The International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) is the premier international congress in the field of applied mathematics held every four years under the auspices of the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. From July 15 to 19, 2019, mathematicians from around the world will gather in Valencia, Spain for the 8th ICIAM to be held at Universidad de Valencia.
The main purpose of SEMA, in organizing this event, is to continue and strengthen the high scientific quality standards achieved by the preceding ICIAM meetings. This general purpose will be pursued by means of the following objectives:
Highlight the most recent advances in applied mathematics and their applications to sciences, engineering and industry. 
Emphasize industrial applications and computational science in new and emerging topics. 
Demonstrate to young researchers the potential of applied mathematics to solve problems of high applied interest, and also of problems originating from industry to generate interesting and original mathematical problems. 
Present the development of applied mathematics of emerging regions, in particular Mediterranean and African countries.