{"id":15,"date":"2022-12-06T14:48:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T13:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocifac.themecloud.dev\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:37:56","slug":"general-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/general-information\/","title":{"rendered":"General information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center anchor-target has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color\" id=\"background-and-scope\" style=\"font-size:48px\"><strong>GENERAL INFORMATION<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/Mim-2025_vUpdated-dates-compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Background and Scope of the Conference<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Industrial and academic worlds around manufacturing and logistics<\/strong> are facing <strong>every day new challenges<\/strong> but also <strong>rapid changes in technology developments and business models<\/strong>, like Generative AI, smart robotization &amp; automation, digitalization and data-analytics, advanced simulation, industry 4.0 and 5.0, circular economy, shared economy, and many others, which can help decision makers, practitioners, researchers <strong>to find solutions<\/strong> to those challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever trend we are living, we at <strong>NTNU &#8211; Production Management Research Group &amp; Logistics 4.0 Lab<\/strong> believe that our activities should benefit society as a whole!!! Creative, Critical, Constructive and Respectful are values which guide us towards our vision \u201c<strong><em>Knowledge for a better world<\/em><\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why the general theme of the 11th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control (<strong>IFAC MIM2025<\/strong>) at NTNU is <strong>\u201cResearch and Innovation on Manufacturing and Logistics for a better world\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of this conference is to bring <strong>together researchers and practitioners<\/strong> to present and discuss emerging topics in <strong>modern and future manufacturing modeling, management, and control<\/strong>, following a rich tradition of previous IFAC conferences and symposia in manufacturing and logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through its motto <strong>\u201cBe the impact! <\/strong><strong><em>Make a better world.<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong>, IFAC MIM2025 will focus on the <strong>most innovative methods in manufacturing and logistics<\/strong>, with emphasis in how to generate <strong>impactful research and innovation for society<\/strong>, with <strong><em>interdisciplinary and innovative methods, cross-sectorial applications, inclusive approaches, engagement, and growth of younger researchers<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to <strong>scientific sessions<\/strong>, there will be the opportunity to attend <strong>keynote presentations<\/strong> and <strong>doctoral workshop<\/strong>, and panel debates, such as <strong>\u201chow to fund your research\u201d<\/strong>, <strong>\u201chow to publish your research\u201d <\/strong>and also <strong>\u201chow to be a good reviewer\u201d<\/strong>. <strong>Mentorship program<\/strong> for first attendees and other activities will be part of the <strong>social agenda you cannot miss!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"anchor-target\" id=\"IFAC-keywords\">The conference will cover all topics related to emerging topics in modern and future manufacturing modeling, management, and control, including (but not limited to) the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advanced Manufacturing Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human-Centric Manufacturing Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustainable and Circular Manufacturing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Viable Supply Chain and Resilience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intralogistics and Warehousing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Service Operation Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Production and Supply Chain Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Transformation, Robotization, Automation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, 5.0 and beyond<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emerging Technologies and Trends in Manufacturing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additive Manufacturing and Supply Chain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Energy Management and Mobility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New business models in Manufacturing and Logistics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knowledge Management &amp; Strategies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design Thinking for Research &amp; Innovation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Manufacturing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>IFAC Keywords<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Design and reconfiguration of manufacturing systems<\/td><td>Supply Chain Management<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Facility planning and materials handling<\/td><td>Sustainable Manufacturing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pricing and outsourcing<\/td><td>Distributed systems and multi-agents technologies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Supply chains and networks<\/td><td>Discrete event systems in manufacturing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Line Design and Balancing<\/td><td>Simulation technologies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Enterprise modelling, integration and networking<\/td><td>Operations Research<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Decision Support System<\/td><td>Probabilistic &amp; statistical models in industrial plant control<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Robotics in manufacturing<\/td><td>Industrial and applied mathematics for production<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Smart manufacturing systems<\/td><td>Modeling, simulation, control and monitoring of manufacturing processes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Smart transportation<\/td><td>Risk Management<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Decision-support for human operators<\/td><td>Optimization and Control<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Knowledge management in production<\/td><td>Production Control, Control Systems<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Business Process Modeling<\/td><td>Optimisation Methods and Simulation Tools<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Monitoring, diagnosis and maintenance of manufacturing systems<\/td><td>Robustness analysis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Complex adaptive systems and emergent synthesis in manufacturing<\/td><td>Fuzzy logic control<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Heuristic and Metaheuristics<\/td><td>Scheduling<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Human-Automation Integration<\/td><td>Modelling Supply Chain Dynamics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Production planning and scheduling<\/td><td>Industry 4.