The next International Workshop and Conference on Network Science (NetSci'08) will be held on 23 – 27 June, 2008. Its aim is to bring together leading researchers, practitioners, and teachers in network science (including analysts, modelling experts, visualisation specialists, and others) to foster interdisciplinary communication and collaboration. The conference will focus on novel directions in networks research within the biological and environmental sciences, computer and information sciences, social sciences, finance and business.