An ongoing activity focused externally targeting industry-sector organizations related to control and to non-IFAC events and publications.
IFAC Industry Committee
The IFAC Industry Committee (IndCom)
Starting from the 2017 World Congress in Toulouse (France), IFAC has established an Industry Committee (IndCom), reporting to the IFAC Council. The goals of the committee are to:
- Strengthen the engagement of industry and industry representatives in IFAC activities
- Enhance the value of IFAC to industry
- Help control research realize its full potential for industry impact
- Help research and education in academia be better informed by industry perspective
The committee currently numbers about 100 members, more than half of whom are affiliated with industry (most of the rest have had substantial industry experience over their careers). The Industry Committee welcomes additional members with significant industry experience. If you are interested please contact the IndCom chair, Tariq Samad (tsamad(at)umn.edu) or the chair of the IndCom Communications subcommittee, Kevin Brooks (Kevin.Brooks(at)apc-smart.com)
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Kevin Brooks
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APC SMART/ Univ. of the Witwatersrand(ZA)
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kevin.brooks(at)wits.ac.za
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Tariq Samad
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Univ. of Minnesota (US)
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tsamad(at)umn.edu
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Moncef Chioua
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Polytechnique Montreal (CA)
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moncef.chioua(at)polymtl.ca
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Stefano Di Cairano
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Mitsubishi Electric (US)
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dicairano(at)ieee.org
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Philippe Goupil
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Airbus (FR)
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philippe.goupil(at)airbus.com
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Steve Kahne
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Retired (US)
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s.kahne(at)ieee.org
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Iven Mareels
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Federation University (AU)
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i.mareels (at) federation.edu.au |
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Alisa Rupenyan
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FHNW (CH)
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ralisa(at)ethz.ch
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Atanas Serbezov
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Rose-HulmanInst. of Tech. (US)
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serbezov(at)rose-hulman.edu
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Alex van Delft
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Consultant (NL)
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alex(at)vandelft.it
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Bill Tubbs
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Consultant (CA)
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bill.tubbs(at)me.com
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IFAC IndCom Roster
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Hans Aalto | Country: FI Affiliation: Take Control Oy Type: Industry E-mail: hansaalto852 (at) gmail.com Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.4 Industry Sector(s): Process industries (petroleum refining, petrochemicals, chemicals); natural gas transmission |
Daniel Abramovitch | Country: US Affiliation: Agilent Type: Industry E-mail: danny001 (at) pacbell.net Industry Sector(s): Mechatronic storage (optical and magnetic disk drives); high-performance instrumentation; atomic force microscopes; mass spectrometers |
Sergey Abrashov | Country: FR Affiliation: Continental Engineering Services Type: Industry E-mail: sergey.abrashov (at) conti-engineering.com Industry Sector(s): Automotive (Tier 1) |
