For its 20th year edition, the IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC) 2019, returns to the country that saw its birth, France. Held in Cannes, in the heart of the world renown “French Riviera” (Cote d’Azur in French), the SPAWC 2019 will exhibit a technical program complete with high profile plenaries, invited and contributed papers, all appearing under IEEE explore. A flagship workshop of the IEEE SP Society SPCOM technical committee, SPAWC 2019 will combine cutting edge research in the fields of signal processing, statistical learning, communication theory, wireless networking and more, together with an exciting social program on the glamorous and sunny Riviera.