The issue contains:
Welcome to Laxenburg
Account of the IFAC Secretariat’s move to Laxenburg, Austria, the agreement signed in April 1978, and the transfer of the Newsletter’s editing, printing and mailing to Laxenburg following Prof. Kümmel’s editorship, with an invitation to readers to contribute and visit.
8th IFAC World Congress, Kyoto, Japan — 24–28 August 1981
Time schedule for abstracts, acceptance and final manuscripts, and where to obtain the call for papers.
Symposium Schedule Stretches till 1983
Report on the role of the Advisory Committee, the growth in the number of events to 29 for 1980, and decisions of particular interest concerning the Committee on Developing Countries, the Rabat conference, the Cairo workshop on case studies for appropriate technology, and a proposed workshop in Tripoli, Libya.
Next IFAC Events
- IIASA/IFAC Symposium on Modeling of Large-Scale Energy Systems — Laxenburg, Austria, 25–29 February 1980
- IFAC Workshop: Computer-Aided Control Systems Design — Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR, 2–6 April 1980
- IFAC/IFIP Workshop on Real-Time Programming — Schloß Retzhof, Leibnitz, Austria, 14–16 April 1980
- IFAC Workshop on Management Control Systems — Hertford, UK, 15–17 April 1980
- IFAC Workshop on Differential Games — Game Problems in Dynamic Systems Control — Sochi, USSR, 16–20 April 1980
- IFAC Workshop — Neural Control Systems for Human Motion — Montpellier, France, 27–28 June 1980
- IFAC Workshop on Spacecraft System Reconfiguration in Orbit — Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 9–11 September 1980
- IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Power Generation, Distribution and Protection — Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 15–19 September 1980
Applications of Nonlinear Programming — Successful Start of New Workshop Series
Report on the first IFAC Workshop on Control Applications of Nonlinear Programming, held in Denver, Colorado, USA, June 1979, and the announcement of the second workshop in Oberpfaffenhofen, FRG, 15–17 September 1980.
Highlights of EC-Meeting
Report on the Executive Council meeting held in Laxenburg on 18–19 June 1979, covering the Quazza Medal, the appointment of Prof. Umberto Pellegrini, the status report on the Kyoto Congress, preparations for the 9th World Congress in Budapest, the venue for the 10th Congress, the discussion on the future of IFAC, and the timetable of the Constitution Committee.
IFAC Publications to Assist Preparations for Workshops and Symposia
List of the guidance publications available from the IFAC Secretariat.
Who’s Who in IFAC
Profile of Prof. Dr. Yoshikazu Sawaragi, IFAC President 1978–81.
Insert: IFAC Events in 1980
Table of the 1980 events with their dates, places and contact addresses.