Lounis Adouane | Country: FR Affiliation: Université de Technologie de Compiègne Type: Academic E-mail: lounis.adouane (at) hds.utc.fr Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.5 Industry Sector(s): Automotive (autonomous vehicles, hybrid-electric vehicles), defense (autonomous ground vehicles, cooperative air/land robots, swarm robots) |
David Anisi | Country: NO Affiliation: Norwegian Univ. of Life Sci. Type: Academic E-mail: david.anisi (at) nmbu.no Industry Sector(s): Robotics, Oil & Gas, Agriculture |
Finn Ankersen | Country: NL Affiliation: Consultant Type: Industry E-mail: finn.ankersen (at) ieee.org Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.3 Industry Sector(s): Aerospace; power generation and conversion |
Aitor Arnaiz | Country: ES Affiliation: IK4 Tekniker Type: Industry E-mail: aitor.arnaiz (at) tekniker.es Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.1 Industry Sector(s): process industries; manufacturing; renewable energy |
Kazuya Asano | Country: JP Affiliation: JFE Techno-research Corporation Type: Industry E-mail: ka-asano (at) jfe-tec.co.jp IFAC Role(s): WC2023 Ind Chair Industry Sector(s): Metals (steel) |
Lidia Auret | Country: ZA Affiliation: Stone Three Digital Type: Industry E-mail: lidia.auret (at) stonethree.com Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing (sensors, control, monitoring, process monitoring) |
Tom Badgwell | Country: US Affiliation: Collaborative Systems Integration Type: Industry E-mail: tom.badgwell (at) gmail.com Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.1 Industry Sector(s): Oil and gas |
Jayesh Barve | Country: IN Affiliation: GE Type: Industry E-mail: barve.jayesh (at) gmail.com Industry Sector(s): Power generation, oil & gas, appliances, transportation, water management, cement, discrete manufacturing |
Martin Bayliss | Country: UK Affiliation: Callen Lenz Consulting Type: Industry E-mail: mtbayliss72 (at) gmail.com |
Abdessattar Ben Amor | Country: TU Affiliation: Nat. Inst. of Appl. Sci. & Tech. Type: Academic E-mail: mrdssrst (at) yahoo.fr |
Abdelkrim Benchaib | Country: FR Affiliation: SuperGrid Institute Type: Industry E-mail: abdelkrim.benchaib (at) supergrid-institute.com Industry Sector(s): Power systems |
Neila Bhouri | Country: FR Affiliation: IFSTTAR Type: Government E-mail: neila.bhouri (at) ifsttar.fr Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.4 |
Rogier Blom | Country: US Affiliation: GE Type: Industry E-mail: blom (at) ge.com Industry Sector(s): Renewables; power generation; aviation; oil & gas; transportation; additive manufacturing; robotics |
Nunzio Bonavita | Country: IT Affiliation: ABB Type: Industry E-mail: nunzio.bonavita (at) it.abb.com Industry Sector(s): Technology ventures |
Ali Borhan | Country: US Affiliation: Cummins Type: Industry E-mail: hborhan (at) gmail.com Industry Sector(s): Automotive (connected, electric, and fuel-cell vehicles; powertrains); freight operations |
Scott Bortoff | Country: US Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Type: Industry E-mail: bortoff (at) merl.com Industry Sector(s): HVAC; buildings (elevators); factory automation (robotics); HVAC; aerospace (engines, power distribution) |
Delphine Bresch-Pietri | Country: FR Affiliation: Mines-Paristech Type: Academic E-mail: delphine.bresch-pietri (at) mines-paristech.fr Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.6 |
Kevin Brooks | Country: ZA Affiliation: APC Smart Type: Industry E-mail: kevin.brooks (at) wits.ac.za IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.2 Industry Sector(s): oil refining; pulp and paper; mining, metals, minerals (MMM) |
John Burchell | Country: ZA Affiliation: Sibanye-Stillwater Type: Industry E-mail: burchell.john (at) gmail.com Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing; mining |
Leo Chiang | Country: US Affiliation: Dow Type: Industry E-mail: hchiang (at) dow.com |
Moncef Chioua | Country: CA Affiliation: Polytechnique Montreal Type: Academic E-mail: moncef.chioua (at) polymtl.ca IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm Industry Sector(s): Pulp and paper, oil and gas |
Loutjie Coetzee | Country: ZA Affiliation: Mintek Type: Industry E-mail: loutjiec (at) mintek.co.za |
Francesco Corona | Country: FI Affiliation: Aalto University Type: Academic E-mail: francesco.corona (at) aalto.fi Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.4 Industry Sector(s): Process industries; environmental (water treatment) |
