Dear Colleagues,



The deadlines for the 21st IFAC World Congress 

“Automatic Control – Meeting Societal Challenges” 

which will take place in Berlin, Germany, 12 – 17 July 2020 are 

rapidly approaching.



Due to numerous requests the 

** deadline for the submission of open invited track proposals 

** has been extended to 22 Sep 2019.



The focus is on current and future societal challenges for automatic

control such as the dramatic changes in the working environment, the

delivery of sustainable resources and energy, health and medicine,

transportation, and digitalization. This is reflected in topics days,

where the standard conference program is complemented by special

keynotes, tutorial sessions, outreach lectures, and exhibitions by

industrial and technological leaders. For more details, please visit

http://www.ifac2020.org/.



Main conference features are:

• Oral, Interactive, and Demonstrator Contributions

• Invited Sessions and Open Invited Tracks

• Tutorials and Pre-Congress Workshops

• Extended Abstract Contributions for spotlighting late 

 breaking results



Key Dates:

22 Sept 2019   Open invited track proposals

15 Oct 2019    Invited session proposals

31 Oct 2019    Draft manuscript submission

28 Feb 2020    Late breaking results submission



We are looking forward to meeting you at the IFAC 2020 World Congress

in Berlin!



Best regards,



Sandra Hirche and Rolf Findeisen

IFAC 2020 IPC Co-chairs



and all members of the organising team



P.s. You can download a PDF of the call under the following link:

https://www.ifac2020.org/fileadmin/public/Redaktion/Dokumente/PDF/Call_IFAC_WC_2020_Berlin.pdf



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https://www.ifac-control.org/publications/copyright-conditions