Invitation

The Organizing Committee has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the

to be held in the Domain Sol Cress, Spa, Belgium, on March 16-18, 2009.

The aim of this meeting is to promote research activities and cooperation between researchers in Systems and Control. It is the twenty-eighth in a series of annual conferences that are held alternately in Belgium and The Netherlands.

Scientific program

1. Plenary speakers
   • Navin Khaneja (Harvard University, USA)
     Control of ensembles
   • René Vidal (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
     Binet-Cauchy Kernels for the Recognition of Visual Dynamics
2. Mini course
   • Jorge Cortés and Sonia Martínez (University of California at San Diego, USA)
     Distributed control of Robotic Networks
3. Regular and invited sessions with contributed lectures

Call for papers

Contributions for part 3 of the program are now being invited. Each submission consists of a one page abstract of the contribution and must be headed with the title, the names and affiliations of the authors, and the complete mailing address (including electronic mail address) of the corresponding author. We use web based on-line electronic submissions of contributed abstracts. The electronic submission procedure consists of filling in the electronic Submission Form. For each contributed abstract this form must be completed and submitted electronically.

Details for the preparation of the abstracts can be found in the Authors' Kit. We strongly suggest following the instructions on that page. The deadline for receipt of contributed abstracts is January 9, 2009.

Proposals for Special Sessions consisting of four or five lectures centered around a specific topic are also solicited for part 3 of the program. Special Session Proposals have to be sent by email to r.sepulchre@ulg.ac.be. Each individual abstract in a Special Session proposal must be submitted via completion of the Submission Form.

Decisions on the conference program will be made by the Organizing Committee. Authors will be notified about the acceptance of their abstract on or before January 16, 2009. Final versions of the abstracts, if necessary, are due February 10, 2009. Abstracts will be included in a ``Book of Abstracts'' which will be distributed at the conference and will be available on the web also.

Advance Program

The advance program of the Benelux Meeting will be made available electronically on this site as of January 16, 2009.

Best Junior Presentation Award

Registrations

Registration for the 28th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control opens on January 7, 2009. Early registration is highly recommended. Early registrations have to be received by January 30, 2009 (GMT). Please find here the registration fees.

Conference secretariat

Organizers