The 2024 National Science and Technology Conference is hosted by the Papua New Guinea University of Technology (PNGUoT). The PNGUoT with its combined institutional experience and expertise stand ready to host this major event, and we hope to hear a lot of speakers speaking on broad range of topics from issues in the food security and agriculture, to climate change and biodiversity, to engineering and technology. In addition to scientific research discussions, we hope to discuss way forward on the matters concerning award and encourage the awarding of grants for research, trainings, scholarships, prizes, pilot applications, visits, special initiatives for women, conferences, exchanges, exhibitions and displays. In addition, directories of personnel, work in progress, publications and other forms of information dissemination are anticipated. This conference was shelved for a while due to the pandemic. We therefore expect increased number of participation in 2024 as many countries, universities, science and technology establishments have increased their activities to pre-pandemic levels. We also look forward to participation and presentation by private industries, researchers, student poster presentations and scientific research work.