Welcome to ICDAR 2024!The Organising Committee of the International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition with pleasure welcomes you to Athens, Greece for the 18th edition of ICDAR 2024 which will take place from 30 August – 4 September 2024. The format of the conference will build upon best practices of previous ICDAR conferences and will feature keynote talks, main track sessions, presentations, panel discussions, poster sessions, side workshops and social events. The series of ICDAR conferences attracts more than 500 participants from the world over and is the perfect meeting place for the community to come together.