The issue contains:
- Distinguished Lecturer Program Report from Activities in South Africa
- Author: Na (Lina) Li
- What it covers: Details the lectures given at Pretoria and Stellenbosch Universities on representation-based control and learning, along with outreach involvement in the Girls in Control workshop.
- From the IFAC President
- Author: Dong-Il “Dan” Cho
- What it covers: Provides an update on the triennial IFAC cycle, opening call for nominations for Major Awards and IFAC Fellows for Busan 2026, and end-of-year greetings.
- Who’s Who in IFAC: Distinguished Lecturer Program Lecturers
- What it covers: Introduces bios and lecture topics for IFAC Distinguished Lecturers Alexandre Dolgui, Mihoko Niitsuma, and Eduardo D. Sontag.
- IFAC Activity Fund: Awarded Projects from the April 2024 Call
- Author: Tariq Samad
- What it covers: Highlights eight selected initiatives aimed at boosting control engineering engagement, diversity, and educational outreach.
- American Control Conference (ACC) 2024
- Author: Martha Grover
- What it covers: Summarizes key highlights, attendance statistics, technical sessions, and award presentations from the ACC 2024 conference held in Toronto.
- 4th IFAC Workshop on Internet-based Control Education (IBCE 2024)
- Author: Dana Copot
- What it covers: Reports on the workshop activities in Ghent focusing on interconnected control education and insights shared across clinical, industrial, and academic sectors.
- 8th IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control (LHMNC 2024)
- What it covers: Reviews the proceedings, invited sessions, and physical structure modeling discussions during the LHMNC 2024 gathering in Besançon, France.