Conference Theme
The theme of the IEEE Systems Conference is Engineering Complex Integrated Systems and Systems-of-systems Implications for Systems Engineering, Systems Integration, and Systems Thinking.

Background
The IEEE Systems Council facilitates interactions among communities of interest on system-level problems and ap-
plications. System-level thinking is essential in the world today, not only for technical systems, but also for society at
large. The Council addresses the discipline of systems engineering, including the issues and complexities of system-
level and system-of-systems applications, focusing on the total systems effectiveness of complex integrated systems of
national and global significance.

Conference Objectives
This conference seeks to create an interactive forum for the advancement of the practice of system design, development, and
management, across the multiple disciplines and specialty areas associated with the engineering of systems. The conference will
provide a venue for systems engineering practitioners, managers, researchers, and educators to exchange innovative concepts,
ideas, applications, and lessons learned addressing.

We invite authors to submit an extended abstract of 3 to 4 pages in length, including figures, tables and references. The extended
abstract should summarize the scope of the paper and the primary results and findings, emphasizing new advances, theories and/
or applications so that the program committee will be able to understand the originality and the value of the work. Abstracts
should be submitted electronically to the EDAS Website at www.edas.info. Please submit to IEEE SysCon 2009. For comprehen-
sive information, please reference the conference web site at http://sysconf09.ieeesystemscouncil.org

IMPORTANT MILESTONES:
Abstract Submission Deadline: September 1, 2008
Acceptance Notification and Author Instructions: November 20, 2008
Submission of Camera-Ready Papers: February 1, 2009

For Technical Program information contact:
Paul R. Croll,
Technical Program Chairman
Computer Sciences Corporation
5166 Potomac Drive
King George, VA 22485
(540) 644-6224
pcroll@csc.com

For Conference information contact:
Bob Rassa,
General Chairman
Raytheon Company
2000 E. El Segundo Blvd,
MS R01/B523
El Segundo, CA 90245
(310) 334-0764
RCRassa@raytheon.com