- Radovan Stanislav Pejovnik, PhD, Rector of the University of Ljubljana
- Peter Florjančič, inventor and cosmopolitan
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Marko Jaklič, PhD, professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, and Head of Laboratory for Open Innovation Systems at COBIK
Radovan Stanislav Pejovnik, PhD, has been Rector of the University of Ljubljana since 2009. He is head of an institution unmatched for its concentration of knowledge in Slovenia with a total of 3,500 lecturers and researchers. Mr. Pejovnik is known and valued for his organizational skills, esteemed as a researcher, a professor, Director of the National Institute of Chemistry who contributed to taking the Institute to a new, high level of research activity, and a respected and successful Dean of Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology.
Peter Florjančič is an inventor who spent most of the time living in Monte Carlo where he settled down and dedicated himself to creating inventions. He designed the atomizer perfume bottle which earned him the respect of such celebrities as Marlene Dietrich and Coco Chanel, with whom he rubbed shoulders. His inventions and contraptions were ordered by major factory owners and entrepreneurs, he never ran out of investors. Florjančič has patented around 400 inventions and won numerous prestigious international awards and medals for inventors.
Marko Jaklič, PhD, is full professor at the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana, specializing in business economics. An expert in strategic management, organization, competitiveness policies, and institutional economics, he is involved in several international research projects dealing with organization in open innovation systems and institutions involved in economic development. He is Head of the Laboratory for Open Innovation Systems at the Center of Excellence for Biosensors, Instrumentation and Process Control (COBIK).