If you are interested to involve in discussions with systemic approaches concerning icts, you are welcome to look at http://www.emcsr.net/call-for-symposia-2014/. the upcoming european meeting on cybernetics and systems research – a traditional hub for systems thinkers and systems engineers – (to take place 22-25 april 2014 in vienna) revolves around the crisis of our civilisational development and the reactions of different disciplines, including informatics.