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The Annual Tesla Dinner was
held at the Perth Town Hall to celebrate Tesla's birthday as the
International Day of Science, technology, peace and cooperation among the
nations.
The evening started with Jovana Nesic, M.C. introducing Slavitsa
Dimitrijevic, President of Tesla Forum, who talked about the objectives
and achievements of the Forum. In her presentation Slavitsa highlighted
the support received during the preparation of this year's Tesla Day
celebrations and in particular efforts by EXPO2011 co-organizers: Museum
Nikola Tesla of Belgrade, City of Perth, Western Power and Scitech.
Lisa Scaffidi, Lord Mayor of Perth, acknowledged the importance of science
and innovation in the development of our society and used Tesla as an
inspiring role model for W.A. youth. She also expressed her appreciation
for the work done by Tesla Forum.
Her Excellency Neda Maletic, Ambassador of Serbia, conveyed the support
from Serbian government for the events that promote science and education
and in particular the event that celebrates Nikola Tesla, Serbian
inventor. She also expressed her appreciation for significant contribution
Australians of Serbian origin made to the development of Australia, their
newly adopted country.
Vladimir Jelenkovic, director of Nikola Tesla Museum from Belgrade was the
guest speaker on the night who concluded the official part of the program
with a very inspiring overview of Tesla's life and achievements (pdf copy
of the speech is available). He reflected on the importance of Tesla's
inventions for modern science and our everyday's life.
A short documentary about Nikola Tesla, directed by Boris Malagurski
(Canada) and Nikola Amanovic (Sydney) with production support by Tesla
Forum was presented at the dinner. The documentary is planned to be
screened in Hoyts cinemas in all major Australian cities during October
2011.
The evening was full of good spirit, great music and dance. One of the
highlights of the evening was a performance by Greg Schultz Classic Groove
band that prompted the dance floor action.
The dinner was a great success and it once again proves an extraordinary
interest and respect that exist for Nikola Tesla's work and achievements.
We would like to thank all those who came and supported the Tesla Forum's
efforts.
J. Nesic
S. Dimitrijevic
L. Scaffidi
N. Maletic
V. Jelenkovic
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