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The ICO Congress has established itself as one of the most prestigious international conferences in the field of optics and photonics. This year’s Congress is the second to be held in Japan, 34 years since ICO13 was held in Sapporo. It is our great pleasure to host the ICO Congress in our country again. About 850 people from more than 40 countries around the world are participating in ICO-24, and nearly 700 papers will be presented at this congress. To help make ICO-24 a great success, we have received tremendous support from many organizations and private companies. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those who have supported us. The General Assembly of ICO will also be held during the period of ICO-24, with the attendance of delegates from each territory and academic society. At the General Assembly, various items necessary for the operation of the ICO will be discussed, including an activity report for the past three years, and also the election of the next president. Optics and photonics are interdisciplinary academic fields that cover the fundamental physics on light itself, basic technologies such as generation of light, and a wide variety of applications based on optics and photonics. Over the years, the ICO has contributed to society through application of optics and photonics. Evidence of the contribution is obvious from the fact that many Nobel laureates have accomplished their achievements in the field of optics and photonics. In 2014, Professors Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention and fundamental research of the blue LED. Professor Takaaki Kajita ‘s Nobel Prize in 2015 is awarded for neutrino physics, but the photon detector of course played an important role for his discovery.