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Inventory control, production planning and scheduling<\/td><td>Transportation Systems<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Quality management<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>IFAC sponsoring Technical Committees <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Main IFAC sponsoring Technical Committees <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TC 5.2. Management and Control in Manufacturing and Logistics <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading anchor-target has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" id=\"national-organizing-committee\" style=\"font-size:18px\">IFAC Co-sponsoring Technical Committees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TC 1.3. Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TC 3.2. Computational Intelligence in Control <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TC 5.1. Manufacturing Plant Control <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TC 7.4. Transportation Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TC 9.1. Economic, Business, and Financial Systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Other scientific bodies co-sponsoring technically the conference<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>IISE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IFIP WG5.7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-ast-global-color-8-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-ast-global-color-8-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>General Chair<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/07\/me.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1397 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/07\/me.jpg 640w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/07\/me-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/07\/me-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>GENERAL CHAIR<\/strong> <strong>&amp; EDITOR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PROF. FABIO SGARBOSSA<br>NTNU, NORWAY<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>Advisory Chair<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:17% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/10\/alexandre-dolgui.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1663 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/10\/alexandre-dolgui.jpg 340w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/10\/alexandre-dolgui-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/10\/alexandre-dolgui-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>ADVISORY CHAIR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PROF. ALEXANDRE DOLGUI<br>IMT ATLANTIQUE, FRANCE<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>National Organizing Committee<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"padding-right:2rem;padding-left:2rem;grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/1665949829827-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1229 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/1665949829827-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/1665949829827.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>NOC Co-Chair<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">PROF. ERLEND ALFNES<br>NTNU, NORWAY<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"padding-right:2rem;padding-left:2rem;grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Sotirios-Panagou-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1230 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Sotirios-Panagou-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Sotirios-Panagou-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Sotirios-Panagou.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>NOC Co-Chair<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:14px\">ASSOCIATE PROF. SOTIRIOS PANAGOU<br>NTNU, NORWAY<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"padding-right:2rem;padding-left:2rem;grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Bilde_Geir_2_2017-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1231 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Bilde_Geir_2_2017-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Bilde_Geir_2_2017-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Bilde_Geir_2_2017-1.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><strong>NOC Vice-Chair from industry<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">PROF. GEIR RINGEN<br>NTNU, NORWAY<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>Social Media and Website Committee<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jun.-Prof. Dr. Eric Grosse, University of Saarland, Germany &#8211; VICE-CHAIR for social media IFAC TC5.2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Associate Prof. Dr. Sotirios Panagou, NTNU, Norway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enes Demiralay, NTNU, Norway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giulia Fede, NTNU, Norway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-ast-global-color-8-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-ast-global-color-8-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"padding-right:2rem;padding-left:2rem;grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Ivanov_Image-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1373 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>IPC Chair<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">PROF. DMITRY IVANOV <br>HWR Berlin, GERMANY<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"padding-right:2rem;padding-left:2rem;grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Daria-Battini-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1374 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Daria-Battini-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Daria-Battini-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/Daria-Battini.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>IPC Vice-Chair<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">PROF. DARIA BATTINI <br>UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA, ITALY<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"padding-right:2rem;padding-left:2rem;grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/1703693528524-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1266 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/1703693528524-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/1703693528524-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/mim2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/06\/1703693528524.