The colloquium organized in Lagos, Portugal, with the cooperation of BUÜ Mosaic Research Application and Research Center, BUÜ Archaeology Department, Lagos Municipality and Lagos Museum, was successfully completed between February 28 and March 2, 2025.
In this international event, a total of 19 oral presentations and 13 poster presentations were presented by scientists from countries such as Turkey, Portugal, Italy, Spain, France, Cyprus, Croatia and Germany. The remaining time after the scientific presentations was devoted to visiting the leading museums and archaeological sites of the region. In this context, Sagres Castle, Bispo Museum, Portimao Museum, Cerro de Villa, Milreu Roman Villa archaeological site and Faro Museum were visited. Information was exchanged with senior managers of the said museums and archaeological sites on cooperation issues.
The outcomes of the meeting will be published in the 19th issue of the Journal of Mosaic Research, a UMAM publication, in 2026. Preliminary work has begun on organizing the 3rd RoGeMoPorTur event in Bursa in 2026.

"The RoGeMoPorTur project (Roman Geometric Mosaics in Portugal and Turkey. A Comparative Study) is essentially a pilot project for scientific cooperation between researchers in the fields of Archaeology and Art History from Portugal and Turkey in the field of Roman mosaic studies. Its aim is to identify and comparatively analyze the hybridization of cultures reflected in the Roman mosaics in Portuguese and Turkish territory, and, where possible, to identify the cultural exchange and interaction between East and West resulting from the mobility of craftsmen, trade and contacts between different parts of the Empire."