We are pleased to announce that 2026 9th International Conference on Machine Vision and Applications (ICMVA) is to be held in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China from April 24-26. The conference is sponsored by Nanjing University of Science and Technology, University of Stuttgart, hosted by School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, with patrons including the University of Tartu, Okayama University, the University of Évora, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University, and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.