Technical Board, Coordinating Committees and Industry Committee

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 Email Country
Carlos Eduardo Pereira Chair Email to Carlos Eduardo Pereira BR
Alessandro Astolfi Vice-Chair Email to Alessandro Astolfi GB
Klaus Janschek Vice-Chair Email to Klaus Janschek DE
Tariq Samad Vice-Chair Email to Tariq Samad US
Linda Bushnell Member (liaison to social media) Email to Linda Bushnell US
Jie Chen Member (liaison to publications) Email to Jie Chen HK
Lucy Pao Member (liaison to education) Email to Lucy Pao US
Maria Elena Valcher Member (TC awards) Email to Maria Elena Valcher IT
Hideaki Ishii Coordinating Committee Chair of CC1 Email to Hideaki Ishii JP
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
Andreas Kugi Coordinating Committee Chair of CC4 Email to Andreas Kugi AT
Benoit Iung Coordinating Committee Chair of CC5 Email to Benoit Iung FR
Jay H. Lee Coordinating Committee Chair of CC6 Email to Jay H. Lee KR
Lars Eriksson Coordinating Committee Chair of CC7 Email to Lars Eriksson SE
Ronald van Nooijen Coordinating Committee Chair of CC8 Email to Ronald van Nooijen NL
Lawrence (Larry) Stapleton Coordinating Committee Chair of CC9 Email to Lawrence (Larry) Stapleton IE
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