The ISCB Student Council and its Regional Student Groups are organizing the 20th Student Council Symposium (SCS), preceding ISMB 2024 in Montreal, Canada. The Student Council Symposium is a forum for students and young researchers in the fields of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Participants will have the opportunity to present their work to an international audience, build a network within the computational biology community and develop important soft skills in an environment that fosters the exchange of ideas and knowledge.