Prof. dr. Spomenka Kobe is the recipient of the prestigious Fray Award for Leadership in development new technologies that contribute to a global sustainable development in the environment, economy and social points of view. The summit honored the 2019 STARS of sustainable science, technology, and innovation and was divided into ten parallel Symposia devoted to the awardees. One of them was the Kobe International Symposium on Science of Innovative and Sustainable Alloys and Magnets, where the world-leading scientists from the field of magnets and complex alloys presented the latest achievements in the field. Fray Award is granted to scientists, economists, and politicians. So far, the only awarded Slovene was a commissioner for science and later for environment dr. Janez Potočnik.