President

Slovenian Academy of Engineering (IAS) President

Dr. Mark Pleško

Mark Pleško is a Founder and CEO of Cosylab, one of most innovative high–tech European companies and the world’s leading provider of control systems for the planet’s most complex machines; nuclear accelerators, optical and radio telescopes, fusion reactors, cancer therapy systems and much more. Apart from leading by example in Cosylab, Dr. Mark Pleško plays active roles in international institutions, councils, associations and societies. He is also a member and a working party co-leader of the EU – Japan Business Round Table, whose members are senior executives from some 50 leading European and Japanese companies. The whole IEDC Alumni community has been proud and inspired over the years by his personality, enthusiastic leadership, business achievements and outstanding networking skills. Mark is a great researcher, scientist, entrepreneurial achiever, academic role model and a leader. Any most importantly he is working hard to be a good husband and a good father.

The Presidency Board consists of the President and two Vice-Presidents. The members of the Presidency Board are elected for 3 years.

Founder and first president

prof. dr. Janez Peklenik

Born on June 11, 1926, died on March 15, 2016. Dr. ing. habil, dr. of technical sciences, professor of technical cybernetics, processing systems and computer technology, retired chair of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Ljubljana. Prof. dr. Peklenik was the 36th rector of the University of Ljubljana.