Paper submission
All papers must be written in English and should describe original work (comply with IFAC copyright conditions). Submitted papers will have an extension between 4 (minimum) and 6 (maximum) pages.
Accepted papers that have been presented will be published in IFAC-PapersOnLine.
All submission via the online system at Papercept according to IFAC author guide.
Submission site opens on February 20, 2025
Deadlines and other dates
- Feb. 20, 2025 : submission site opens
- April 20, 2025 : invited sessions & WS/Tutorials deadline
- April 30, 2025 : papers submission deadline
- June 20, 2025 : early registration opens
- June 30, 2025 : notification of acceptance
- July 31, 2025 : final submission due
- July 31, 2025 : early registration deadline
- Aug. 1, 2025 : normal registration opens,
Young Author Prize Nomination (TBA) - Sep. 30, 2025 : normal registration deadline
Contribution categories
Regular Contributions
Open Invited Track Proposal, Open Invited Track Regular Contributions & Open Invited Track Discussion Contributions
Open Invited Tracks
TBA
Instructions for Authors
All manuscripts should be prepared and submitted according to IFAC requirements.
Copyright Conditions
All publication material submitted for presentation at an IFAC-sponsored meeting (Congress, Symposium, Conference, Workshop) must be original and hence cannot be already published, nor can it be under review elsewhere. The authors take responsibility for the material that has been submitted. IFAC-sponsored conferences will abide by the highest standard of ethical behavior in the review process as explained on the Elsevier webpage (https://www.elsevier.com/authors/journal-authors/policies-and-ethics), and the authors will abide by the IFAC publication ethics guidelines (https://www.ifac-control.org/events/organizers-guide/PublicationEthicsGuidelines.pdf/view).Accepted papers that have been presented at an IFAC meeting will be published in the proceedings of the event using the open-access IFAC-PapersOnLine series hosted on ScienceDirect (https://sciencedirect.com/). To this end, the author(s) must grant exclusive publishing rights to IFAC under a Creative Commons license when they submit the final version of the paper. The copyright belongs to the authors, who have the right to share the paper in the same terms allowed by the end user license, and retain all patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights (including research data).
