As people learn to live with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the way forward is increasingly being seen as a new normal. In this context that we have the pleasure of welcoming you to the next edition of the Conference on Complex Systems CCS2024 in Exeter, UK and the Warmup in London, from 29-30 August. The CCS is the largest and most important annual meeting of the international complex systems community. It comes under the auspices of the Complex Systems Society.