VITALISM
The Vitalizem team consists of several members: Alenka Avžlahar, Primož Leben, Jure Ličen, and Dr. Mojca Cerovšek, DVM, who is also the primary proponent of the concept of alternative medicine for animals. Mojca is a veterinarian with a Ph.D. in oncology. Recently, she has been actively educating herself in the field of natural therapies and nutrition. As a result, her concept of alternative medicine for animals has been developing for some time and is the result of her professional training and seminars. She currently works as a bioresonance therapist and is involved in training homeopathic veterinarians. She would like to bring together like-minded veterinarians and establish a center for integrative veterinary medicine.
BISTERUM
A brain injury changes the lives of the person who has suffered it and their family. When the person returns to their home environment, the entire family is faced with a major question—how do we move forward? What tools and resources should be provided to help the person continue with cognitive rehabilitation, how should they cope with this new situation, and how can they find the motivation to do all of this? The basic idea behind the BisterUm project is to develop a set of exercises to train cognitive abilities (memory, attention, speed of thought, etc.), to offer family members advice and strategies on how to help themselves and the injured person, and to share motivational stories from those who have walked a similar path themselves and succeeded in doing so.
Tina Štukelj is the driving force behind the creation and development of the BisterUm program. Tina worked in the pharmaceutical industry for several years before enrolling in a master’s program in Cognitive Science; she then left her job to focus on identifying and creating opportunities for cognitive training in Slovenia. After a study exchange in Vienna, under the mentorship of the associate dean of the Vienna Faculty of Psychology (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claus Lamm), she successfully completed her master’s degree in Cognitive Science and then began looking for opportunities to implement cognitive training in her home country.
AR BRACELET
The creators of the idea for a wristband that tests for the presence of date-rape drugs in drinks are students Gašper Kos and Maja Novak. Some time ago, the team came across an article discussing date-rape drugs and the abuses associated with them. They read a few more similar articles on the topic, and the statistics shocked them. Through detailed market research, they determined that there was no suitable solution to this problem. They decided to create a product that would be affordable and easy to use. The result was the AR Bracelet. The bracelet enables quick and reliable testing for the presence of date-rape drugs in drinks. The idea has potential, as they already have a strategic partner: DrogArt.
