On April 22nd in Padova, the AIA-ICA International Symposium on “Advanced Research in Noise Management of Maritime Infrastructures” was held at the Ancient Archive of Palazzo Bo, home of the University of Padova. The symposium was organized by the Acoustical Society of Italy (AIA) in collaboration with the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, with the support of the International Commission for Acoustics (ICA) and with the participation as an institutional partner of the Port Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea Ports of Venice and Chioggia. This article summarizes its technicalscientific contents and main purpose.