The 2008 Systemics and Informatics World Congress -- A Network of Knowledge (SIWN 2008) uniquely represents the inter-disciplinary interactions between Systems Science and Engineering and Computer/Information Science and Technology. SIWN 2008 aims to provide a distinctive premier international forum for active researchers, developers, professionals and academics from different domains and with diversified backgrounds to get together, to share state-of-the-art research achievements and practical experiences, to exchange in-depth findings and innovative ideas, and in particular to harness the greatest challenges and think seriously into the future.