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The Croatian Exporters association awards the Golden Key to the best local exporters each year. To mark their 10th anniversary, they have decided to present special awards to exporters that have continuously proven their excellence. The high selection criteria were satisfied by eleven companies alone, among whom Ericsson Nikola Tesla, that were awarded at the 9th Croatian Exporters Convention.

Last week saw a five-day event Days of FESB at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Split (FESB) in which the Faculty celebrated its 54th anniversary. Numerous activities and events aimed at the interested public and especially at former, present and future Faculty students took place throughout the week. The main ceremony at FESB hosted many guests from the academic, business and the public world from Split, other parts of Croatia and the neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was an excellent occasion to take a look back and to summarize the results achieved in the past year and to award the deserving individuals, organizations and companies.

The biggest non-commercial technological convention in the region, which is traditionally held in Opatija, was officially opened on May 28, with a current panel discussion on topic “Education for the 21st century“, during which, respectable businessmen and meritorious participants from the educational system, shared their thoughts, experiences and suggestions.

Global Telecom Business Award, a prestigious global award for the most innovative projects in the past year was awarded in London to Vipnet and Ericsson Nikola Tesla for the implementation of the Ericsson’s PSI system, an energy-saving solution for base stations. This is one of environmentally friendly solutions that Vipnet has applied to its business, thus significantly reducing its environmental impact.

Ericsson Nikola Tesla was granted the best Oracle partner award, in the category Technology&Cloud in the Central Europe. The Company deserved this recognition because of the excellent collaboration with Oracle in eHealth segment. The award was granted in a keen competition.

The Croatian Parliament appointed on April 11 the National Council for Science, Higher Education and Technology Development, which is an expert body in charge of the development and quality of all scientific activities and the scientific system, higher education and technology development in the Republic of Croatia. The Council has 18 members who are all prominent Croatian experts. Ivo Družić was appointed the president, and the associate professor Darko Huljenić, Ph.D. is one of the members.

Grand PRix awards are granted by HUOJ for the best communications projects. This year, even 45 projects competed for the award. The jury of eleven communications experts, headed by Mr Mario Aunedi Medek, assessed the projects in eight categories, and granted special awards for the communicator of the year, and for the contribution to the profession.

At the conference organized by the magazine Lider, under the title “ Women in Business”, owners, directors and managers of the companies in the region gathered, with the aim to share the successful experiences, bring together and connect business women in the region and to motivate new ventures and  encourage the initiative for a greater representation of women in decision-making positions. At the round table, under the title “Women and Innovations”, apart from Ericsson Nikola Tesla President, Gordana Kovačević, MSc, who is this year once again at the very top of the most powerful women in Croatian business, based on the survey conducted by the magazine Lider,  Malin Elisabeth Holmberg, Tele 2 Croatia Chairman of the Board, also participated, together with two young innovators from Vienna,  Ana Burica and Josipa Majić and Saša Cvetojević, the founder of the Zagreb Entrepreneurship Incubator.

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