The first International Conference on Complex Systems in Business, Administration, Science and Engineering, took place in the New Forest, home of the Wessex Institute, organised by that Institute, represented by Prof Carlos A Brebbia, and the Open University, UK, represented by Prof George Rzevski. The meeting was sponsored by the International Journal of Design and Nature with Ecodynamics.
The conference brought together practitioners of a variety of disciplines interested in developing and discussing new approaches for resolving complex issues that cannot be formulated using conventional mathematical or software models.