EUS Activities

The European Union for Systemics (EUS) organises, co-organises or coordinates different types of activities (congresses, symposia, seminars, publications...).
More precisely, every three years, the EUS organises its triennial congress, which is a great opportunity for system specialists from Europe and the rest of the world to meet and emulate each other in order to decompartmentalise the specialist approaches of the different disciplines.
Combining theoretical, methodological and practical approaches, systems thinking contributes to the construction of synergies between different disciplines, thus encouraging the development of theoretical models, modelling and decision-making methods, and practical tools at the service of society.

The activities took place under the patronage of international personalities, among others : Stafford Beer (United Kingdom), Christian de Duve (Nobel Prize in Medicine, Belgium), Umberto Eco (Italy), Raúl Espejo (United Kingdom), Ervin László (Hungary), Jean-Marie Lehn (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, France), Jean-Louis Le Moigne (France), Jacques Lesourne (France), Edgar Morin (France), Ilya Prigogine (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Belgium), Carlo Rubbia (Nobel Prize in Physics, Italy), Herbert A. Simon (Nobel Prize in Economics, USA), René Thom (Fields Medal, France), Francisco J. Varela (Chile, France), Heinz von Foerster (Austria, USA)...

Past activities

  • 10th congress of the European Union for Systemics (UES2018)
    A systemic vision of the crises: From optimization to change strategy?
    Co-organized by the European Union for Systemics (UES-EUS) and the Laboratoire théorie des systèmes en architecture (tsa-lab), Faculty of architecture, architectural engineering, town planning (LOCI), University of Louvain (UCLouvain)
    Brussels, Belgium, 15-17/10/2018
  • Symposium démocracie (demos16)
    Savoir gouverner et accepter d'être gouverné en démocratie : Comment la pensée systémique peut-elle nous aider à agir ?
    Organisé par l'Asbl Systèmes & Organisations (S&O) pour le 10e anniversaire de l'association
    Ittre, Belgium, 7-8/10/2016
  • 2th European Systemics Seminars of the European Union for Systemics (ESS2015)
    Systemic continuities and interactions between architecture and social systems: Knowledge for the future of the knowledge society
    Co-organized by the European Union for Systemics (UES-EUS) and the Groupe de contact F.R.S.-FNRS 'Architecture & complexité', Faculty of architecture, architectural engineering, town planning (LOCI), University of Louvain (UCLouvain)
    Brussels, Belgium, 16/10/2015
  • 9th congress of the European Union for Systemics (EUS2014)
    Globalization and Crisis: Systems Complexity and Governance
    Co-organized by the European Union for Systemics (UES-EUS) and the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC)
    Valencia, Spain, 15-17/10/2014
  • 1st European Systemics Seminars of the European Union for Systemics (ESS2013)
    The post-industrial societies dealing with complexity: Knowledge to manage the knowledge society
    Organized by the European Union for Systemics (UES-EUS)
    Charleroi, Belgium, 20/09/2013
  • 1st African International Conference on Complex Systems of the European Union for Systemics (ICCS2012)
    Systemics and Cybernetics: From the parts to the whole and reciprocally
    Organized by the European Union for Systemics (UES-EUS)
    Agadir, Morocco, 5-6/10/2012
  • 8e congrès de l'Union Européenne de Systémique (UES2011)
    Approche systémique de la diversité : Du savoir à la pratique - De la pratique au savoir
    Organisé par l'Asbl Systèmes & Organisations (S&O), à la Faculté de sociologie de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
    Bruxelles, Belgique, 19-22/10/2011
  • 7th congress of the European Union for Systemics (EUS2008)
    Organized by the Associação Portuguesa de Complexidade Sistémica (APOCOSIS), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT) da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA)
    Lisbon, Portugal, 17-19/12/2008
  • 6e congrès de l'Union Européenne de Systémique (UES2005)
    Organisé par l'Association Française de Science des Systèmes Cybernétiques, Cognitifs et Techniques (AFSCET)
    Paris, France, 19-22/09/2005
  • 5th congress of the European Union for Systemics (EUS2002)
    Organized by the Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies (HSSS), in synergy with a conference of European Association for Family Therapy, with the support of national and local authorities
    Crete, Greece, 16-19/10/2002
  • 4th congress of the European Union for Systemics (EUS1999)
    Organized by the Sociedad Española de Sistemas Generales (SESGE), supported by the "Fundacio Cinq Secles" from the Universidad de Valencia (UV) and by Generalitat Valenciana
    Valencia, Spain, 20-23/09/1999
  • 3th congress of the European Union for Systemics (EUS1996)
    Organized by the Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sui Sistemi (AIRS) and the Interuniversity Center for Research on Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems (ECONA), supported by the Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
    Roma, Italia, 1-4/10/1996
  • 2e congrès de l'Union Européenne de Systémique (UES1993)
    Organisé par le Comité "Systems Science and Information" de Tchécoslovaquie et le Collège de Systémique de l’AFCET, avec le soutien des Communautés Européennes
    Prague, République tchèque, 5-8/10/1993
  • 1er congrès de l'Union Européenne de Systémique (UES1989)
    Organisé par l'Association Française pour la Cybernétique Economique et Technique (AFCET), avec le soutien de l'Institut d'informatique et organisation (INFORGE) de la Faculté des hautes études commerciales (HEC) de l'université de Lausanne (UNIL)
    Lausanne, Suisse, 3-6/10/1989