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Here are all the Zoom links for the IFAC Council- and Related Meetings at IFAC2026.
23rd IFAC World Congress in Busan
August 23-28, 2026 Busan, Republic of Korea
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New IFAC Website!
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Code of Conduct
IFAC's ethical and professional standards.
The IFAC Brochure: 2023-2026 Edition
A comprehensive information brochure about IFAC.
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The latest 5 stories from across the federation — TC milestones, Council updates, programme launches and reports.
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IFAC Newsletter – June 2026
View and download the June 2026 issue of the Newsletter.
ACODS 2026
9th IFAC International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems
EI2N 2026
20th International IFAC/IFIP Workshop on Enterprise Integration, Interoperability and Networking
IN4PL 2026
7th International Conference on Innovative Intelligent Industrial Production and Logistics
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23rd IFAC World Congress in Busan
August 23-28, 2026 Busan, Republic of Korea
IFAC Symposia – Master Plan
An IFAC Symposium is a technical meeting covering a well defined theme of Control Engineering. IFAC maintains a Masterplan for future symposia activities.
ACODS 2026
9th IFAC International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems
EI2N 2026
20th International IFAC/IFIP Workshop on Enterprise Integration, Interoperability and Networking
Publications News
New issues of Automatica, CEP, Annual Reviews and other IFAC journals, plus the IFAC Newsletter.
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2026 Cartoons
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A summary of the IFAC publications
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Awards News
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Guidelines for IFAC Conference Awards
Guidelines for conference organizers to establish Conference/Symposium/Workshop Awards.
IFAC Young Author Conference Award
This award is mandatory for all major IFAC conferences (Symposia and Conferences) after the 2017 World Congress.
Technical Committee Awards
13 TC have established a total of 17 TC Awards
Outstanding Service Award recipients up to 2026
103 awardees since 2008
Participate in IFAC
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Guidelines for IFAC Conference Awards
Guidelines for conference organizers to establish Conference/Symposium/Workshop Awards.
IFAC Young Author Conference Award
This award is mandatory for all major IFAC conferences (Symposia and Conferences) after the 2017 World Congress.
IFAC’s structure
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