The theme for the 15th SIEF Ritual Year Working Group Conference revolves around the importance and meaning of food. The conference aims to highlight the centrality of gustatory experiences and gastronomical practices in various ethnolinguistic groups around the world. Papers that relate to food production, food preparation, food consumption, and their connection to feasts, festivities, folklore, taboos, rituals, deities, legends, magic, homeopathy, heritage, and religion, among other things are welcome at the conference. The target date of the conference is on December 11-13, 2024. The conference will be composed of paper presentations, exhibits of heritage food items, demonstrations, and kwentuhan with food culture bearers.