The mission of the TC is to contribute from a variety of disciplines, each with a different perspective on infrastructure system complexity, to an emergent theory and a modelling, simulation and gaming toolkit for the design and management of networked utility and infrastructure systems as complex socio-technical systems. In other words, the TC strives to organize a scientific stage for confronting, combining and possibly integrating the social and physical perspectives on infrastructure networks, in such a way that the insights can be made available for practitioners in the infrastructure sectors and help them to achieve better quality and reliability of infrastructure bound services.

IEEE SMC 2004 (The Hague):

• Keynote presentation on Innovating Infrastructures - Dealing with Complexities in Networked Systems
• Three special sessions on Next Generation Infrastructures (I, II, III)

• Intelligent Complexity - Innovative Control of Infrastructure Systems
• Flexible Infrastructures - Real Options in Infrastructure Syste ms

• Session: Energy and Transport Decision Making
• Session: Interdependencies with Public Information Infrastructure
• Session: Strategic Asset Management

IEEE SMC 2007 (Montreal): contributed various papers

• IEEE SNC 2007: Prof. Margot Weijnen presented a keynote address to the IEEE Annual International Conference on Networking, Sensing & Control, 15-17 April, 2007, London, UK

IEEE SMC 2008 (Singapore): contributed various papers

• Prof. Margot Weijnen presented a keynote address at the annual conference of the CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management, July 10, 2008, Brisbane, Australia
• Organization of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Infrastructure Systems & Services: Building Networks for a Brighter Future, 10-12 November, 2008, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

IEEE SMC 2009 (San Antonio)

• Special Session on Intelligent Infrastructures
• International Workshop on Electricity Security in the Cyber Age: Managing the increasing dependency of the electricity infrastructure on ICT, 13-14 May, 2009, Utrecht, the Netherlands
• Next Generation Infrastructures Academy, three intensive course modules for PhD students and young professionals on advanced modelling and management of infrastructure systems, 21-25 September, 2009, Tegelen, the Netherlands
• Organization of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Infrastructure Systems & Services: Developing 21st Century Infrastructure Networks, 9-11 December, 2009, Chennai, India

IEEE SMC 2010 (Istanbul): organization of special session(s)

• Prof. Joe Mathew and Prof. Margot Weijnen are co-chairing the 2010 World Conference on Engineering Asset Management, October 2010, Brisbane, Australia
• International Workshop on Electricity Security in the Cyber Age: Managing the increasing dependency of the electricity infrastructure on ICT, 13-14 May, 2009, Utrecht, the Netherlands
• Organization of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Infrastructure Systems & Services: Intelligent Infrastructure Systems for Green Cities, mid-November 2010, Shenzhen, China

IEEE SMC 2011: organization of special session(s)

• Organization of 4th IEEE International Conference on Infrastructure Systems & Services, mid-November 2011, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

The TC furthermore provides an ongoing discussion forum for topical debates in the world of infrastructure systems, such as critical infrastructure protection.

• Annual workshops (workshop proceedings to be published)
• European IEEE SMCS conference on Infrastructure Systems & Services ("Next Generation Infrastructures"), Fall 2007
• Organizing special conference track on Infrastructure Systems & Services in the annual international conferences of IEEE SMC (2007 onward)
• Provide a discussion forum for topical debates in the world of infrastructures, such as critical infrastructure protection

We must face the challenge of understanding and steering the behaviour of infrastructures to social and economic advantage. There is not one discipline that in itself will offer a comprehensive answer to the infrastructure design and management challenge. Our TC on Infrastructure Systems & Services therefore aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners from all parts of the globe with an active interest in the planning, design, operation, control, management and governance of networked infrastructure systems. Collectively, we may succeed in creating a common language and synthesis framework, enabling us to grasp the full complexity of the infrastructures on which society has come to depend. By joining, you can

• Interact with professionals in design, management and control of critical infrastructure systems
• Participate in motivating conferences and workshops.
• Form professional relationships with associates from different regions of the world.
• Exchange research ideas and share research resources.
• Promote the research, development, education, and understanding of infrastructure systems as complex adaptive systems and socio-technical systems.