As a scientist, lecturer and an initiator of the internationally recognized Zagreb school of heavy-ion physics, Nikola Cindro contributed significantly to the recognition of the Ruđer Bošković Institute and Croatia in Europe and the world. On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Nuclear Physics Laboratory of the RBI, with the support of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Highlights in Heavy-Ion Physics—A Symposium in Honor of Nikola Cindro, will be held in Split from September 22 to 24, 2011.