ISMP is the triennial international congress of mathematical optimization and organized by the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS). The 24th ISMP will be convened in Beijing and locally organized by the Operations Research Society of China (ORSC). We invite scientists from all over the world as well as industrial practitioners of mathematical optimization to meet on the 24th ISMP at Beijing, an international metropolis of old and new, to present the most recent developments and results and to discuss new challenges from theory and practice.