The 17th International Symposium on Medical Information Processing and Analysis (SIPAIM) will be held from November 17th to 19th in Campinas (Brazil) in conjunction with the 10th Symposium on Medical Instrumentation and Imaging (SIIM – Simpósio de Instrumentação e Imagem Médica). This joint event will bring together researchers from Latin America and worldwide to communicate their results, developments, and research experience and promote the creation of technical and scientific collaboration networks. This event is focused on the field of medical images and associated technologies and applications.