The FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON NONLINEAR DYNAMICS AND SYNCHRONIZATION (INDS08) to be held from July 18-19, 2008 at University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, in Southern Austria (Carinthia) is a first two-day international workshop that brings together international researchers, developers and practitioners from different horizons to discuss the latest advances in nonlinear dynamics and synchronization. INDS08 should serve as a forum to present current and future works as well as to exchange research ideas pertaining to various aspects in this field of nonlinear dynamic systems and synchronization. INDS08 will feature contributed as well as invited papers and will include poster and demo sessions. INDS08 also features key note talks from experts in Nonlinear Dynamic Systems.