Tesla&friends, a three-day event celebrating the 158th birth anniversary of the Croatian genius Nikola Tesla and the first Nikola Tesla Day and Science,Technology and Innovation Day in Croatia will be held from 9 to 11 July in Zagreb.
This year the International Conference „Tesla in Zagreb“ will open the jubilee fifth „Tesla&friends“ event on July 9. During the Conference the eminent Croatian and foreign experts will speak about the heritage of Nikola Tesla. On July 10 the program will include laying flowers on the monument of Nikola Tesla, the traditional dinner and the Nikola Tesla-Genius for the Future Awards ceremony at the Esplanade Hotel. The video „Children of the World to Tesla for his Birthday“, made for this occasion by the UN's and UNDP's representation offices, will be shown to the guests. On the third day of the event, July 11, the lecture „Nikola Tesla – the inventor with a view into the future“ will be held in the Technical Museum in Zagreb. In the evening of the same day Tesla&friends event will be closed by the program at the Bundek Lake showing for the first time in public the cartoon „The Secret Lab of Nikola Tesla“, the segments of the documentary film „Mechanical Figures – Inspired by TESLA“, the performance of the Zagreb Dance Company and the ensemble Nimbus Dei.
Tesla&friends 2014 will be held under the auspicies of Mr.Josip Leko, President of the Croatian Parliament, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, the Croatian Commission for UNESCO, the City of Zagreb, the Zagreb Tourist Board and the Croatian Chamber of Commerce-Zagreb Chamber. The event will be organized by the Nikola Tesla Association – Genius for the Future. All events, except dinner and awards ceremony at the Esplanade Hotel, are open and free for all visitors.
Link to the program Tesla & friends 2014