This article presents the 2024 ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), held in Boise, Idaho. CIKM brings together academic and industrial research spanning information retrieval, search and discovery, data mining, databases, and artificial intelligence. The conference is positioned as a venue for sharing technologies and research that contribute to the broader development of data-intensive and AI-driven systems. The article outlines the role of CIKM as a meeting point for international research groups and industry participants and introduces the 2024 edition and its proceedings.