PARTICIPATE
Call for Papers
Submission
Authors are invited to submit their contributions through the IFAC Submission Management System: ifac-sms.org. Submissions will be available soon.
Deadlines and other dates
- 15 Nov. 2026 – Submission Management System opens
- 21 Dec. 2026 – Regular paper submission deadline
- 22 Jan. 2027 – Developing Countries Young Authors’ Support application deadline
- 26 Feb. 2027 – Discussion paper submission deadline
- 13 Mar. 2027 – Acceptance notification
- 13 Mar. 2027 – Registration opens
- 13 May 2027 – Early registration rate expires
- 01 Jul. 2027 – Late registration starts
- 13-16 Sep. 2027 – Conference dates
Contribution categories
Regular Contributions
Regular contributions will be selected on the originality, technical soundness, quality of written exposition and relevance to NMPC topics. Initial submissions are at least 4 pages long and most 8 pages long, with a strict 6 pages limit for final manuscripts to be included in the IFAC-PapersOnLine proceedings. Presentations are in oral sessions during the conference in a 20 minutes format, including questions.
| Initial manuscript | 6 pages maximum |
| Final paper | 6 pages maximum |
| IFAC standard peer review | By the International Program Committee |
| If accepted | Included in the IFAC-PapersOnLine proceedings + oral presentation |
Discussion Contributions
Discussion Contributions are for bringing forward specific topics within the scope of NMPC, especially for participants from the industry, as well as government and education sectors. It may also be an opportunity to discuss ongoing research. Submissions are in the form of an extended abstract of at most 4 pages. Discussion Contributions have a late submission deadline and will go under a fast review process based on the relevance to the audience at NMPC. Presentations of Discussion Contribution may be either in oral sessions or in interactive sessions. Extended abstracts will NOT be included in the IFAC-PapersOnLine proceedings, but only in the preprints.
| Extended abstract | 4 pages maximum |
| Ad hoc evaluation | By the International Program Committee Chairs |
| If accepted | Included in the preprints + oral presentation |
Instructions for Authors
All manuscripts should be prepared and submitted according to IFAC requirements.
Young Author Awards
In order to stimulate the involvement of young scientists and engineers in IFAC, as well as to recognize top-level contributions of the younger generation in the field, an IFAC Young Author Award is presented at NMPC. This is awarded for the best NMPC paper of which the first and presenting author is the main contributor of the research results in the paper, and where the candidate has the Student status at the time of paper submission.
Nominations are solicited after the final submission of papers is closed. Nominations are made by colleagues of the young author (no self-nominations). Nominations are done using the IFAC Submission Management System. The IFAC Young Author Award Selection Committee shall determine a short list of finalists, based on the gathered reviews and on their own reading of the paper. Based on both the written paper and the oral presentation given by the nominee, a winner is selected.
IFAC Foundation – Program for Support of Developing Countries Young Authors’ Attendance at IFAC Congresses and Conferences
According to this Program, the IFAC Foundation is open to consider applications for support of young authors’ attendance at the IFAC NMPC 2027 Conference. The support consists of waiving the registration fees. Eligible for support are authors of accepted technical papers – citizens of a developing country/region not affiliated to or supported by an institution in a high-income country/region – whose age will be less than 30 years during the conference. Only one author per paper can be supported. A limited number of applications will be supported. A developing country/region is understood to be one which is not on the list of high-income economies (as of 2026, high-income economies have a GNI per capita of $13,935 or more).
Applications should be addressed to the conference organizer by eligible authors by completing the application form.
A presentation of the paper at the conference by the winner is a requisite for support. Award recipients must write a short report (a few lines) about their work, paper title, and stating what the attendance meant to them, and what they learnt. The recipients give their consent that the report together with their picture and a brief bio will be uploaded on the Foundation website.
Deadline for applications: 22. Jan. 2027
Applicants notified: End of March 2027
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).
Use of AI Tools
In writing papers and documents, AI and AI-assisted technologies should only be used to assist the author to improve readability and language. The authors remain responsible for the document produced. Any such use of AI tools for the purpose of assisting with writing must be formally declared in any paper submitted.
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