This is a five day meeting foccused on new methods and directions in the following topics.

1. Analytic number theory.
2. Combinatorial number theory.
3. Automatic sequences.

The purpose of the conference is to bring together young researchers and experts to initiate discussions and collaborations in emerging areas around the aforementioned topics. This meeting will also be an occasion to felicitate Professor Jean-Marc Deshouillers, who just turned 70, for his sterling efforts in supporting and promoting Indian mathematics and mathematicians for the last four decades.