Contributed by Michel Gevers (gevers@auto.ucl.ac.be)


                   4th EUROPEAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ECC97)
                        Brussels, July 1 - 4, 1997


SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE

The European Control Conference is organised every two years with the aim
to stimulate contacts between scientists who are active in the area of
Systems and Control and to promote scientific exchange within the European
community and between Europe and other parts of the world. The scope of the
conference includes all aspects of Systems and Control, and ranges from
fundamental research to applications in process control and advanced
technology.
An industry day, with a special focus on industrial control applications,
will be organised within the framework of the ECC 97.


                WEB SITE : http://www.auto.ucl.ac.be/ECC97.html


PLENARY LECTURES :
- I.D. Landau (LAG, France)
- F. Kubica (Aerospatiale, France)
- P.V. Kokotovic (Univ. of California, USA)

SEMI-PLENARY LECTURES :
- S. Dasgupta (Univ. of Iowa, USA)
- S. Yurkovich (Univ. of Illinois, USA)
- J. Maciejowski (Cambridge Univ., U.K.)
- R. Kulhavy (Academy of Science, CK)
- M. Vidyasagar (Centre for AI and Robotics, India)
- M. van de Panne (Univ. of Toronto, CDN)

MINI COURSES :
- Differentially flat systems
- Control of hybrid systems
- Control of distributed parameter systems


INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS AND INVITED SESSIONS PROPOSALS

PAPERS
Prospective authors should submit 5 copies of their full paper by 1
September 1996 according to the following format : 6 two column (10 pt) A4
Proceedings pages. The cover page should contain : title, affiliation,
address, fax number, e-mail address and telephone number of each author, an
abstract and 3 keywords from a list available on the WWW
(http://www.auto.ucl.ac.be/ECC97.html) or at the conference secretariat in
decreasing order of preference. These keywords will be used for session
assignment. In case of joint authorship, the first name mentioned will be
used for all correspondence, unless otherwise requested.
The keyword `industry day' should be added to papers especially submitted
for the industry day.

INVITED SESSIONS
Proposals for invited sessions should be submitted by 1 September 1996. An
invited session should comprise 4 or 5 contributions. The proposal should
contain the title of each contribution as well as the name, affiliation,
address, fax number, e-mail address and telephone number of each proposed
author. The papers of the invited sessions should be written under the same
format and with the same cover page content as for the regular papers (see
above). The papers will be reviewed according to the same procedure as for
the regular papers.

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
Papers and proposals for invited sessions should be sent to :

ECC 97 Secretariat
c/o Timshel Conference Consultancy and Management
JB Van Moonstraat 8
B-3000 Leuven
BELGIUM
Tel.: +32-16-29.00.10
Fax : +32-16-29.05.10
e-mail : info@timshel.be

TIME AND LOCATION
The European Control Conference will take place from the 1st of July 1997
to the 4th of July 1997 at the Brussels campus of the Universit Catholique
de Louvain (Auditoires centraux, avenue E. Mounier, 1200 Brussels. Metro
station : Alma)

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Those who wish to receive the Preliminary Programme of the Conference are
invited to send an e-mail to the ECC 97 secretariat (info@timshel.be)
indicating their interest and providing their full address.  Note that this
programme will also be sent by e-mail to all the authors submitting a
contribution.

IMPORTANT DATES
1 September 1996   Submission of papers and proposals of invited sessions
1 February 1997    Notification of acceptance of contributed papers and
                   invited sessions
1 April 1997       Final version of the papers due
1-4 July 1997      Conference