Overview
The following pages will give a general overview over the historical development of the International Federation of Automatic Control, it will describe the aims of the Federation and present a message from the IFAC President, outlining the aims pursued during his Presidency.
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History
- In September 1956, the German VDI/VDE-Fachgruppe Regelungstechnik organized an International Conference on Automatic Control at Heidelberg.
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The History of IFAC
- At the Congress banquet of the IFAC World Congress in Seoul, Korea, Professor Rolf Isermann, Council Member and Advisor of IFAC gave a speech, in which he presented an overview over the history of IFAC. Have a look at the slides which he used for this very informative and entertaining presentation.
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Aims
- IFAC's Aims