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>IPC Vice-Chair from Industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">DR. OLEG Y. GUSIKHIN<br>FORD, USA<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:2rem;padding-left:2rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:85%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>IPC Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Surname<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Institution<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Country<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>El-Houssaine<\/td><td>Aghezzaf<\/td><td>Ghent University<\/td><td>Belgium<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Erlend<\/td><td>Alfnes<\/td><td>Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)<\/td><td>Norway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lionel<\/td><td>Amod\u00e9o<\/td><td>Grenoble INP &#8211; School of Industrial Engineering<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bj\u00f8rn<\/td><td>Andersen<\/td><td>Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)<\/td><td>Norway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fazel<\/td><td>Ansari<\/td><td>Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)<\/td><td>Austria<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Simone<\/td><td>Arena<\/td><td>University of Cagliari<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Julia<\/td><td>Arlinghaus<\/td><td>Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ronald<\/td><td>Askin<\/td><td>Arizona State University<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zied<\/td><td>Babai<\/td><td>Kedge Business School<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hossein<\/td><td>Baharmand<\/td><td>University of Agder<\/td><td>Norway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Natalia<\/td><td>Bakhtadze<\/td><td>Institute of Control Sciences<\/td><td>Russia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eric<\/td><td>Ballot<\/td><td>MINES ParisTech<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zbigniew<\/td><td>Banaszak<\/td><td>Koszalin University of Technology<\/td><td>Poland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Olga<\/td><td>Batta\u00efa<\/td><td>KEDGE Business School<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daria<\/td><td>Battini<\/td><td>University of Padua<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lyes<\/td><td>Benyoucef<\/td><td>Aix-Marseille University<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bopaya<\/td><td>Bidanda<\/td><td>Swanson School of Engineering<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alexandra<\/td><td>Brintrup<\/td><td>University of Cambridge<\/td><td>UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Martina<\/td><td>Calzavara<\/td><td>University of Padua<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sergio<\/td><td>Cavalieri<\/td><td>University of Bergamo<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Felix T.S.<\/td><td>Chan<\/td><td>Hong Kong Polytechnic University<\/td><td>Hong Kong<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Weiwei<\/td><td>Chen<\/td><td>University College London (UCL)<\/td><td>UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tsan-Ming<\/td><td>Choi<\/td><td>University of Liverpool<\/td><td>UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yuval<\/td><td>Cohen<\/td><td>Tel Aviv Afeka College of Engineering<\/td><td>Israel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Isabel<\/td><td>Demongodin<\/td><td>Aix-Marseille University<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Xavier<\/td><td>Delorme<\/td><td>\u00c9cole des Mines de Saint-\u00c9tienne<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yasser<\/td><td>Dessouky<\/td><td>&nbsp;San Jos\u00e9 State University<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stephen<\/td><td>Disney<\/td><td>University of Exeter<\/td><td>UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alexandre<\/td><td>Dolgui<\/td><td>IMT Atlantique<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Banu<\/td><td>Ekren<\/td><td>Cranfield University<\/td><td>UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Martin<\/td><td>Fabian<\/td><td>Chalmers University<\/td><td>Sweden<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alexander<\/td><td>Fay<\/td><td>Helmut Schmidt University<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Serena<\/td><td>Finco<\/td><td>University of Padua<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samuel<\/td><td>Fosso Wamba<\/td><td>Toulouse Business School<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Giuseppe<\/td><td>Fragapane<\/td><td>SINTEF<\/td><td>Norway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael<\/td><td>Freitag<\/td><td>University of Bremen<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stanley<\/td><td>Gershwin<\/td><td>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Christoph<\/td><td>Glock<\/td><td>Technical University of Darmstadt<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stephen C.<\/td><td>Graves<\/td><td>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eric<\/td><td>Grosse<\/td><td>University of Saarland<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Robert<\/td><td>Grubbstr\u00f6m<\/td><td>Link\u00f6ping University<\/td><td>Sweden<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Angappa<\/td><td>Gunasekaran<\/td><td>Penn State Harrisburg<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Surendra M.<\/td><td>Gupta<\/td><td>Northeastern University<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Oleg<\/td><td>Gusikhin<\/td><td>Ford Motor Company<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hichem<\/td><td>Haddou Benderbal<\/td><td>Polytech&#8217;Marseille<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>George<\/td><td>Huang<\/td><td>University of Hong Kong<\/td><td>Hong Kong<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lars Magnus<\/td><td>Hvattum<\/td><td>Molde University College<\/td><td>Norway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Benoit<\/td><td>Iung<\/td><td>University of Lorraine<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dmitry<\/td><td>Ivanov<\/td><td>Berlin School of Economics and Law<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jayanth<\/td><td>Jayaram<\/td><td>University of South Carolina<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Esko<\/td><td>Juuso<\/td><td>University of Oulu<\/td><td>Finland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Manju<\/td><td>Kamath<\/td><td>Oklahoma State University<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Abdelhakim<\/td><td>Khatab<\/td><td>University of Lorraine<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dimitris<\/td><td>Kiritsis<\/td><td>\u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL)<\/td><td>Switzerland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthias<\/td><td>Klumpp<\/td><td>University of Duisburg-Essen<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lenny<\/td><td>Koh<\/td><td>University of Sheffield<\/td><td>UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ratnesh<\/td><td>Kumar<\/td><td>Iowa State University<\/td><td>United States<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew<\/td><td>Kusiak<\/td><td>University of Iowa<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tone<\/td><td>Lerher<\/td><td>University of Maribor<\/td><td>Slovenia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrei<\/td><td>Lobov<\/td><td>Tampere University<\/td><td>Finland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marco<\/td><td>Macchi<\/td><td>Politecnico di Milano<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrea<\/td><td>Matta<\/td><td>Politecnico di Milano<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Semyon M.