The Combustion Institute is an international, non-profit, educational and scientific society. Founded in 1954, CI promotes and disseminates research activities in all areas of combustion science and technology for the advancement of many diverse communities around the world. The International Symposium on Combustion is its world congress and major biennial meeting. The Combustion Institute directs the publication of two scientific journals, Combustion and Flame, published monthly and the Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, published biennially. Those publications and the affiliated journals, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Combustion Science and Technology, and Combustion Theory and Modeling link to all aspects of energy and combustion science both inside and outside the direct international combustion community. The Combustion Institute fosters a wide breadth of scientific activities, including regional scientific conferences, summer schools, lecture series, and stipend programs for early researchers. CI also maintains good relations with other scientific societies. Our international community is dedicated to combustion research as a field of eminent societal importance that cuts across many scientific and engineering disciplines.