It is our great honor to welcome you to the 2017 Service System Engineering Conference & 2017 Symposium on Analytics and Risk (SSEC&SAR 2017), hosted jointly by Tongji University, the Society of System Engineering in China, IEEE System Council, Analytics and Risk Technical Committee, the Shanghai Association of Automation, the IFAC 5.2 Technical Committee, the Society of Management Science and Engineering of China, Intelligent Decision Institute (preparatory), the Operations Research Society of China, Decision Science Department, and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. This year’s meeting brings together over 100 high-ranking guests from research funding and performing organizations from around the world. Our meeting in Shanghai will continue the important work of the SSEC and its commitment to removing barriers to international research collaboration. This year, the topic of the annual meeting is: analytics and risk and services enable the growth and understanding of services and best risk-based management practices.We are pleased that you have accepted the invitation to join us in Shangha, China. We look forward to the engaging discussions, exchanges of ideas, and to the major outcomes of the SSEC&SAR 2017, Sincerely.