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This newsletter issue reports on key IFAC international events, including workshop summaries on multi-agent systems, construction robotics, and information technology in agriculture. It highlights organizational updates, such as meetings of IFAC officers in Austria and Greece, alongside a detailed profile of keynote speaker Prof. Song Jian. Readers will also find tables of contents for recent issues of Control Engineering Practice and Automatica, profiles of IFAC officers, and an extensive calendar of upcoming control engineering conferences.

The issue contains:

1. International Contacts

  • What it covers: Details about the annual informal meeting of IFAC Officers in Austria and the upcoming Council and related meetings in Greece.

2. European Control Conference – ECC’99

  • Author: DI Dieter Westerkamp
  • What it covers: A report on the ECC’99 conference held in Karlsruhe, Germany, highlighting attendance, industry involvement, and key topics.

3. Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment

  • Author: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schiefer
  • What it covers: A summary of the EFITA/CIGR/IFAC conference in Bonn, focusing on information technology applications across the agri-food sector.

4. Multi-Agent-Systems in Production – MAS’99

  • Author: G. Kronreif, P. Kopacek
  • Date: December 1999
  • What it covers: An overview of the IFAC Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems held in Vienna, covering technical programs and participant engagement.

5. Prof. Song Jian – Keynote Speaker at IFAC World Congress

  • What it covers: A biographical profile highlighting the scientific background, political career, and achievements of Prof. Song Jian.

6. Robotics and Automation in Construction

  • Author: Prof. C. Balaguer
  • What it covers: A report on the 16th IAARC/IFAC/IEEE Symposium held in Madrid, discussing developments in construction automation and robotics.

7. Control Engineering Practice

  • What it covers: A list of published papers and special sections from Volume 7, No. 12 (December 1999) and Volume 8, No. 1 (January 2000).

8. Automatica

  • What it covers: A compilation of research papers, brief papers, and technical communiques published in the March 2000 and April 2000 issues.

9. Who is Who in IFAC

  • What it covers: Biographical profiles of key IFAC officials, including Board Member Prof. Vladimir Kučera and Technical Board Member Prof. Anibal Ollero.

10. IFAC Conferences Calendar

  • What it covers: A schedule of upcoming IFAC workshops, symposia, and conferences organized by date, topic, and location.

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