It is important to note that this is a unique gathering on interdisciplinary research of the Adriatic Sea organized by the Ruđer Bošković Institute in the entire Adriatic region.

This year’s symposium took place on May 19–20, 2025, in Zagreb, at the Algebra Bernays University. It brought together over 90 participants from eight countries: Albania, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia. The scientific program featured five invited lectures, 19 selected oral presentations, and 32 poster presentations, concluding with a panel discussion that encouraged further interdisciplinary dialogue.

Conceived as a continuation and further development of the discourse initiated in 2023, the InspireAdriatic 2025 Symposium aimed to foster scientific exchange across disciplinary, institutional, and national boundaries. It provided a platform for both emerging and established researchers to reflect on the current state of knowledge, methodologies, and pressing challenges concerning the Adriatic Sea and its broader Mediterranean context.

Recognizing the Adriatic as a dynamic and complex marine ecosystem — facing mounting pressures from climate change, pollution, overfishing, and increased maritime traffic — the symposium promoted a holistic and integrative approach to marine research. Participants explored the interactions among physical, chemical, biological, geological, and socio-economic processes that shape the region’s ecological integrity and resilience.

In light of ongoing geopolitical and environmental challenges across the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins, the symposium emphasized the importance of cross-border cooperation, shared methodologies, and long-term collaborative networks to ensure the protection and sustainable management of these interconnected seas.

InspireAdriatic 2025 served as a truly multidisciplinary forum, where perspectives from oceanography, marine biology, chemistry, environmental sciences, ecology, geosciences, climate research, and socio-environmental studies converged. Through this cooperative endeavor, InspireAdriatic 2025 reinforced the strength and importance of a vibrant, interdisciplinary, and international scientific community committed to the Adriatic region and the challenges facing marine ecosystems more broadly.

This event is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Marko Branica, a scientist from the Ruđer Bošković Institute, pioneering advocate for marine research in Croatia.