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23rd IFAC World Congress in Busan
August 23-28, 2026 Busan, Republic of Korea
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Affiliates Statistics
This article gathers the reports about statistics on the IFAC Affiliates portal data.
Conference Submission Management System
ifac-sms.org will be soon the new branded address of the Conference Submission Management System (previously at ifac.papercept.net).
Outcomes of the 2026 General Assembly
The General Assembly of IFAC took place on 24 August 2026 in Busan. A new triennium starts with a newly elected Council and a new President: Maria Prandini.
Outcomes of the 2023-2026 outgoing Council
The 2023-2026 outgoing IFAC Council took place on 23 August 2026 in Busan. Reports were approved and some motions adopted.
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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 – August 2026
View and download the August 2026 issue of the Newsletter.
SAFEPROCESS 2027
13th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes
INCOM 2027
19th IFAC Symposium on Information, Control and Optimization Problems in Manufacturing
LHMNC 2027
9th IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control
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World Congress, Symposia, Conferences, Workshops, IFACx and DLP — the next item in the global event calendar is always pinned first.
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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.
SAFEPROCESS 2027
13th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes
INCOM 2027
19th IFAC Symposium on Information, Control and Optimization Problems in Manufacturing
Publications News
New issues of Automatica, CEP, Annual Reviews and other IFAC journals, plus the IFAC Newsletter.
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Control Engineering Practice Paper Prize Winners up to 2026
All articles awarded by the Control Engineering Practice Paper Prize from 1996 to 2026.
What can I do (or not) with papers published on IFAC-PapersOnLine?
All papers from IFAC conferences (where IFAC is the main sponsor) are published, in partnership with Elsevier in the IFAC-PapersOnLine series hosted at the ScienceDirect web service.
IFAC Newsletter – August 2026
View and download the August 2026 issue of the Newsletter.
2026 Cartoons
All the cartoons thus far for 2026!
Awards News
IFAC Medals, Fellow class announcements, Young Author Prize, High Impact Paper and TC-level awards.
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Harold Chestnut Control Engineering Textbook Prize up to 2026
12 textbook awarded since 1987
Control Engineering Practice Paper Prize Winners up to 2026
All articles awarded by the Control Engineering Practice Paper Prize from 1996 to 2026.
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.
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Outcomes of the 2026 General Assembly
The General Assembly of IFAC took place on 24 August 2026 in Busan. A new triennium starts with a newly elected Council and a new President: Maria Prandini.
Outcomes of the 2023-2026 outgoing Council
The 2023-2026 outgoing IFAC Council took place on 23 August 2026 in Busan. Reports were approved and some motions adopted.
E-mail aliases
Register an IFAC e-mail address for free, an e-mail address that you can keep wherever you are situated or affiliated with.
Affiliates Statistics
This article gathers the reports about statistics on the IFAC Affiliates portal data.