ICSOBA Board’s constant attention is to take into consideration the ICSOBA community viewpoint, hence our recent survey on intention to travel. From the undisputable survey results, we decided to shift from the planned hybrid format of the conference to a full virtual ICSOBA 2021 event. The three-day conference will take place on 22, 23 and 24 November 2021. The conference will cover bauxite, alumina, bauxite residue, carbon for aluminium electrolysis, aluminium production, and aluminium recycling in a variety of technical sessions. There are 10 high-caliber keynote speakers and over 100 technical papers were submitted. All presentations will be pre-recorded and transmitted online. We are very thankful to Aluminium of Bahrain to support the conference as the host sponsor.