This year's SYSTEMS was accompanied by the most extensive related-events program in the fair's history. For the first time ever, the International Congress Centre Munich (ICM) and the rooms that are available alongside the halls were completely booked to capacity. There were a total of 13 events that had record-breaking attendance of some 4,000 participants.
 

Congresses, conferences and company events at SYSTEMS 2008:

• Communication World 
• Internet World 
• Prospects for Open Source Conference 
• SME Conference 
• Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) 
• Conference 
• Performance Marketing Day 
• RFID Applications Days 
• Microsoft Server Summit 
• Oracle-Enterprise 2.0 
• Conference Münchner Kreis 
• Bavarian IT Legislation Day 
• Navigation World
•  Conference Forum 
• Executive Round Table