The22ndIASMeetingofSedimentologywasheldintheConventionCentreoftheGrandHotelAdriatic,inasmalltouristictownOpatija,locatedontheeasternAdriaticcoastwhereCentralEuropeandtheMediterraneanmeet.ItwasthesecondIASMeetingheldinCroatia--thefirstone,4thIASRegionalMeetingofSedimentology,washeldinSplitin1983.TheMeetinginOpatijawasorganizedbytheInstituteofGeology(Zagreb)andtheCroatianGeologicalSociety.ThesponsorwasMinistryofScienceandTechnologyoftheReoublicofCroatia.