The issue contains:
IFAC Council and Related Meetings
- What it covers: Details on the annual Council and Related Meetings scheduled for September 2012 in Gifu, Japan, including discussions on strategic planning reports and preliminary 2020 IFAC World Congress bids.
Technical Committee on Distributed Parameter Systems (2.6) Reinstated
- Author: Thomas Meurer
- What it covers: An overview of the reinstated IFAC Technical Committee 2.6, focusing on the research, applications, and goals surrounding distributed parameter systems.
Advances in PID Control – PID 12
- Author: Antonio Visioli, Sebastian Dormido
- What it covers: Highlights from the IFAC Conference on Advances in PID Control held in Brescia, Italy, including technical session topics, plenary lectures, and panel discussions.
New Staff Member at IFAC Secretariat
- What it covers: An introduction to Katharina Willixhofer, detailing her background, previous experience, and new role as IFAC’s contact person for events and the Technical Board.
Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production
- What it covers: A summary of the first IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production held in Trondheim, Norway, covering technical sessions, keynote speakers, and industry participation.
Information Control Problems in Manufacturing
- What it covers: Highlights of the 14th Triennial IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM 12) in Bucharest, Romania, including key statistics, main tracks, and prominent speakers.
Advances in Control Education – ACE 2012
- What it covers: An overview of the ninth IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, celebrating the 120-year anniversary of Lyapunov stability theory and detailing technical session topics.
Forthcoming Events
- What it covers: A comprehensive schedule and listing of upcoming IFAC conferences, symposia, and workshops planned for 2012 through 2014.