Francesco Cuzzola | Country: IT Affiliation: Danieli Automation Type: Industry E-mail: francescoalessandro.cuzzola (at) polimi.it Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.2 Industry Sector(s): Metals |
Robert David | Country: BE Affiliation: Technord Type: Industry E-mail: r.david (at) technord.com Industry Sector(s): Food and beverage; pharma; cement; water distribution |
Lane Desborough | Country: US Affiliation: Nudge BG Type: Industry E-mail: ldesboro (at) gmail.com Industry Sector(s): Biomedical; process industries |
Stefano Di Cairano | Country: US Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Type: Industry E-mail: dicairano (at) ieee.org IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.4 Industry Sector(s): Automotive; aerospace; industrial automation |
Mamadou Lamine Diagne | Country: US Affiliation: UCSD Type: Academic E-mail: diagnm (at) rpi.edu Industry Vice-chair for TC: 1.2 |
Japie Engelbrecht | Country: ZA Affiliation: Stellenbosch University Type: Academic E-mail: jengelbr (at) sun.ac.za Industry Sector(s): Aerospace, UAVs |
Lars Eriksson | Country: SE Affiliation: Linkoping University Type: Academic E-mail: lars.eriksson (at) liu.se IFAC Role(s): Chair CC7 Industry Sector(s): Transportation and vehicle systems |
Yongsoon Eun | Country: KR Affiliation: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology Type: Academic E-mail: yeun (at) dgist.ac.kr |
Lorenzo Fagiano | Country: IT Affiliation: Politecnico Milano Type: Academic E-mail: lorenzo.fagiano (at) polimi.it Industry Sector(s): Power systems (generation and transmission); industrial, manufacturing, and grid automation |
Eduardo Gallestey Alvarez | Country: CH Affiliation: Honeywell Type: Industry E-mail: eduardo.gallestey (at) honeywell.com Industry Sector(s): Power generation; process industries; mining and minerals processing; upstream oil & gas |
Ankur Ganguli | Country: US Affiliation: General Motors Type: Industry E-mail: ankur.ganguli (at) gm.com Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
Mario Garcia-Sanz | Country: US Affiliation: Department of Energy Type: Government E-mail: mario.garcia-sanz (at) hq.doe.gov Industry Sector(s): Renewable energy |
Rafael Gonzalez Martin  | Country: ES Affiliation: Repsol Type: Industry E-mail: rgonzalezm (at) repsol.com Industry Sector(s): Oil refining |
Bhushan Gopaluni | Country: CA Affiliation: Univ. of British Columbia Type: Academic E-mail: bhushan.gopaluni (at) ubc.ca Industry Sector(s): Forest products; oil & gas; chemicals; pharmaceuticals |
Philippe Goupil | Country: FR Affiliation: Airbus Type: Industry E-mail: philippe.goupil (at) airbus.com IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm Industry Sector(s): Aerospace |
Benny Grosman | Country: US Affiliation: Medtronic Type: Industry E-mail: cerdlbg (at) gmail.com Industry Sector(s): Medical technology  |
Carlos Guardiola | Country: ES Affiliation: Univ. Polit. Valencia Type: Academic E-mail: carguaga (at) mot.upv.es Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.1 Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
Oleg Gusekhin | Country: US Affiliation: Ford Motor Company Type: Industry E-mail: ogusikhi (at) ford.com Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.2 Industry Sector(s): Supply chain management, manufacturing, IoT, automotive, smart mobility |
Christoforos Hadjicostis | Country: CY Affiliation: Univ. of Cyprus Type: Academic E-mail: chadjic (at) ucy.ac.cy Industry Vice-chair for TC: 1.3 Industry Sector(s): Social networks |
Vahid Hassani | Country: NO Affiliation: OsloMet University Type: Academic E-mail: Vahid.Hassani (at) oslomet.no Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.2 Industry Sector(s): Marine vehicles and platforms |
Vladimir Havlena | Country: CZ Affiliation: Czech Technical University Type: Academic E-mail: Vladimir.Havlena (at) cvut.cz Industry Sector(s): advanced localization, sensor fusion (GPS, inertial, odometry, video, Lidar etc.), advanced driver assistance systems, and collision avoidance for trams |
Marcel Heertjes | Country: NL Affiliation: ASML Type: Industry E-mail: Marcel.Heertjes (at) asml.com Industry Sector(s): Semiconductor processing; motion control |
Gernot Herbst | Country: DE Affiliation: Zwickau Univ. of Applied Sci. Type: Academic E-mail: gernot.herbst (at) fh-zwickau.de Industry Sector(s): Power electronics |
Marija Ilic | Country: US Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Type: Academic E-mail: ilic (at) mit.edu Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.2 Industry Sector(s): Power systems |
