The 2009 World Summit on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (2009 GEC Summit) will feature the latest research and demonstrated successes in this dynamic area, including new approaches and breakthrough applications to problems in biology, medicine, engineering design, agriculture, logistics, traffic, security, scheduling, military affairs, and other fields. 2009 GEC Summit is sponsored and organized by ACM SIGEVO, the Special Interest Group for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, sponsor of the annual GECCO conferences.