<\/td><td>Meerkov<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Manuel<\/td><td>Meyer<\/td><td>Berlin School of Economics and Law<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stefan<\/td><td>Minner<\/td><td>Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen (TUM)<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Laszlo<\/td><td>Monostori<\/td><td>Budapest University of Technology and Economics, SZTAKI<\/td><td>Hungary<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Benoit<\/td><td>Montreuil<\/td><td>Georgia Institute of Technology<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Trindade Maria Alice<\/td><td>Moreira<\/td><td>SDA Bocconi School of Management<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Enzo<\/td><td>Morosini Frazzon<\/td><td>Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina<\/td><td>Brazil<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dimitris<\/td><td>Mourtzis<\/td><td>University of Patras<\/td><td>Greece<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Josefa<\/td><td>Mula<\/td><td>Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia<\/td><td>Spain<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Giovanni<\/td><td>Mummolo<\/td><td>Politecnico di Bari<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rakesh<\/td><td>Nagi<\/td><td>University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shimon Y.<\/td><td>Nof<\/td><td>Purdue University<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jos\u00e9 F.<\/td><td>Oliveira<\/td><td>University of Porto<\/td><td>Portugal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Antonio<\/td><td>Padovano<\/td><td>University of Calabria<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sotirios<\/td><td>Panagou<\/td><td>Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)<\/td><td>Norway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Herv\u00e9<\/td><td>Panetto<\/td><td>University of Lorraine<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alessandro<\/td><td>Persona<\/td><td>University of Padua<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Erwin<\/td><td>Pesch<\/td><td>University of Siegen<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael L.<\/td><td>Pinedo<\/td><td>New York University, Stern School of Business<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Roberto<\/td><td>Pinto<\/td><td>University of Bergamo<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>David<\/td><td>Porter<\/td><td>Oregon State University<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>J\u00f6rg<\/td><td>Raisch<\/td><td>Technical University Berlin<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tobias<\/td><td>Reggelin<\/td><td>Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Geir<\/td><td>Ringen<\/td><td>Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)<\/td><td>Norway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Debjit<\/td><td>Roy<\/td><td>Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad<\/td><td>India<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ivan<\/td><td>Russo<\/td><td>University of Verona<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joseph<\/td><td>Sarkis<\/td><td>Worcester Polytechnic Institute<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tadeusz<\/td><td>Sawik<\/td><td>AGH University of Science and Technology<\/td><td>Poland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Suresh<\/td><td>Sethi<\/td><td>University of Texas at Dallas<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ali<\/td><td>Siadat<\/td><td>Arts et M\u00e9tiers ParisTech<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel<\/td><td>Silva<\/td><td>Auburn University<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>David<\/td><td>Simchi-Levi<\/td><td>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alice<\/td><td>Smith<\/td><td>Auburn University<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Boris<\/td><td>Sokolov<\/td><td>Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics<\/td><td>Russia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kathryn<\/td><td>Stecke<\/td><td>University of Texas at Dallas<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marco<\/td><td>Taisch<\/td><td>Politecnico di Milano<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sri<\/td><td>Talluri<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris<\/td><td>Tang<\/td><td>UCLA Anderson School of Management<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ou<\/td><td>Tang<\/td><td>Link\u00f6ping University<\/td><td>Sweden<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lixin<\/td><td>Tang<\/td><td>Northeastern University<\/td><td>China<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reza<\/td><td>Tavakkoli-Moghaddam<\/td><td>University of Tehran<\/td><td>Iran<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthias<\/td><td>Thurer<\/td><td>Jinan University<\/td><td>China<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Manoj<\/td><td>Tiwari<\/td><td>Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur<\/td><td>India<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tulio<\/td><td>Tolio<\/td><td>Politecnico di Milano<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kaihara<\/td><td>Toshiya<\/td><td>Kobe University<\/td><td>Japan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Francois<\/td><td>Vernadat<\/td><td>University of Lorraine<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Susana<\/td><td>Vieira<\/td><td>Federal University of Santa Catarina<\/td><td>Brazil<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Agostino<\/td><td>Villa<\/td><td>University of Turin<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Francesco<\/td><td>Viti<\/td><td>University of Luxembourg<\/td><td>Luxembourg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thomas<\/td><td>Volling<\/td><td>Technical University of Berlin<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fei-Yue<\/td><td>Wang<\/td><td>Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/td><td>China<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Xiao<\/td><td>Wang<\/td><td>Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/td><td>China<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Torgeir<\/td><td>Welo<\/td><td>Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)<\/td><td>Norway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Frank<\/td><td>Werner<\/td><td>Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dash<\/td><td>Wu<\/td><td>University of Quebec in Hull<\/td><td>Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alice<\/td><td>Yalaoui<\/td><td>University of Technology of Troyes<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Farouk<\/td><td>Yalaoui<\/td><td>Technical