The event will take place at the Education and Presentation Centre for Underwater Archaeology St. Nicholas, located within ICUA Zadar. After its recent renovation, the former church now functions as the St. Nicholas Centre.
ICUA Zadar is nestled within the historic core of the city, on the Zadar peninsula, just a short walk from the main cultural and entertainment attractions.
The Conference will be a fully in-person meeting. The official language of the event is English.
Activities will mainly occur between 9.00 and 17.00. Two 15-minutes coffee breaks will be planned each conference day (1/morning and 1/afternoon). The venue has free WiFi.
Lunch break will be taken every day between 13.00 and 14.30.
Keynote speakers will open the plenary (thematic) sessions with an overview of the topic at hand, followed by 20-minute presentations on specific subjects by individual lecturers.
The poster session will be preceded by flash presentations by each author to introduce their poster.
The list of speakers:
1. Luka Bekić – Šime Vrkić, Underwater Heritage Presentation Department, Education and Documentation Department, International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar, Croatia
Cargo of trumpets, glass and other equipment from Franina shipwreck
2. Jurica Bezak,Department for Underwater Archaeology, Croatian Conservation Institute, Croatia
Shipwreck of the 16th century Venetian merchantman in the waters of the island of Palagruža
3. Massimo Capulli, University of Udine (I), Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage, Italy
Underwater archaeology and large-scale works. The Rocchetta 1 Shipwreck (Venice) an Example of Documentation and Preservation
4. Tânia Manuel Casimiro, Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory, University of Stirling, Scotland/United Kingdom
Between method and theory: Recording and interpreting the evidence from post-medieval ships from a social and cultural perspective
5. Filipe Castro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
The Portuguese Shipwreck at Ngomeni
6. Fabrizio Ciacchella, University of Genoa, Maritime and Naval History Laboratory (NavLab), Italy
Recent advancements in the study of early modern anchors
7. Milagros Alzaga García – Nuria Esther Rodríguez Mariscal – Mili Jiménez Melero, Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage, Cádiz, Spain
Between port development and underwater archaeology: the shipwrecks Delta I and Delta II in the Port of Cádiz
8. Maja Kaleb, Education and Documentation Department. International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar, Croatia
Ship construction and equipment from Franina shipwreck
9. Darko Kovačević, Centre of Archaeology, Institute for Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Montenegro, Montenegro
The Kabala Shipwreck: A 16th-Century Case Study of Coexisting Venetian–Ottoman Trade and Conflict
10. Krzysztof Kurzyk – Janusz Różycki – Paweł Litwinienko, National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk, Poland
„Today” Underwater Wreck; Storage – „Tomorrow” Underwater Archaeological Park in the Gulf of Gdańsk (Baltic Sea)
11. Hendrik Lettany, University Leiden, Netherlands
Dutch trade in the Mediterranean: a shipbuilding renaissance in the early modern Netherlands
12. Igor Mihajlović, Department for Underwater Archaeology, Croatian Conservation Institute, Croatia
Wreck of a Ragusan merchantman Madonna SS Carmine (1724) – research campaigns 2018 – 2024
13. Johan Opdebeeck – Thijs Coenen, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands
Archaeological evidence of ships trading with the Mediterranean in the Netherlands. The wrecks of Scheurrak SO1, Burgzand Noord 9 and Burgzand Noord 17
14. Nayden Prahov – Veronika Lambova, National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Post-Medieval Glass Assemblage from the Black Sea Bay of Chengene Skele
15. Arnaud Cazenave de la Roche, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
Ship Archaeology in the Renaissance Mediterranean: The Rocciu 1 and Mortella 3 Wrecks (Corsica, France) in Comparative Perspective
16. Zrinka Ettinger Starčić – Pavle Dugonjić, Lošinj Museum, Croatia; Department for Underwater Archaeology, Croatian Conservation Institute, Croatia
Unveiling the modern shipwreck at Čikat Bay, Lošinj
17. Roko Surić, Underwater Heritage Presentation Department, International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar, Croatia
Ceramics and ballast from Franina shipwreck
18. Dino Taras, Department of Underwater Archaeology, Archaeological Museum Zadar, Croatia
Post Medieval Shipwreck on Southern Reef near Silba Island
19. Ines Šelendić Taras, Department “Museum of Nin Antiquities”, Archaeological Museum Zadar, Croatia
Remains of ship construction found under the cliffs of the fortress Fortica on island Pag