The IAPR Governing Board (GB), at its biennial meeting during ICPR 2016, examined and discussed five high-quality proposals for hosting ICPR 2020. The result of the GB vote was that Milan, Italy will be the location of ICPR in four years’ time (following ICPR 2018 in Beijing, China). The ICPR 2020 General Chairs are Rita Cucchiara (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy) and Alberto Del Bimbo (University of Firenze, Italy).