The conference organized by the Department of Control and Instrumentation Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Brno University of Technology Czech Republic is considered to be a continuation of previous PDeS conferences. On the basis of organizers’ experiences and participants’ opinions it has been decided to follow this scope on IFAC/IEEE PDeS 2016 conference. The main goal is to provide a forum to present the latest research results and experiences in the area of the design and application of programmable devices and systems and a forum to discuss the current status and future trends of this particular branch of applied electronics in control and information technology.