It is with great pleasure to invite you to the 19 th  Edition of the CAO 2025 Workshop, which will take place on December 10-13, 2025, at the Faculty of Electrotechnics, Automatics, Computer Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Kraków, Poland. IFAC-CAO Workshop aims to offer a forum for the presentation of the latest Contributions and developments in the topics related to the theory of optimal control and the optimization-based design in automation and decision-making processes. It targets the use of new methods and technologies to solve relevant problems in industry and address the latest challenges in society. The event will give specialists in the fields of optimal control, differential games, and optimization an opportunity to share their experiences with practitioners, to discuss new research directions and new problems that are arising, and to outline scientific and commercial applications. One aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers and engineers, applied economists and environmental scientists, providing an up-to-date survey of the major applications of optimization for control purposes and decision-making in economics and in industry. Workshops will precede the workshop and tutorials for young researchers. A Team for Sensitivity to the participation of women in the Workshops was established, consisting of prominent women at the faculty: Dean and Vice-Dean. The place where the Workshops will take place is of great importance, it is the city of Kraków with a centuries-old tradition, whose medieval walls appeal to our imagination.

NOC chair Prof. Andrzej Turnau