IFAC Conference on
              SYSTEM STRUCTURE AND CONTROL
              
              
              Nantes, France, 5-7 July 1995
              
              
         FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS              


Sponsored by
     International Federation of Automatic Control
     IFAC Technical Committee on Theory
     
Organized by
     Laboratoire d'Automatique de Nantes
     Ecole Centrale de Nantes / Universite de Nantes
     Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
     
On behalf of
     Association Francaise des Sciences et 
     Technologies de l'Information et des Systemes (AFCET)

VENUE
The IFAC Conference on System Structure and Control will be
held from Wednesday 5 to Friday 7 July 1995, at the Ecole
Centrale, Nantes, France.
Nantes is the largest city in the west of France, the
historical capital of Brittany. You can reach Nantes by
train (2 hours from Paris by the high speed train TGV)
or by plane (the international airport connects Nantes
with most of the European capitals).

LANGUAGE
English is the official language of the conference. French
is also authorized.

SCOPE
This conference follows the two IFAC workshops on System
Structure and Control which were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia,
1989 and 1992. The aim is to bring together specialists on
system structure, control, linear and nonlinear system theory,
to provide them with an opportunity to establish contacts and
exchange ideas and new trends. Junior researchers are encouraged
to attend and participate in the conference.

The conference will consist of
   - Special sessions
   - Contributed paper sessions
   - Poster sessions
   
The topics include
   - linear systems
   - nonlinear systems
   - structural invariants
   - implicit systems
   - delay systems
   - time varying systems
   - infinite dimensional systems
   - nD systems and nD filters
   - H-infinity and robust control.

The presentation of applications is encouraged.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Five copies of full papers or extended abstracts permitting
a review (3 pages) and of proposals for special sessions must
be submitted by August 1, 1994. The proposals for special
sessions should contain a clear presentation of its topic
and its aim and the full papers or extended abstracts of all
lectures.

ACCEPTANCE
The submitted papers and special sessions will be evaluated
by the Program Committee. Notification of acceptance will
be communicated to the authors by November 1, 1994.

FINAL PAPERS
The final copy of accepted papers should be submitted on 6
standard IFAC sheets in camera-ready form by March 1, 1995.
Preprints will be distributed at the conference. Presented
papers will be published by IFAC Publications.

COPYRIGHT CONDITIONS
Copyrights of articles are transfered to IFAC upon presentation
at the meeting. Permission to republish material presented
at the meeting should be sought from the IFAC Publication
Office, Pergamon Press in Oxford, UK. Permission to republish
from Automatica and Control Engineering Practice should be
sought from the Rights and Permissions Manager, Pergamon
Press in Oxford, UK.
Please also note that the papers cannot be published unless
they have been released from all patent and proprietary
restrictions.
Copyright transfer forms will be sent to accepted authors
by IFAC Publications at the same time as the mats are mailed.

KEY DEADLINES
Circulate the present call for papers
in your lab and environment   ........... Today
Submission of papers   .................. August 1, 1994
Notification of acceptance   .......... November 1, 1994
Second announcement-Final program ..... February 1, 1995
Final papers due   ....................... March 1, 1995

ESTIMATED FEES
400 CHF (Swiss Francs)

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
J. Descusse (Chairman, France), G. Bastin (Belgium),
M.C. Delfour (Canada), M. Fliess (France), P. Fuhrmann (Israel),
J.W. Grizzle (USA), A. Herrera (Mexico), P. Hippe (Germany),
K. Hunt (UK), N. Karcanias (UK), V. Kucera (Czech Republic),
H. Kwakernaak (The Netherlands), J. F. Magni (France),
M. Mansour (Switzerland), K. Ozcaldiran (Turkey),
L. Pandolfi (Italy), A. M. Perdon (Italy),
K. M. Przyluski (Poland), R. Rabah (Algeria),
W. Respondek (Poland), J. M. Schumacher (The Netherlands),
M. Sternad (Sweden), A. Vardulakis (Greece),
I. Zaballa (Spain), P. Zagalak (Czech Republic),
Y.F. Zheng (China).

NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
J. J. Loiseau (chairman), N. Labaronne, J. F. Lafay,
M. Malabre, C. Moog, G. Neveu.

CONFERENCE EDITOR
M. Guglielmi

CORRESPONDANCE AND ENQUIRIES
                  J.J. Loiseau
        Laboratoire d'Automatique de Nantes
             Ecole Centrale de Nantes
                1, Rue de la Noe
              44072 Nantes Cedex 03
                     France
     E-mail : loiseau@lan.ec-nantes.fr
     Fax    : (33) 40 37 25 22
     Tel    : (33) 40 37 16 49