four decades, is the brand name for a venue in the heart of Slovenia\u2019s capital Ljubljana and PCO services under the roof of the national cultural centre \u2013 Cankarjev dom. Facing the generational change (younger every year and not so familiar with the role of CD as a congress centre) the new management has come up with the idea to connect science and culture in the form of exhibition to raise the awareness of our brand.<\/p>\n<p>The idea was discussed and eagerly accepted \u2013 to widen our circle of clients, we\u2019ll present Nikola Tesla (1856, Smiljan \u2013 1943, New York), a scientific genius, engineer, inventor and discoverer of natural principles and laws who significantly stimulated the technological development of contemporary civilization, and, during his interesting life, spent some time in Slovenia as well.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, marking the 160th anniversary of the inventor\u2019s birth, presents an overview of Tesla\u2019s life and work, highlighting his revolutionary discoveries in the domain of transmission and utilisation of alternating current, wireless communication, remote control and mechanical engineering \u2013 <strong>all inventions<\/strong> far ahead of their time. So far we have managed to attract the general audience as well as the corporate and scientific circles due to intensive marketing campaign focused on interesting content. But as <strong>Michael Pravica, PhD, an Associate Professor of Physics at University of Nevada, Las Vegas<\/strong> and a member of HiPSEC (High Pressure and Engineering Center) says: <em>\u201c\u2026 More than ever we live in a world dominated by science. And the more science we all know, the better \u2013 particularly as we will all need to be engaged in solving some pretty challenging problems in our near future \u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is on display until 6 November 2016, more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cd-cc.si\" target=\"_blank\">www.cd-cc.si<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We use this provoking title (and picture) found on the internet to announce a great exhibition held by the CD Congress Centre Ljubljana (Cankarjev dom Ljubljana) titled Nikola Tesla &#8211; A Man of the Future. \u00a0Although the idea might be a bit unconventional, we strongly believe that meetings industry should also be different and intriguing. 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