Several EMANICS partners actively participated in the organization of NOMS'06, which took place on 3-7 April 2006 in Vancouver, Canada: Burkhard Stiller (technical program co-chair), Aiko Pras (keynote/distinguished expert panel chair), Rolf Stadler (workshop co-chair), Joan Serrat (finance co-chair), and Olivier Festor and Radu State (both publication co-chair).