Alf Isaakson | Country: SE Affiliation: ABB Type: Industry E-mail: alf.isaksson (at) se.abb.com |
Christoph Jansen | Country: DE Affiliation: Flensburg Univ. of Applied Sci. Type: Academic E-mail: christoph.jansen (at) hs-flensburg.de Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.5 Industry Sector(s): Energy management; digital engineering and IT security |
Qing-Shan Jia | Country: CN Affiliation: Tsinghua University Type: Academic E-mail: jiaqs (at) tsinghua.edu.cn IFAC Role(s): TC 9.3 Industry Sector(s): Buildings; power systems |
Thomas Jones | Country: ZA Affiliation: S-Plane Automation Type: Industry E-mail: jones (at) s-plane.com IFAC Role(s): TC 7.3 Industry Sector(s): Aerospace (specifically aero) |
Ulrich Jumar | Country: DE Affiliation: IFAK Type: Industry E-mail: ulrich.jumar (at) ifak.eu Industry Sector(s): Electrical and electronics manufacturing; automation industry |
Esko Juuso | Country: FI Affiliation: Univ. of Oulu Type: Academic E-mail: esko.juuso (at) oulu.fi Industry Sector(s): Process industries (forest, steel, mining); energy systems; biomedical; buildings; machines; water treatment |
Steve Kahne | Country: US Affiliation: [retired] Type: Unaffiliated E-mail: s.kahne (at) ieee.org IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm, IFAC Advisor Industry Sector(s): Aircraft systems |
Manabu Kano | Country: JP Affiliation: Kyoto Univ Type: Academic E-mail: manabu (at) human.sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp IFAC Role(s): WC2023 Ind Cochair Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemical, pharmaceutical, steel, semiconductor); medical/healthcare |
Jay Katupitiya | Country: AU Affiliation: Univ. of New South Wales Type: Academic E-mail: j.katupitiya (at) unsw.edu.au Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.1 Industry Sector(s): Agriculture; mining; road construction |
Dejan Kihas | Country: CA Affiliation: 1) Engineering Consulting; 2) BCIT - Instructor / Faculty / Electrical Engineering and Technology Type: Industry E-mail: kihas (at) ieee.org Industry Sector(s): Automotive; process industries; agriculture; heavy machinery; |
Hiroshi Kitada | Country: JP Affiliation: Nippon Steel Type: Industry E-mail: kitada.bx8.hiroshi (at) jp.nipponsteel.com |
Michinaga Kohno | Country: JP Affiliation: Consultant Type: Industry E-mail: michi (at) michi-city.com IFAC Role(s): WC2023 IndGr SG7 Chair, TF "Societal Harmony" Member Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.2 Industry Sector(s): Human-centric systems, smart communities, global standardization |
Heikki Koivo | Country: FI Affiliation: Aalto University Type: Academic E-mail: Heikki.Koivo (at) aalto.fi Industry Sector(s): Process industries (pulp and paper, mining, mineral processing); renewable energy; mechatronics |
Arthur Kordon | Country: BU Affiliation: Kordon Consulting LLC Type: Industry E-mail: arthur (at) kordon-consulting.com Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
Zdzisław Kowalczuk | Country: PL Affiliation: Gdansk Univ. of Technology Type: Academic E-mail: kova (at) pg.gda.pl Industry Sector(s): Process industries; automotive; aircraft; maritime industries |
Michael Lees | Country: AU Affiliation: Carlton & United Breweries Type: Industry E-mail: Michael.Lees (at) cub.com.au Industry Sector(s): Process industries (food and beverage) |
Lihua Li | Country: US Affiliation: General Motors Type: Industry E-mail: lihua.li (at) gm.com Industry Sector(s): Automotive; powertrains |
Robert Mahoney | Country: AU Affiliation: Australian National University Type: Academic E-mail: robert.mahony (at) anu.edu.au Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.3 Industry Sector(s): UAVs |
Chris Manzie | Country: AU Affiliation: Univ. of Melbourne Type: Academic E-mail: manziec (at) unimelb.edu.au Industry Sector(s): Automotive; aerospace; mechatronics; transportation; energy systems |
Andres Marcos | Country: UK Affiliation: Tech. for Aerospace Control Type: Industry E-mail: andres.marcos (at) tasc-group.com Industry Sector(s): Aerospace  |
Iven Mareels | Country: AU Affiliation: Federation University Australia Type: Industry E-mail: i.mareels (at) federation.edu.au IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm Industry Sector(s): Healthcare; financial services; energy; buildings; process industries |
