Message from the general chair

The Program Chairs of SEAA and DSD, supported by a large number of track chairs and special session organizers and their several program committees, performed a huge task in attracting high-quality submissions, reviewing, providing helpful feedback to the authors for improvement, and selecting the best papers and poster session contributions. This resulted in a well-structured overall program with a variety of tracks, special sessions, posters and demo sessions covering all areas of the conferences. Distinguished keynote speeches, shared between both conferences are a central part of the program, providing insight in key topics of interest, challenges and megatrends.