We are pleased to publish the proceedings of our inaugural conference, “The City: Culture, Society, Technology” as issue 1.1 (2009) of the Interdisciplinary Themes Journal. Inside the issue, you will find a set of high quality papers that were presented at the conference as well as one video presentation. Please browse, read, and enjoy–and if you wish to appear in a future issue of the journal we invite you to submit a proposal for one of our conferences. After you present, we will be happy to publish your paper in the journal issue devoted to the conference as a set of proceedings.