Chair : Ivo Senjanović F.C.A.
Vice chairman: Prof. Pavao Komadina, Ph.D.
Secretary: Prof. Vedran Žanić, Ph.D.
Contact person: Ivo Senjanović, F.C.A., +385 1 6168142, ivo.senjanovic@fsb.hr
The Scientific Council for Maritime Affairs continues the work of the previous body of a similar name, established on 22nd June 1982. Vladislav Brajković, Fellow of the Croatian Academy, a well-known expert in maritime law and admiral of the Honorary Navy of Boka Kotorska, was elected its first chair. In 1994, Zlatko Winkler, Fellow of the Croatian Academy, took over the presidential duty, while Prof. DSc Pavao Komadina succeeded him in 1996. Since 2004, Ivo Senjanović, Fellow of the Croatian Academy, has been performing the duty of the Council chair. The Scientific Council for Maritime Affairs acts in the Academy spirit as the society’s conscience as concerns essential matters regarding the development and existence of Croatian maritime affairs and shipbuilding. The main Council activities comprise organizing round tables on the topics of current maritime issues in Croatia and worldwide, and inviting guest lecturers among eminent scientists and experts in science and technology development to speak on the topics of maritime affairs and shipbuilding. The Council’s annual meetings are, in addition to current pressing issues, oriented to topic-related lectures. The most of the lectures are published in the Bulletin of the Academy Department of Technical Sciences, as well as in the journal entitled “Brodogradnja”.
At the regular annual session of the Council Assembly held on 28 March 2014, Ivo Senjanović, Fellow of the Croatian Academy, was re-elected chair of the Scientific Council for Maritime Affairs. At the annual session of the Council Assembly held on 20 April 2016, a ne w section was formed: the Section for Croatian Maritime Heritage.
The organization of respective Council Sections is as follows:
Section for Sea Shipping
Head: Damir Zec
Members: Toni Bielić; David Brčić; Vlado Frančić; Darko Glažar; Mirano Hess; Renato Ivče; Jakov Karmelić; Maksim Klarin; Vjekoslav Koljatić; Pavao Komadina; Serđo Kos; Slavko Lončar; Zvonimir Lušić; Lovro Maglić; Maja Markovčić Kostelac; Ljerka Mintas-Hodak; Đani Mohović; Robert Mohović; Josip Orović; Igor Rudan; Dušan Rudić; Đani Šabalja; Ivica Šegulja; Duško Vranić; Dinko Zorović; Srđan Žuškin.
Section for Naval Architecture
Head: Vedran Žanić
Members: Jerolim Andrić; Vladimir Andročec; Goran Begović; Igor Belamarić; Nenad Bobanac; Marinko Brgić; Ante Čagalj; Predrag Čudina; Roko Dejhalla; Đani Dundara; Nikša Fafanđel; Miljenko Ferić; Nenad Flesch; Izvor Grubišić; Hrvoje Jasak; Paul Jurišić; Alan Klanac; Tatjana Krilić; Šime Malenica; Joško Parunov; Miloš Pavičević; Marta Pedišić Buča; Jasna Prpić-Oršić; Siniša Reljić; Andrija Rogulj; Gvozden Rukavina; Velimir Salamon; Ivo Senjanović; Vilim Simone; Vedran Slapničar; Jurica Sorić; Dino Sponza; Rafael Vareško; Aris Večerina; Nikola Vladimir; Nenad Vulić.
Section for Sea Ports
Head: Čedomir Dundović
Member with special merits: Josip Kirinčić
Members: Hrvoje Baričević; Dragan Čišić; Borna Debelić; Neven Grubišić; Svjetlana Hess; Bojan Hlača; Alen Jugović; Blanka Kesić; Josip Kirinčić ; Ines Kolanović; Branko Kundih; Livia Maglić; Ivan Miloš; Edna Mrnjavac; Anton Ničetić; Ana Perić Hadžić; Tanja Poletan Jugović; Nikola Stražičić; Siniša Vilke; Zdenka Zenzerović.
Section for Marine Technology
Head: Julijan Dobrinić
Members: Jasminka Bonato; Josip Brnić; Bruno Čalić; Zoran Čarija; Većeslav Čorić; Božena Ćosović; Jakov Dulčić, Bernard Franković; Ivan Jardas; Ivan Juraga; Igor Kegalj; Branko Klarin; Goran Kniewald; Vladimir Koroman; Zoran Kožuh; Ljiljana Krstulović; Biserka Kulušić; Tarzan Legović; Lidija Luttenberger Runko; Damir Markučić; Vladimir Medica; Tomislav Mrakovčić; Bosiljka Mustač; Igor Rožanić; Dubravko Sambrailo; Gorenka Sinovčić; Olga Šarc-Lahodny; Luka Traven; Aris Večerina; Zoran Vukić; Albert Zamarin.
Section for Croatian Maritime Heritage
Roko Dejhalla; Jakov Karmelić; Irena Radić Rossi.