SORTA 2014 is the twenty-first Sorta symposium. This is not only a significant jubilee of this symposium but also a kind of a testimony of the almost 40 years long continuous development of the shipbuilding profession and science on these grounds. The symposium preparations and its proceeding coincide with an exceptionally difficult period of time for the entire shipbuilding community in Croatia and broader. Therefore, the fundamental and main goal of the symposium is to demonstrate that the naval architecture professional and scientific component can help the shipbuilding practice and vice versa, showing that the expression “knowledge is power” is not only a slogan but the most powerful weapon in overcoming this crisis. This goal will be achieved through invited international lectures, by selection of relevant professional and scientific papers and by the international communication of the symposium participants. The aim of the Symposium SORTA 2014 in this year is to promote the existing educational, scientific, research and developing capacities of Croatian shipbuilding as they were till now, and as they are ready to participate in the future in development of shipbuilding industry and progress od Croatian economy.

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