At the 15th International Conference on the Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules (ICCBM15) that was held Sept. 17th – 20th, 2014 in Hamburg, Germany, iHuman Institute of ShanghaiTech University was elected to be the host of the future 17th International Conference on the Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules (ICCBM17) in 2018. The ICCBM series of international conferences is one of the most influential meetings worldwide in the field of biological crystallization. Hundreds of scientists and engineers from different countries gather for the biannual ICCBM conferences to share and discuss the new advances and state-of-the-art technologies in this rapidly developing field.