First Announcement and Call for Papers

              15th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control

       Conference Center `De Brug', Mierlo, the Netherlands,
                         March 6--8, 1996


The next Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control will take place from
March 6 to March 8, 1996, in the conference center `De Brug' in Mierlo
(Brabant, the Netherlands). The aim of this meeting is to promote the
research activities and the cooperation between researchers in Systems
and Control in the Benelux. It is the fifteenth in a series of annual
conferences that are held alternately in Belgium and the Netherlands.
The meeting takes place under the auspices of the Dutch Institute of
Systems and Control (DISC), the Dutch Foundation for Measurement and
Control Technology (SMBT), and the Belgian Federation of Automatic
Control (BIRA-IBRA).

                             Program

The technical program consists of the following items.
1. Main Lectures.
   -  Prof.B.D.O. Anderson
   -  Prof.F.E. Cellier
2. Minicourse on Closed-Loop System Identification by
   -  Prof.M. Gevers
   -  Dr. P.M.J. Van den Hof
3. Contributed Lectures covering all aspects of systems and control
   theory and its applications.

                         Call for Papers

Contributions for part 3 of the program are now being solicited. Each
submission consists of a one page abstract of the presentation and must
be headed with the title, the name and the complete mailing address (if
possible including electronic mail address) of the authors. Proposals for
Special Sessions consisting of four or five lectures centered around a
specific topic are also solicited for part 3 of the program. Decisions on
the conference program will be made by the organizing committee. Upon
acceptance of contributions, authors will be asked to send in a one-page
summary for inclusion in a `book of abstracts' which will be distributed
at the conference. All submissions must be sent to the address below and
are due             >>>  NOVEMBER 10, 1995  <<<

                       Conference information

The participation fee, including registration, preprints, meals, and lodging,
will be approx. Dfl. 500.-- [US$ 300.--] (twinbedded room) and approx.
Dfl. 575.-- [US$ 350.--] (single room) for registrations received before
January 15, 1996. There will be special participation fees for one day
attendance and non-lodging arrangements. Registration forms will be sent out
in December.

                      Address for submissions

S. Weiland
Department of Electrical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513                                 Tel: (+31)(0)40.247.3577
5600 MB Eindhoven                            Fax: (+31)(0)40.243.4582
The Netherlands                              E-mail: s.weiland@ele.tue.nl

                     Additional information

http://www.math.utwente.nl/disc/ben.html