Silvia Mastellone | Country: CH Affiliation: FHNW Type: Academic E-mail: silvia.mastellone (at) fhnw.ch Industry Sector(s): Power and energy |
Jonathan Meyer | Country: BE Affiliation: Pfizer Type: Industry E-mail: EwaldJonathan.Meye (at) pfizer.com Industry Sector(s): Pharma; mining |
Ge Ming | Country: CN Affiliation: KT Control Type: Industry E-mail: ming.ge (at) ktcontrol.com Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
Marysia Nowacka | Country: DK Affiliation: Alfa Laval Type: Industry E-mail: mariasnowacka (at) gmail.com Industry Sector(s): Marine energy; powertrains; alternative energy sources; energy storage |
Eduardo Nunez | Country: CA Affiliation: Molycop Type: Industry E-mail: eduarturo (at) rocketmail.com Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing, mining, process control |
Peter Odgaard | Country: DK Affiliation: Goldwind Energy Type: Industry E-mail: odgaard (at) ieee.org Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.4 Industry Sector(s): Wind energy; fossil-fired power plants; power grid; consumer electronics |
Bhagyesh Patil | Country: IN Affiliation: John Deere Type: Industry E-mail: patilbhagyesh (at) johndeere.com Industry Sector(s): Autonomous Off-highway Vehicle Planning & Control, Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research |
Jaroslav Pekar | Country: CZ Affiliation: Garrett Type: Industry E-mail: jaroslav.pekar (at) garrettmotion.com Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
Carlos Pereira | Country: BR Affiliation: UFRGS Type: Academic E-mail: cpereira (at) ece.ufrgs.br IFAC Role(s): TB VC Industry Sector(s): Process industries; buildings |
Stefano Pickl | Country: DE Affiliation: Univ. Bundeswehr Munchen Type: Academic E-mail: stefan.pickl (at) unibw.de Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.3 |
Gilberto Pin | Country: IT Affiliation: Electrolux Type: Industry E-mail: pingilbert (at) gmail.com |
Paul Puleston | Country: AR Affiliation: Univ. Nacional de La Plata Type: Academic E-mail: puleston (at) ing.unlp.edu.ar Industry Sector(s): Renewable energy; fuel cells; hybrid energy systems |
O. Lucia Quintero Montoya | Country: CO Affiliation: Univ. EAFIT Type: Academic E-mail: oquinte1 (at) eafit.edu.co Industry Sector(s): Oil & gas |
Mirco Rampazzo | Country: IT Affiliation: Univ. Padova Type: Academic E-mail: mirco.rampazzo (at) unipd.it Industry Sector(s): Buildings; HVAC; Refrigeration; Appliances |
Russ Rhinehart | Country: US Affiliation: Oklahoma State University Type: Unaffiliated E-mail: rrr (at) okstate.edu Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemicals and refining) |
Daniel Rivera | Country: US Affiliation: Arizona State University Type: Academic E-mail: daniel.rivera (at) asu.edu Industry Sector(s): Process industries; behavioral medicine; semiconductor manufacturing |
Alisa Rupenyan | Country: CH Affiliation: ETH Zurich Type: Academic E-mail: ralisa (at) ethz.ch IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; robotics; technology transfer |
Tariq Samad | Country: US Affiliation: Univ. of Minnesota Type: Academic E-mail: tsamad (at) umn.edu IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm Industry Sector(s): Process industries, homes and buildings, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing |
Ricardo Sanchez Pena | Country: AR Affiliation: Buenos Aires Inst. of Tech. Type: Academic E-mail: rsanchez (at) itba.edu.ar Industry Sector(s): Biomedical; aerospace |
Bran Selic | Country: CA Affiliation: Malina Software Type: Industry E-mail: selic (at) acm.org Industry Sector(s): Automotive; subsea oil & gas; telecommunications; embedded software |
Atanas Serbezov | Country: US Affiliation: Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Type: Academic E-mail: serbezov (at) rose-hulman.edu IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.4 Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemicals and pharmaceuticals) |
Hannes Seyrkammer | Country: AT Affiliation: voestalpine Stahl Type: Industry E-mail: hannes.seyrkammer (at) voestalpine.com |
Greg Stewart | Country: CA Affiliation: Geco Engineering Type: Industry E-mail: greg.stewart555 (at) gmail.com Industry Sector(s): Agriculture; automotive; process industries; papermaking; manufacturing; public health |
Gian Antonio Susto | Country: IT Affiliation: Univ. Padova Type: Academic E-mail: gianantonio.susto (at) gmail.com Industry Vice-chair for TC: 3.2 Industry Sector(s): Semiconductor manufacturing; home appliances; oil & gas |
