On behalf of the EPICS 2014 Organizing Committee, it is our privilege to invite you to the18th EPICS collaboration meeting, May 19-23, 2014, in LanZhou, China! We are honored to host this event, for the first time, and look forward to welcoming our friends andcolleagues from around the World. The Program Committee has set broad objectives for this workshop, to invite Participants to explore each of the thematic elements.While attending EPICS 2014 in LanZhou we hope that you feel completely at home. We have planned several social and cultural events for you to enjoy and learn more about LanZhou China.