Contributed by: Alessandro Astolfi WORKSHOP ON MODELLING AND CONTROL OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS June 17-20, 1997, Imperial College, London, UK This four-day workshop is intended to provide doctorate students, researchers and professionals with an overview of the status of the art on modelling, identification, and control of mechanical systems. Both theoretical contributions on new developments on the theory of mechanical systems and selected lectures discussing topics of major industrial interest are presented. For further information contact: A. Astolfi at a.astolfi@ic.ac.uk Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Imperial College, Exhibition Road, London SW7-2BT, UK or visit the Workshop WEB site http://www.ps.ic.ac.uk/~astolfi/Section/Events/Workshop/workshop.html