From 26th September to 1st October 2016 the annual meeting of the European Seismological Commission working group “Seismic phenomena associated with volcanic activity” has been held on Stromboli volcano at the Hotel “La Sirenetta”. This year’s workshop was themed “25 years advancing volcano seismology in a wider volcanological context”. After the foundation of the working group at Copenhagen (DK) in 1990, the 2016 conference was the 25th anniversary event, which followed previous workshops [http://earth.leeds.ac.uk/esc_wg/] that took place in: 1991 - St. Roman, Black Forest, DE 2004 - La Palma, Canary Islands, ES 1992 - Stromboli, IT 2005 - St Claude, Guadeloupe, FR 1993 - Lanzarote, Canary Islands, ES 2006 - Olot, Catalunya, ES 1994 - Nicolosi (Etna), IT 2007 - Nesbud, IS 1996 - Ercolano (Vesuvius), IT 2008 - Leon, NI 1997 - Ambleside, Lake District, UK 2009 - Pico (Azores), PT 1998 - Paratunka, Kamchatka, RU 2010 - Besse (Massif Central), FR 1999 - Santorini, GR 2011 - Salina, IT 2000 - Lisbon Sao Miguel (Acores), PT 2012 - El Hierro (Canary Islands), ES 2001 - Teide, Tenerife (Canary Islands), ES 2013 - Tomohon, Sulawesi, ID 2002 - Montserrat, West Indies, UK 2014 - Leitrim, IE 2003 - Pantelleria, IT 2015 - Puerto Lago, EC Stromboli volcano is one of the most active volcanoes on earth. Since the beginning of time called “lighthouse of the Mediterranean”, already the Greek mariners used the Strombolian eruptions for navigation. Uncounted are the number of scientific projects realized at this natural volcanic laboratory during the last decades. Therefore, the island of Stromboli represented the perfect place for receiving 33 researchers from 13 countries.