This conference is supported by several scientific associations, including: International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), Cuban Association for Pattern Recognition (ACPR), Mexican Association for Computer Vision, Neural Computing and Robotics (MACVNR), Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition (APRP), Spanish Association for Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (AERFAI), Special Interest Group on Pattern Recognition of the Brazilian Computer Society (SIGPR-SBC), Chilean Association for Pattern Recognition (AChiRP) and Argentine Society for Pattern Recognition (SARP-SADIO)

This conference will be a forum for the exchange of scientific results and experiences, as well as the sharing of new knowledge, and the increasing of the co-operation between research groups in pattern recognition and related areas.