The International Symposium "Prospects of system biology development", dedicated to the 80thanniversary of Al-Farabi  Kazakh National University and 70thanniversary of Prof. Ivashenco Anatoly Timofeyevich took place at Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan) on February 7th – 8th, 2014.