The issue contains:
- IFAC Technical Committees and their Scopes
- What it covers: Details the Coordinating Committee on Systems Engineering and Management and its associated Technical Committees, outlining their focus areas, committee chairs, and technical scopes.
- Barcelona 2002 – Invitation to Submit Proposals for Tutorial Workshops, Open Forum/Panel Discussions
- Date: August 2001
- What it covers: Provides updates on the IPC meeting for the 2002 IFAC World Congress in Barcelona, listing invited plenary speakers and guidelines for submitting tutorial workshop and panel discussion proposals.
- Control Engineering Textbook Prize – Second Call for Nominations
- What it covers: Calls for nominations for the Harold Chestnut Control Engineering Textbook Prize to be awarded at the 15th IFAC World Congress in 2002, specifying eligibility criteria and submission guidelines.
- Papers from Control Engineering Practice, Nos 7&8, 2001
- What it covers: Lists the titles and authors of papers published in the July 2001 and August 2001 issues of the Control Engineering Practice journal.
- Papers from Automatica, Nos 8&9, 2001
- What it covers: Features table of contents listings for the August 2001 special issue on neural network feedback control and the September 2001 issue of Automatica, including regular papers, brief papers, and book reviews.
- Who is Who in IFAC
- What it covers: A biographical profile of Prof. Ian Craig, detailing his educational background, research interests, professional achievements, and roles within IFAC.