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The September 1978 issue of the IFAC Newsletter reports the establishment of the permanent IFAC Secretariat in Laxenburg, Austria, and announces forthcoming symposia and workshops on high level systems control in and by man, computer aided design of control systems, and information control problems in manufacturing technology.

The issue contains:

IFAC — Secretariat now in Austria
Report on the agreements signed in Vienna on 21 April 1978 with the Austrian Federal Government and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, establishing the permanent IFAC Secretariat in Laxenburg, together with the new address and the transition arrangements from the Helsinki secretariat.

IFAC Workshop on High Level Systems Control in and by Man
Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany — 5–6 April 1979. Sponsored by the IFAC Technical Committee on Biomedical Engineering and organized by VDI/VDE-GMR with partner institutes, including the purpose, four topic areas and timetable.

IFAC Symposium on Computer Aided Design of Control Systems
Zurich, Switzerland — 29–31 August 1979. Organized by the Swiss Federation of Automatic Control (SGA/ASSPS), with the purpose, six main topics, time schedule, paper requirements and registration fees.

2nd IFAC/IFIP Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing Technology
Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany — 22–24 October 1979. Organized by VDI/VDE-Gesellschaft Mess- und Regelungstechnik, with the purpose, topics of particular interest and key timetable dates.

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