The technical work of IFAC is performed by the Technical Board and the Coordinating Committees (CCs). Each CC consists of a number of Technical Committees (TCs). The Technical Committees (TCs) are responsible for the planning and monitoring of technical events, such as symposia, conferences and workshops, with the NMOs acting as hosts. They also promote their respective areas in other ways, such as establishing contacts with international organizations, publishing reports on selected topics, etc. The TCs cover specialized topics in control engineering. Their tasks among many others include promoting interest in emerging control subfields, assuming responsibility for technical meetings (or for series of such), providing for cooperation among specialists of their particular field, etc.
Starting from the 2017 World Congress in Toulouse (France) IFAC has established an Industry Committee with the goals to:
- Strengthen the engagement of industry and industry representatives in IFAC activities
- Enhance the value of IFAC to industry
- Help control research realize its full potential for industry impact
The tasks of the CCs and TCs include promoting interest in emerging control subfields, assuming responsibility for technical meetings (or for series of such), providing for cooperation among specialists of their particular field, establishing contacts with other international organizations, publication of reports on selected topics, etc. The CCs, the list of technical areas, the number of the respective TC and the Chair of the committee responsible for the activities are shown below. Each TC has its own mini-website where a complete list of members, news and event details relevant to the TC can be found. https://www.ifac-control.org/areas
The members of the Technical Board are:
Technical Board
| Name | Position | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Eduardo Pereira | Chair | Email to Carlos Eduardo Pereira | BR |
| Alessandro Astolfi | Vice-Chair | Email to Alessandro Astolfi | GB |
| Kevin Brooks | Vice-Chair | Email to Kevin Brooks | ZA |
| Steffi Knorn | Vice-Chair | Email to Steffi Knorn | DE |
| Dawn Tilbury | Vice-Chair | Email to Dawn Tilbury | US |
| Hyungbo Shim | Ordinary Member | Email to Hyungbo Shim | KR |
| Jie Chen | Member (TC awards) | Email to Jie Chen | HK |
| Johan Derik le Roux | Member (liaison to social media) | Email to Johan Derik le Roux | ZA |
| Herve Panetto | Member (liaison to publications) | Email to Herve Panetto | FR |
| Alessandro Chiuso | Coordinating Committee Chair of CC1 | Email to Alessandro Chiuso | IT |
| Laura Menini | Coordinating Committee Chair of CC2 | Email to Laura Menini | IT |
| Thierry Marie Guerra | Coordinating Committee Chair of CC3 | Email to Thierry Marie Guerra | FR |
| Reza Moheimani | Coordinating Committee Chair of CC4 | Email to Reza Moheimani | US |
| Dmitry Ivanov | Coordinating Committee Chair of CC5 | Email to Dmitry Ivanov | DE |
| Rolf Findeisen | Coordinating Committee Chair of CC6 | Email to Rolf Findeisen | DE |
| Roberto Galeazzi | Coordinating Committee Chair of CC7 | Email to Roberto Galeazzi | DK |
| Ronald van Nooijen | Coordinating Committee Chair of CC8 | Email to Ronald van Nooijen | NL |
| Fei-Yue Wang | Coordinating Committee Chair of CC9 | Email to Fei-Yue Wang | CN |