Message from the chairpersons

The 2009 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems is the first meeting of a series technically sponsored and organized by the IEEE Italy Section Systems Council Chapter, with the co-sponsorship of the IEEE Italy Section Instrumentation and Measurement Society Chapter, and the sponsorship of the IEEE Italy Section. This edition has been organized with the technical co-sponsorship of the European Union COST Action “Intelligent Monitoring, Control and Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems” - IntelliCIS, with the organizational cooperation of the Department of Information Technology of the Università degli Studi di Milano and the support of ACSU - Associazione Cremasca Studi Universitari.