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<span style="font-weight: 400;">EXTENDED DEADLINE -
CONTROLO'2026 - 17th APCA International Conference on
Automatic Control and Soft Computing</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Dear Colleagues and Researchers,</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We are happy to invite you to
participate in the 17th APCA International Conference on
Automatic Control and Soft Computing (</span><span
style="font-weight: 700;">CONTROLO 2026</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;">), to be held in </span><span
style="font-weight: 700;">Coimbra, Portugal</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;">, from
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">September 9 to 11, 2026</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">This biennial international
conference will host an unforgettable meeting with the
academic and industry community engaged in presenting the
latest developments in the fields of control, automation,
robotics and soft computing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">CONTROLO 2026</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;"> will feature
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Keynote </span><span
style="font-weight: 400;">talks on hot topics delivered by
international speakers who are leading experts in Fault
Detection and Isolation in civil aviation (AIRBUS), Security
Control, Fuzzy Systems, Multi-agent Systems and Cyber-Physical
Systems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><a
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">It will also feature </span><span
style="font-weight: 700;">Work-in-Progress</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;"> and
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Industrial </span><span
style="font-weight: 400;">presentations,
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Workshops</span><span
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</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Discussion panels</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;">, and 10
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Special Sessions</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;"> on interdisciplinary subjects
within the conference’s topics of interest.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://controlo2026.apca.pt/approved-special-sessions/">https://controlo2026.apca.pt/approved-special-sessions/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Important Dates:</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">- 29 May 2026: Regular and
Special Session papers deadline</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">- 31 May 2026: Work-in-Progress
papers deadline</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">- 30 June 2026: Workshops
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">- 01 July 2026: Author
notification</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">- 17 July 2026: Camera-ready
submission</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The proceedings will be
published on </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">IEEE
Xplore</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Technical co-sponsors:</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;"> APCA, IFAC, IEEE, CEA, SBA, SPR,
SPEE, ISA, APDIO, SPM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Please find attached the </span><span
style="font-weight: 700;">Call for Papers</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;"> for your consideration, and visit
the website
<a href="https://controlo2026.apca.pt/"
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<u>https://controlo2026.apca.pt/</u></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We eagerly await your
contributions and look forward to welcoming you in Coimbra!</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Kind regards,</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The CONTROLO 2026 Organizing
Committee.</span></div>
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