The issue contains:
- 17th IFAC World Congress
- What it covers: Provides details on registration deadlines, hotel reservations, paper submissions, highlight programs, and upcoming pre-congress tutorials and administrative meetings.
- Pre-Congress Tutorials and Workshops
- What it covers: Details the schedule, codes, titles, proposers, and times for workshops and tutorial sessions held on 5–6 July 2008.
- Adaptation and Learning in Control and Signal Processing – ALCOSP 2007
- Author: Alexander Fradkov, Sandor Veres
- Date: 29-31 August, 2007
- What it covers: Reports on the workshop held in St. Petersburg, highlighting key plenary lectures, technical topics, invited sessions, and a panel discussion on strengthening ties between theory and industry.
- Periodic Control Systems – PSYCO 2007
- Date: 29-31 August, 2007
- What it covers: Summarizes the 3rd IFAC Workshop on Periodic Control Systems, including its technical sessions and computational software focus.
- Fieldbuses and Networks in Industrial and Embedded Systems – FeT’07
- Author: Miguel León Chávez
- Date: November 7-9, 2007
- What it covers: Highlights the conference held in Toulouse, France, detailing paper submissions, session topics, keynote presentations, and an AIRBUS industrial session.
- Charles Stark Draper Prize Awarded to Rudolf Kalman
- What it covers: Announces Rudolf Kalman receiving the 2008 Charles Stark Draper Prize for developing the Kalman Filter, alongside a background on his career and the impact of his work.
- List of Forthcoming Events 2008/2009
- What it covers: Lists upcoming IFAC workshops, conferences, and symposia scheduled for 2008 and 2009, including dates, locations, and contact web links.