CHEP 2021: Preface to the Proceedings

The 25th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP), organised by CERN, took place as a virtual event from 17–21 May 2021. The conference attracted 1144 registered participants from 46 different countries. There were 207 scientific presentations made over the 5 days of the conference. These were divided between 30 long talks and 2 keynotes, which were presented in plenary sessions; and 175 short talks, which were presented in parallel sessions