Kenichi Tanaka | Country: JP Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Type: Industry E-mail: tanaka.kenichi (at) ah.mitsubishielectric.co.jp IFAC Role(s): WC2023 Ind Cochair Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.5 Industry Sector(s): Electrical equipment |
Trygve Thomessen | Country: NO Affiliation: PPM Robotics Type: Industry E-mail: trygve.thomessen (at) ppm.no Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.3 Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; robotics |
Thanh-Binh To | Country: DE Affiliation: Volkswagen Type: Industry E-mail: thanh-binh.to (at) volkswagen.de Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
Bill Tubbs | Country: CA Affiliation: B. Tubbs Associates Consulting Type: Industry E-mail: bill.tubbs (at) me.com IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm Industry Sector(s): Process industry, operational excellence |
Alexander Van Delft | Country: NL Affiliation: [Consultant] Type: Industry E-mail: alex (at) vandelft.it IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm Industry Sector(s): Process industry (chemicals) |
Nikolai Vatanski | Country: FI Affiliation: Metso Outotec Type: Industry E-mail: nikolai.vatanski (at) mogroup.com Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing; mining |
Tomas Vyhlidal | Country: CZ Affiliation: Czech Tech University Type: Academic E-mail: tomas.vyhlidal (at) fs.cvut.cz Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.2 Industry Sector(s): Steel industry |
Zhe Wan | Country: CN Affiliation: China National Gold Group Type: Government E-mail: 12990534 (at) qq.com Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.1 Industry Sector(s): Finance and economics  |
Yalin Wang | Country: CN Affiliation: Central South University Type: Academic E-mail: ylwang (at) csu.edu.cn Industry Sector(s): Process industries (minerals, metals, oil refining) |
Georg Weichhart | Country: AT Affiliation: Primetals Technologies Type: Industry E-mail: georg.weichhart (at) primetals.com IFAC Role(s): TC 5.3 chair Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.3 Industry Sector(s): Metals and Steel Industry; Automation; Digital Transformation; |
Tobias Weissbach | Country: DE Affiliation: TransnetBW Type: Industry E-mail: t.weissbach (at) transnetbw.de Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.3 Industry Sector(s): Power systems |
Michael Weyrich | Country: DE Affiliation: Univ. of Stuttgart Type: Academic E-mail: michael.weyrich (at) ias.uni-stuttgart.de Industry Vice-chair for TC: 3.1 Industry Sector(s): Automotive; manufacturing |
James Whidborne | Country: UK Affiliation: Cranfield University Type: Academic E-mail: j.f.whidborne (at) cranfield.ac.uk Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.1 Industry Sector(s): Aerospace; oil and gas |
Dennis Williams | Country: US Affiliation: LyondellBasell Type: Industry E-mail: dennis.williams (at) lyondellbasell.com Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
Takashi Yamaguchi | Country: JP Affiliation: Ricoh Type: Industry E-mail: takashi.yt.yamaguchi (at) nts.ricoh.co.jp IFAC Role(s): WC2023 Ind Cochair Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.2 Industry Sector(s): Hard disk drives, printers, medical devices. |
Inseok Yang | Country: KR Affiliation: Korea Aerospace Industries Type: Industry E-mail: jewill (at) hanmail.net |
Insoon Yang | Country: KR Affiliation: Seoul National University Type: Academic E-mail: insoonyang (at) snu.ac.kr Industry Vice-chair for TC: 1.4 |
Xiaofeng Yuan | Country: CN Affiliation: Central South University Type: Academic E-mail: yuanxf (at) csu.edu.cn Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; petrochemicals; iron and steel |
Kaiqiang Zhang | Country: UK Affiliation: UK Atomic Energy Authority Type: Government E-mail: kaiqiang.zhang (at) ukaea.uk Industry Sector(s): Nuclear engineering (fusion energy, decommissioning); robotics (inspection, surveys, maintenance); mechatronics |
Ronald van Nooyen | Country: NL Affiliation: TU Delft Type: Academic E-mail: r.r.p.vannooyen (at) tudelft.nl Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.3 Industry Sector(s): Water management (irrigation, drainage, reservoir management, urban drainage, ground water management) |
IndCom Task Forces
The task force is dedicated to preparing an edited volume that addresses the question of the impact of control in industrial innovation.
