On behalf of the Scientific Committee, we cordially invite you to this year’s Joint Annual Meeting of SSI, SSHH(with fibs | SIPI)and SSTTM.  The Kickoff of the Meeting will be on Wednesday, which is dedicated to the SSHH Symposium and the SAFE-ID Postgraduate Course SSI. The SAFE-ID Session will round off the day and will be followed by an Apéro Riche to which all participants are cordially invited. Thursday and Friday are devoted to Joint Sessions, Parallel Sessions, Hot Topics and Satellite Symposia.  The Scientific Committee with representatives of the three societies SSI, SSHH, SSTTM is in progress of developing an outstanding and comprehensive program. Further details will be available on the congress website soon. Our partners from the industry will of course also be on site for interaction and to exchange information about their latest products. We thank our industrial partners already now for their engagement, since without their support it would not be possible to have our annual meeting in this form.