The prestigious EU Forum, held at the Hotel Ambasador on April 21, 2026, gathered a powerful assembly of European diplomats, industry titans, and academic leaders to define the future of the maritime sector. Our Fausto Ferreira was part of the keynote session on maritime security.

The workshop in Innovation & Innovation Management, held on April 14–15, 2026, at MARBLE HQ marked a significant milestone in the strategic partnership between the Centre of Excellence MARBLE and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

On April 16, 2026, an invited lecture “From Discovery to Impact: What it takes to move Science beyond the Lab” was held by Dr. Slaven Šteković, MBA, at UNIZG-FER as part of MARBLE project.

MARBLE is pleased to announce the formal signing of the partnership agreement for the ARTEMIS project. Joining a high-caliber consortium of academic and industrial leaders, including Iskra Shipyard and other prominent European partners, MARBLE will play a pivotal role in driving the digital and green transition of the maritime

Anđelko Katalenić and Igor Kvasić presented MARBLE at the HixAI Innovation Panel event held on March 26, 2026 in Rijeka.

Our Head of Research Barbara Arbanas Ferreira is featured in the newly launched book “Women Ocean Champions: Stories of Women Shaping the EU Blue Economy,” an initiative by the EU-funded WIN-BIG project.

We are proud to announce that our project partner, Mr. Neven Cukrov, Senior Scientist at the Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI), has been officially nominated to the United Nations Group of Experts.

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Our Acting Head of Research Support Office Fausto Ferreira participated as a featured panelist at the AI summit 2026 that took place March 19-21 in Budapest, Hungary.

The international symposium “Centers of Excellence: Sources of Innovation, Technology Transfer, and Cooperation with Industry,” held on Monday, March 16, at the Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences (MedILS) in Split.

On March 3, 2026, CoE MARBLE project team concluded a successful 4th project meeting in the premises of the CoE MARBLE headquarters.