The International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) is a biennial conference cycle initiated by archaeologists from several European universities.
In 2018, in Munich, the decision of arranging the next congress was taken and the University of Bologna was chosen as the host of the 12 ICAANE.
It was organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw and the Kazimierz Michałowski Foundation.
The media patronage of the 8 ICAANE was undertaken by the National Geographic Polska.
The 8 ICAANE Warsaw Organizing Committee also obtained honorary patronages of the President of the Republic of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski, the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Prof. Barbara Kudrycka, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski.