The Soft Magnetic Materials Conference, commonly referred to as SMM, is the largest international conference devoted to soft magnetic materials. Celebrated every two years, in the month of September, it consists of invited, oral and poster presentations which span over a period of three days. This Conference brings together researchers from industry and academia working on all aspects of soft magnetic materials, with topics including, among others, materials properties, applications, device design, fundamental studies in magnetism and simulations. Selected manuscripts presented at the Conference, after regular refereeing procedure to ensure originality and scientific quality, will be published in AIP Advances.