The International Scientific Applied Conference "Problems of Emergency Situations" (PES) is a series of meetings organized on an annual basis by the National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine (Kharkiv, Ukraine). For the 2024 meeting, the conference partnered with the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture (Odessa, Ukraine). The purpose of the conference was to discuss issues related to the problems and prospects of the introduction of the latest developments and technologies aimed at preventing emergencies, minimizing their consequences in the field of civil defence, sharing experience and finding new facets of scientific cooperation as well as solving problems of recent emergencies that create a global threat to humanity.