The aim of this scientific conference was to compile and systematize data on the Croats in Slovenia and connections between these two nations that developed over the history. Around fifty scientists and experts from Croatia and Slovenia participated in the conference. Based on their scientific research, memoirs and personal experience, they illustrated historical, geographical, demographic and other important factors in life of the Croats in Slovenia, displayed cultural, ethnological, religious, linguistic and related issues and considered legal, social, economic, psychological and other factors which determine the position of the Croats in Slovenia.