Dear colleagues, It is our pleasure to announce *Conference on the occasion of Robert Deville’s 60th birthday: Banach spaces and optimization* which will take place *from June 16 to June 21, 2019* in Métabief, France. Our aim is to bring together experienced and novice researchers interested in Banach space geometry, real analysis, optimization and other fields that Robert’s work has influenced. The conference will feature a series of plenary and short talks on recent advances in these subjects. The following speakers have agreed to give a plenary talk: Daniel Azagra, Aris Daniilidis, Estibalitz Durand-Cartagena, Gilles Godefroy, Antonio Guirao, Petr Hájek, Jesús Jaramillo, Sebastián Lajara, Etienne Matheron, Julian Revalski The registration is open and further information can be found on the website: https://trimestres-lmb.univ-fcomte.fr/Banach-spaces-and-optimization.html Feel free to transmit this announcement to your peers who you suspect might be interested. We are looking forward to meeting you next year in France. Tony Procházka and Matías Raja