Taskforce on Industry-Academic Collaboration
The preparation of a best practices for TCs and technical events to attract industry participation
A task force aimed at the establishment of a virtual seminar program
Indcom Achievements and Publications
IndCom achievements from its inception
Publications arising out of the work of IndCom
Legacy Materials -- Pilot Industry Committee (2014-2017)

Member list for the committee. Includes affiliation and e-mail addresses.
Surveys undertaken by the Industry Committee
Reports, presentations, notes, etc. from Industry Committee activities, including meeting presentations.
Collect data on industry participation in IFAC and any other related data (e.g., from other organizations such as IEEE CSS). Analyze data, summarize findings, and develop hypotheses. Analysis by industry sector, geography, and other factors would be useful. [Chair: Serge Boverie]
There seems to be considerable variation in industry engagement in difference countries/regions and different sectors. This workstream will collect information on industry-engagement models (e.g., government co-funding programs, industry consortia) and attempt to identify best practices that other regions/sectors can learn from. [Chair: Kazuya Asano]
Gather industry viewpoints on what issues they see with leveraging IFAC activities and academic research. These will probably also be specific to sectors, and perhaps to geographies as well. [Chair: Alex van Delft]
Scope: Recommend changes to conferences, journals, and committees that are likely to increase industry participation and make IFAC more relevant to industry. Other mechanisms could also be looked at (e.g., start a webinar series?). The recommendations should be informed by outputs from the above workstreams. Workstream Chair: Roger Goodall
IFAC Constitution amendment for the Industry Committee (Tariq Samad, chair) – Formalize the notion of a permanent IFAC Industry Committee. Define a suitable structure and scope. Governance and leadership should also be defined. Propose changes to the constitution to this end. [Chair: Tariq Samad]
Reference Materials
First edition of the Impact of Control Technology report, published by IEEE Control Systems Society. Includes 23 two-page flyers on "Success Stories" as well as discussions on the application of advanced control to application areas: aerospace, process industries, automotive, robotics, biological systems, and renewable energy and smart grids. Research challenges are also featured.
Second edition of the IoCT report. Consists of 30 industrial success stories and >30 research challenges.
Three papers from the CPC IV conference (1991), giving industry views from Japan, Europe, and North America. Courtesy of Heikki Koivo.

Front matter from an edited volume published by Springer (2007). Editors are Ricardo S. Sánchez Peña, Joseba Quevedo Casín, and Vicenç Puig Cayuela. Includes preface, table of contents, and list of contributors. With thanks to Ricardo Sánchez Peña.

This document is a report from an EU/IEEE-CSS workshop organized under the auspices of the EU FP7 project "Advanced Fault Diagnosis for Sustainable Flight Guidance and Control" (ADDSAFE). The reader's attention is drawn to Section 2.3 in particular, where industrial and academic perspectives are contrasted. This report provided courtesy of and with thanks to Andres Marcos.

Report prepared by the IFAC Theory Committee in May 1990. Edited by Ted Davison, the committee chair. Thirteen problems are described across numerous application domains.
