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Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the CYTO Organizing & Program Committee and ISAC Council, it is my pleasure to welcome you to CYTO 2023, the 36th Congress of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry. Our host city, Montréal, Canada, is a city renowned for its culture, diversity, and beautiful location along the St. Lawrence River. Home to some of the most distinguished universities in Canada, and a growing number of startups, Montréal is one of the world leaders in space science with many discoveries in this field. This year's CYTO 2023 theme is Engaging Globally. Following this theme, we anticipate many exciting and international contributions that explore cytometry as a technique, technology, and science. In the last few years, the field of flow cytometry has flourished in ways that exploit data science, AI, hardware, and even best practices in education. Our Plenaries, Frontiers, and State of the Art lectures report on advanced imaging modalities, multiphoton microscopy, AI, human health, as well topics that go beyond cytometry. We also showcase, through the Hooke Lecture, the seminal work by Professor Anthony Hyman on biomolecular condensates. Our parallel sessions showcase abstracts on an array of new technologies, therapies, clinical techniques, imaging-, mass-, and spectral-cytometry. For the first time, CYTO will also host a ‘moderated poster’ session to provide attendees with a new way to highlight their science. Finally, and very importantly, the CYTO 2023 program and meeting embraces equity, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI). This is apparent through subjects found in plenaries such as that hosted by CYTO Women. Themes that focus on EDI can also be found in the tutorials, workshops, and other events (e.g., first-time attendee events). Our diversity is reflected by an international community that ranges from students and postdocs, to managers and principal investigators. We are also diverse in our expertise (i.e., foci on innovations, sharedresource laboratories, clinical techniques, etc.). There will be many faces of diversity found at the meeting—our invited presenters, session chairs, and attendees. Lastly, I would like to note that the ISAC President's Reception, which is open to all, will showcase and fundraise for the civic missions of the society including initiatives such as CYTO Youth, Instruments 4 Science, and Live Education. In sum, CYTO 2023 is a congress that gathers premier and inclusive cytometry science and topics of interest to the broad cytometry community. It is truly a conference on the many facets of single particle science and engineering. Thank you for joining us for this CYTO 2023 in Montréal—where you will find ‘cytometry for all!’.