The First Joint Conference of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce, Cities, and Universities “Roots & Paths: Past, Present and Future for the Adriatic-Ionian Region”, held in Split on 16-18 October 2018 and was organised by Forum AIC, FAIC, UniAdrion in collaboration with Croatian Chamber of Economy, Split County Chamber and the Municipality of Split. This conference brought together over 120 Institutions from the three civil society networks in the Adriatic-Ionian Region to enable networking.