Message from the general chair and general co-chair

Waqaa! And welcome to Anchorage, Alaska USA. It is our distinct pleasure to greet you on behalf of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society and its annual flagship conference, the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. This year the conference brings us all to the City of Lights and Flowers where we invite your enthusiastic participation in our yearly international forum on latest innovations, state-of-the-art, ideas, and advances in all aspects of systems science & engineering, human-machine systems, and cybernetics. With the conference fully contained within the Hilton Anchorage you are in great hands of Alaskan hospitality. While in Anchorage, we encourage you to also partake in the "Big Wild Life," that it offers, both within the city and in the vast wilderness outside.