The issue contains:
1. New Form of Personal Participation in IFAC
- What it covers: Details the introduction of the IFAC Affiliate Scheme, which allows control engineers and interested individuals worldwide to directly participate in IFAC affairs, access publications like AUTOMATICA at personal rates, and receive news updates.
2. IFAC Technical Meetings
- What it covers: Describes the general structure of IFAC technical meetings, including Symposia, Conferences, Workshops, and the triennial IFAC World Congress, along with a list of upcoming symposium topics and planned congress locations.
3. IFAC Technical Committees and Working Groups
- What it covers: Provides an overview of IFAC’s 14 Technical Committees responsible for planning conferences and promoting subareas of control engineering.
4. Evaluation of Adaptive Control Strategies in Industrial Applications
- Author: Y.Z. Tsypkin, V.A. Lototsky
- Date: 16-20 October, 1989
- What it covers: Reports on the outcomes and scope of the IFAC Workshop held in Tbilisi, USSR, which focused on adaptive control algorithms and their practical applications in industries like chemistry, robotics, and metallurgy.
5. Impressum
- What it covers: Outlines the publication details, editorial staff, publisher location, and reprinting policy for the IFAC Newsletter.
6. Newly Approved Events
- What it covers: Presents a schedule table of upcoming IFAC workshops, conferences, and symposia along with dates, locations, submission deadlines, and contact information.
7. IFAC Affiliate Registration Card
- What it covers: A registration form and list of interest area keywords allowing readers to apply for the IFAC Affiliate scheme.
8. Papers From the Next Issue of Automatica
- Date: Sept. 1990
- What it covers: Lists upcoming research papers, brief papers, and book reviews scheduled for publication in the September 1990 issue of Automatica.
9. IFAC Congratulates
- What it covers: Congratulates Past President Manfred Thoma on his election as a Foreign Member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
10. Editor’s Note
- What it covers: Brief note acknowledging the conclusion of the IFAC World Congress in Tallinn and promising coverage of congress news and new IFAC committee structures in upcoming issues.
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