The 12th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference will be held on April 23-26, 2018 in Vancouver, Canada by the IEEE Systems Council. The IEEE Systems Council facilitates interactions among communities of interest on system-level problems and applications. System-level thinking is essential in the world today, not only for technical systems but also for society at large. The Council addresses the discipline of systems engineering, including theory, technology, methodology, and applications of complex systems, system-of-systems, and integrated systems of national and global significance.   Topics…