SIFED (Symposium International Francophone sur l'Ecrit et le Document), formerly CIFED (Conférence Internationale sur l'Ecrit et le Document), has been organized by the GRCE (Groupe de Recherche en Communication Ecrite: http://grce.labri.fr) since 1990. This event is aiming at bringing together researchers (young researchers, senior researchers, academics and industrial people) interested in document analysis and recognition, in particular in the fields of image and signal processing, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and information retrieval. The SIFED symposium has become a privileged place for meetings and exchanges, allowing to assess the state of the art of research and developments in this field, to inform about future works, to contribute to the coherence of the community but also to open it up and give it a national and international visibility.