While the EMS Council Meeting was scheduled to take place in Bled from 4 to 5 July this year, shortly before the start of the 8ECM, it was held online instead due to the pandemic.

At the meeting new members of the Executive Committee (EC) have been elected, they are:

• Jorge Buescu (Portugal) - Vice-President
• Jiří Rákosník (Czech Republic) - Secretary
• Fréderic Hélein (France), Barbara Kaltenbacher (Austria), Luis Narváez (Spain), Beatrice Pelloni (UK) and Susanna Terracini (Italy) - Members-at-large.

They will begin their mandate at the beginning of 2021.

In addition, the EMS Council decided that the 9th European Congress of Mathematicians will be held in Seville (Spain) in 2024.

We are also very pleased to announce that the next EMS Council Meeting one, planned for 2022, will be organized by the University of Primorska and will take place in Bled, Slovenia! Before and after the meeting, participants will have the opportunity to explore this beautiful Alpine region. We invite you to visit the 8ECM website to learn more about the venue.

The organizers of 8ECM extend their sincere congratulations to the new EMS Executive Committee and to the organizers of the 9th European Congress of Mathematics!