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EECI-IGSC-2022: the summaries of the courses of the IFAC and IEEE CSS co-sponsored 2022 EECI International Graduate School on Control, a series of 21 independent graduate week modules, are described here and the registration will open soon.

MILAN - BERLIN - PARIS SACLAY - MONTERREY (MX) - L'AQUILA - BOLOGNA - STOCKHOLM - TOULOUSE - MARSEILLE - BOULDER (US) - HONG KONG - ZÜRICH

At the 2021 Council meeting it was decided to hold our annual 2022 Council- and Related meetings in conjunction with the ECC 2022  (London, UK): https://ecc22.euca-ecc.org/

The TB will take place on July 11 (morning), the CB meeting on July 12 (morning), the PB meeting on July 12 (afternoon), and the Council meeting on July 13 (whole day).

The always latest meeting schedule you can download from here.

Nomination calls and materials for the 2020-2023 IFAC Fellows and IFAC Major Awards (Nichols Medal, Thoma Medal, Quazza Medal, Industrial Achievement Award and High Impact Paper Award) are now available! Nominations and references must be submitted via the PaperCept submission system.

https://ifac.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/submissionwizard.pl?ConfID=467

If you do not already have user information for PaperCept you can obtain it by visiting the website http://ifac.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl.

The IFAC Fellow award provides a distinction of excellence in the Federation and is conferred on a triennial basis to a small number of outstanding scientists or engineers. Members of the IFAC Council, Fellow Search Committee or Fellow Selection Committee are not eligible to serve as nominators or references.

IFAC Fellow nominations are due by February 1, 2022. IFAC Fellow references are due by March 1, 2022.

The call for Fellow Nominations, the Nominator Information, as well as the Reference Information are available at the IFAC website at:

https://www.ifac-control.org/awards/fellow-nominations-2023

The Nomination Forms and Reference Forms must be submitted via the PaperCept submission system:

https://ifac.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/submissionwizard.pl?ConfID=467

The IFAC Major Awards are:

Nichols Medal: Recognizes outstanding contributions of an individual to design methods, software tools and instrumentation, or to significant projects resulting in major applications and advancement of control engineering.

Thoma Medal: Recognizes outstanding contributions of a young researcher and/or engineer under the age of 40 to the field of systems and control in its widest sense.

Quazza Medal Recognizes outstanding lifetime contributions of a researcher and/or engineer to conceptual foundations in the field of systems and control.

Industrial Achievement Award: This is an IFAC award to an individual, or a team of individuals, who has made a significant contribution to industrial applications of control. The award is given in technical fields covered by IFAC.

High Impact Paper Award: This award acknowledges the impact of a paper published in any of the official IFAC journals on the broad areas of Automatic Control theory and application.

Major Award nominations are due by February 15, 2022, with references due by March 15, 2022. All Major Awards will be presented by the IFAC President at the Opening Ceremony of the 2023 IFAC World Congress in July 2023 in Yokohama, JP.

The Call for Nominations for the IFAC Major Awards is available at:

https://www.ifac-control.org/awards/call-for-major-medals-2023

The reference forms for the IFAC Major Awards are available at:

https://www.ifac-control.org/awards/major-awards-reference-forms.

The Nomination package and Reference Forms must be submitted via the PaperCept submission system

https://ifac.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/submissionwizard.pl?ConfID=467

Every individual can act as nominator or referee, with the exception of members of the corresponding Major Award Selection Committee, the Major Awards Search Committee, IFAC Executive Officers and members of the IFAC Council. Self-nominations are not allowed. It may be useful to consider the list of past winners on the IFAC Website at

https://www.ifac-control.org/awards

To check the eligibility of a potential nominator and/or reference please visit

https://www.ifac-control.org/structure

IFAC Fellow and IFAC Major Award winners will be presented with their awards at the IFAC World Congress 2023, which is scheduled to take place in Yokohama, JP in July 2023.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

At the 2022 Council meeting IFAC will vote for a site for the 24th IFAC World Congress in 2029, as well as selecting a prospective President for the triennium 2026-2029. It is the first time there will be two separate votes, one for the Congress location (in the 2nd round are Italy, the Netherlands, and the USA), and one for the President position. All NMOs can propose a presidential candidate, in conjunction or not with bidsfor the Congress location.

I hereby invite you as the National Member Organizations to propose, if you wish, a candidate for
the presidency of IFAC for 2026-2029.

The criteria are as follows:

• Scientific and managerial leadership qualities as well as working knowledge of English of the proposed President
• High international scientific standing of the proposed President as well as his/her capacity for dedicated and time-consuming work on IFAC matters over a number of years before, during and after the presidency, in addition to other responsibilities
• Participation of the proposed President in IFAC in the past.

Please note that Article 17 (b) of the IFAC Constitution states “Only those who have been elected
or appointed for at least a total of two terms in one or several of the following offices
o Council member
o Technical, Conference or Publications Board member
o Technical Committee chair
o Executive Committee member (including chairs)
may be elected to the offices of President and President Elect. Normally the President Elect, after
serving in this capacity for one term, will be elected to the office of President for the next term.”

Those NMOs who wish to submit a proposal for the 2026-2029 President should provide a 2-page CV
(focus on IFAC activities) and a brief (limited to one A4 page) application statement/motivation letter about the candidate (in total maximum 3-pages), to reach the IFAC Secretariat by

24 March 2022.

Preliminary discussions will take place at the 2022 IFAC Officers meeting in Vienna (early April 2022).
Applications will be disclosed to the IFAC Council members by May 2022. At the Council 2022 meeting
(London, UK, in conjunction with the ECC, Council meeting held on July 13), after the decision on the 2029 Congress location is made, presidential candidates will be given the opportunity to present their candidacy and to answer questions from Council members. A vote will then determine the President Elect for 2023-2026, to be proposed as President before the General Assembly in 2026.

Best regards,
Hajime Asama

If you have any questions, please contact the IFAC Secretariat.

August 2021 IFAC Newsletter issue