Minutes TC Meeting 2006 Prishtina

 

Meeting of the IFAC TC 9.5
SWIIS
June 15, 2006; 4.00 – 5.30pm
UBT, Prishtina, UNMIK, Kosovo
 
 
Agenda:
1.      Roll Call of delegates
2.      Approval of the minutes of the last meeting
3.      Report of the Chair
4.      Report of the Conference in Prishtina
5.      Next events
6.      Next TC meeting
7.      Miscellanious
 
 
 
Item 1. Roll Call of delegates
Present: P.Kopacek     ( Chair )
  L.Stapleton    (Vice Chair)
 M.Hersh        (Vice Chair )
 M.W.Han,
 H.Erbe,
 R.Genser,
 M.Stankovski, 
 C.Andreeski,
Guests: M.Ceccarelli,
 M.Bazaz.
           
Excused: F.Kile, J.Richardson, M.Mansour, T.Vamos
 
Item 2. Approval of the minutes of the last meeting
           
The minutes of the TC meetings in Prague were unanimousely approved.
 
Item 3. Report of the Chair
 
The TC has now 2 Working Groups.
            Co Sponsering: Nancy,
Report from L.Stapleton: 100 Participants; attended the meeting of the TC on “Social Impacts “. Interesting presentations especially on Intelligent systems.
Members: Currently the TC has 20 members - see homepage. They should be complete the homepage (CV and pictures).
                        The former members will be invited to join the TC.  
 
Item 4. Report on the Conference in Prishtina
           
First IFAC event in Kosovo
           
3 Survey papers
            16 Technical papers
1 Panel Discussion
 
Attendance: 30
 
The idea was offering the neighbour countries a possibility to attend an IFAC event – worked only partially
           
Preparation of the Proceedings Volume: Final version of the papers until June 30, 2006.
 
 
Item. 5.            Next events
           
Co Sponsering of next IFAC DECOM in Izmir, Turkey.
           
Next SWIIS Workshop Sept. 2007, Cheju, Korea probably after the IFAC Hum.Machine Systems, Seoul (04 – 07 09 2007). The Chairman will contact the Koreean NMO for a proposal – this would be the 1st IFAC SWIIS event in Asia.
 
            Forthcoming events of interest:
 
Care Innovation, November 11-14, 2006, Vienna
                        Invited Session
 
Conference on Engineering and Education in environmental sustainable development, October 2006, Lyon, 200 Participants are expected
 
COA, Feb. 12 – 14, 2007, La Habana, Cuba
Inv. Session:EoL of Automation Devices
                       
            CEA, Oct. 2 – 5, 2007, Monterrey, Mexico
 
WC 2008, July 6 – 11, 2008, Seoul, Korea
    • Organization of one or two invited session and a
    • Survey paper probably together with other IFAC TC`s
Suggestions are requested
 
Item 6. Next TC meeting
            In Cheju (Workshop) or in Seoul (World Congress)
 
Item 7.
The chairman will prepare a SWIIS report for the 50 years anniversary event based on the 20 years report.
           
            New Books:
 
Trappel R. (ed.) Programming for Peace: Using Computer-aided Methods for International Conflict Resolution and Prevention, Springer, 2006
 
Marion Hersh: Mathematical Modelling for Sustainable Development, Springer Verlag, 2006.