prof. dr. sc. Vernesa Smolčić, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

prof. dr. sc. Ana Akrap, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

dr. sc. Vibor Jelić, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb

dr. sc. Marko Kralj, Institute of Physics, Zagreb

doc. dr. sc. Denis Stanić, Department of Physics, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

Danijela Takač, mag. educ. phys. et techn., Primary School Pantovčak, Zagreb

izv. prof. dr. sc. Larisa Zoranić, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Split

dr. sc. Osor Slaven Barišić, Institute of Physics, Zagreb

dr. sc. Vuko Brigljević, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb

izv. prof. dr. sc. Mihael Makek, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

prof. dr. sc. Leandra Vranješ Markić, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Split

prof. dr. sc. Rajka Jurdana Šepić, Faculty of Physics, University of Rijeka

izv. prof. dr. sc. Vanja Radolić, Department of Physics, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

dr. sc. Milko Jakšić, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb

dr.sc. Tihomir Engelsfeld, Fifth Gymnasium, Zagreb

dr. sc. Dino Novko, Institute of Physics, Zagreb

Shortly after the liquidation of the former Croatian Physical Society, an initiative was launched to establish a new association of Croatian physicists. By mid-July 2021, 130 physicists had signed a “Declaration of Intent to Establish an Association of Physicists.” On July 16, 2021, a virtual meeting was held with 41 participants, at which it was decided that the preparatory activities for establishing the new association of physicists would be entrusted to an Initial Board. The Board consisted of the following members (listed in alphabetical order, together with the positions they held at the time):

1. Osor Slaven Barišić, Director of the Institute of Physics, Zagreb
2. Ante Bilušić, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Split
3. Vuko Brigljević, Chair of the Scientific Field Council for Physics, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb
4. Mile Dželalija, Head of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Split
5. Zvonko Glumac, Deputy Head for Teaching and Students, Department of Physics, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
6. Marin Karuza, Head of the Department of Physics, University of Rijeka
7. Marica Kučan, Physics Teacher, Maritime School, Bakar
8. Krešimir Kumerički, Head of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
9. Mirko Planinić, Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
10. Vanja Radolić, Head of the Department of Physics, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
11. Dario Vretenar, Secretary General, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

The chief coordinator of activities was prof. dr. sc. Ante Bilušić. The Initial Board held a total of eight virtual meetings. During these meetings, among other matters, the importance of institutional support for the work of the new Society was emphasized.

Following the sixth meeting, proposals for the name, the Statute, the Rules of Procedure of the Council, as well as the logo and coat of arms of the new Society—based on an idea by prof. dr. sc. Denis Sunko—were submitted for public consultation. The results of the public consultation were subsequently discussed by the Initial Board, which finalized the definitive versions of the name, the Statute, the Rules of Procedure of the Council, and the logo and coat of arms. These served as the basis for initiating the legal steps required for the establishment and registration of the Croatian Physical Society, which was officially founded on March 28, 2024.