The International Conference Zaragoza-Pau on Mathematics and its Applications was organized by the Departamento de Matem.tica Aplicada, the Departamento de M.todos Estad.sticos and the Departamento de Matem.ticas, all of them from the Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain), and the Laboratoire de Math.matiques et de leurs Applications, from the Universit. de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (France). This conference has been held every two years since 1989. The aim of this conference is to present recent advances in Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Pure Mathematics, putting special emphasis on subjects linked to petroleum engineering and environmental problems.

The Sixteenth Conference took place in Jaca (Spain) from 7th to 9th September 2022. The official opening ceremony was graced by the presence of the Vice–Chancellor for Academic Policy of the University of Zaragoza, D. Jos. .ngel Castellanos G.mez, and Vice–Chancellor of the Research Commission of the University of Pau, Mme. Isabelle Baraille. During those three days, 111 mathematicians, coming from different universities, research institutes or the industrial sector, attended 8 plenary lectures, 69 contributed talks and a poster session with 7 posters. We note that in this edition there were 11 mini-symposia, five of them co-organized by colleagues from the Universidad de Zaragoza and the Universit. de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour.