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 |
| 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 |