Zvone Žagar

Zvone Žagar is an entrepreneur working in the field of optical fibres and related equipment. His company produces measuring fibres for optical measuring instruments, carries out repairs and calibrations of optical splicing and cutting equipment, performs termination and measurement of optical networks, and provides portable cable systems for live television broadcasts of various events. He is particularly interested in the development of technologies based on artificial intelligence and quantum computing in connection with single-core and multi-core optical fibres. He maintains numerous links with the scientific research community in Slovenia and abroad, as well as with specialised companies. He is a member of the Rotary Club Ljubljana Center and the leader of the Young Talents project. Through the District 1912 International Relations Committee he also serves as coordinator for the Czech Republic. As project leader he participates in the preparation of annual musical events, maintains contacts with the Embassy of Slovenia in Prague and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ljubljana, collaborates with the artistic directors of individual concerts and with the dean and the dean’s offices of both academies, and keeps regular contact with the governors of the Slovenian and Czech Rotary districts as well as with the music editorial offices of Radio and Television Slovenia.