It is the pleasure of the Organising Committee of Biosystems Engineering 2018 to announce that with the decision of Tartu City Council from the December 2017, Tartu City is officially supporting the upcoming Biosystems Engineering 2018 international conference. The city decided to support overall 9 scientific events this year and BSE 2018 was among them. Our team of organisers thanks the City Council and hopes to justify the trust put in us.