The annual IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) is one of the leading events in the area of evolutionary computation, which brings together researchers and practitioners in the field of evolutionary computation and computational intelligence from around the globe. Technical exchanges within the research community will encompass keynote lectures, regular and special sessions, tutorials, and competitions, as well as poster presentations. In addition, participants will be treated to a series of social functions, receptions, and networking events to establish new connections and foster everlasting friendship among fellow counterparts. ​IEEE CEC 2019 covers all topics in evolutionary computation from theory to applications, including but not limited to: Combinatorial and numerical optimization, Evolutionary data mining, Evolutionary multi- and many-objective optimization, Evolving neural networks and fuzzy systems, Industrial applications of EC