 The event was a big success and the organizers decided to continue with the conference every year.First six editions of Systems Science (till 1979) were organized by Wroclaw University of Technology - attracting scientist from the USA, Japan, India and almost all European countries.After six years of existence, the conference was already well known as a forum for presentation of original papers on a good professional level and for discussions integrating different subjects of systems science and engineering and specialists from universities, research centres, and industry.