University of Troyes<\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Candace<\/td><td>Yano<\/td><td>University of California, Berkeley<\/td><td>United States\u200b<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marek<\/td><td>Zaremba<\/td><td>University of Quebec in Hull<\/td><td>Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ilenia<\/td><td>Zennaro<\/td><td>University of Padua<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Guoqing<\/td><td>Zhang<\/td><td>University of Windsor<\/td><td>Canada<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"sponsors\" class=\"wp-block-spacer anchor-target\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"sponsors\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-ast-global-color-8-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-ast-global-color-8-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>Sponsors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sponsorship opportunities (incl. VAT):<br><\/strong>The IFAC MIM 2025 welcomes corporate sponsorship: a range of conference partnership opportunities have been developed to ensure a successful outcome for all partners. Among others, sponsors are offered an excellent opportunity to support\/host the following Events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Conference Banquet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Welcome Reception<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Young Author Award and Best Paper Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Events and Company Visits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Major sponsor package starts at 10,000 Euro and includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recognition across all conference publicity;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three registrations for the conference<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 square meter exhibition stand;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full page, full color advertisement in conference handbook;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Large-scale logo presence on the website, banners and other sponsorship acknowledgement material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lead sponsor package starts at 5,000 Euro and includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6 square meter exhibition stand;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two registrations for the conference<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Half-page, full color advertisement in conference handbook;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medium-scale logo presence on the website, banners and other sponsorship acknowledgment material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sponsor package starts at 2,000 Euro and includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Logo placement on chosen delegate goodies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One registration for the conference<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full color advertisement in conference handbook;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logo presence on the website, banners and other sponsorship acknowledgment material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"anchor-tag\" id=\"diversity-and-inclusion-statement\"><strong><em>Contributors<br><\/em><\/strong>Contributors will be acknowledged with logo placement on the conference website, on banners and all other sponsorship materials. Contributions are welcome starting at 500\u20ac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about becoming a sponsor or exhibitor, please contact the chairs of the National Organizing Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-right:2rem;padding-left:2rem;grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.ifac-control.org\/draft1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>IFAC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NTNU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NTNU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norwegian Research Council (FutureLOG project (Sustainable Logistics of the Future) &#8211; #309528<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IISE &#8211; Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-ast-global-color-8-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-ast-global-color-8-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>Diversity and Inclusion statement<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"anchor-target has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color\" id=\"become-an-ifac-affiliate\" style=\"font-size:14px\">IFAC, as an international federation serving and representing all those concerned with the theory and application of automatic control and systems engineering wherever situated, is devoted to creating and fostering an inclusive environment that is open to diverse thoughts, ideas, and communications, without fear of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation against any member of this community. It is committed to providing equal opportunities and a safe environment for every person who chooses to participate in its work. Additionally IFAC strives for these same principles for all IFAC activities, including technical events, journals, and its various committees and governing boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>IFAC actively promotes the inclusion of a diverse set of speakers, which will lead to more representative discussions across IFAC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IFAC actively promotes the inclusion of a diverse set of members of its boards and committees at all levels, which will lead to more representative decisions, policies and activities across IFAC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">More about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifac-control.org\/about\/vision-and-mission\">IFAC Mission and Vision<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:62px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-ast-global-color-8-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-ast-global-color-8-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>Become An IFAC Affiliate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">IFAC offers services dedicated to individuals who sign-up as IFAC Affiliates. The services include the possibility to share and consult information about other Affiliates. It also gives access to more advanced features such as :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Receiving the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ifac-control.org\/publications\/newsletter_archives\" target=\"_blank\">IFAC Newsletter<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receiving alerts about the IFAC Conferences in your <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ifac-control.org\/areas\" target=\"_blank\">field\/s of interest<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benefit for reduced registration fees at IFAC Conferences. 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