The workshop will bring together scientists of different disciplines that work on integrated biological systems, including biologists, physicists, chemists, mathematicians and informaticists.
The program will concentrate on: 
- dutch spearheads that are developing in this field, including Lactobacillus, yeast, the silicon cell
- analysis of biological networks
- the use and integration of X-omics data
- the use of system biology approaches in industry, medicine, and nutrition
- developments in Europe, Japan, and the US
- challenges and outlook for dutch systems biology initiatives