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Hara Vladimir Kucera Lennart Ljung Sarah Spurgeon\u003Cbr>1st Edition 2017 |\n\nPREFACE............................................................................. 10  \nChapter I ............................................................14  \nNarrative .............................................................................. 14  \nThe history of a professional scientific society devoted to the field of control systems ....................................................... 14  \nExecutive Council Meetings and Congresses ......................19  \n1959-Rome-Executive Council meeting ..........................19  \n1959-Chicago-Executive Council meeting ....................... 19  \n1960-Moscow-Executive Council meeting......................20  \n1960-Moscow-Executive Council meeting......................20  \n1960-Moscow-Congress ..................................................23  \n1961-Bergen-Executive Council meeting ........................23  \n1962-Cambridge (UK) -Executive Council meeting ........25  \n1963-Zurich-Executive Council meeting.........................26  \n1963-Basel-Executive Council Meeting ...........................27  \n1963-Basel-Congress .......................................................28  \n1964-Krakow-Executive Council meeting.......................29  \n1965-Tokyo-Executive Council meeting ..........................31  \n1966-London-Congress ...................................................32  \n1967-Menton-Executive Council meeting.......................33  \n1968-Ann Arbor-Executive Council meeting ..................33  \n1969-Warsaw-Executive Council meeting ......................33  \n1969-Warsaw-Congress ...................................................36  \n1970-Paris-Executive Council meeting ...........................37  \n1971-Hameenlinna-Executive Council meeting..............38  \n1972-Paris-Executive Council meeting ...........................39  \nBack to TOC  \n1972-Paris-Congress ........................................................40  \n1973-Budapest-Executive Council meeting ....................40  \n1974-Zurich-Executive Council meeting .........................41  \n1975-Boston/Cambridge-Executive Council meeting .....41  \n1975-Boston/Cambridge-Congress .................................43  \n1976-Udine-Executive Council meeting..........................44  \n1977-The Hague-Executive Council meeting ..................46  \n1978-Helsinki-Executive Council meeting ......................47  \n1978-Helsinki-Congress ..................................................48  \n1979-Laxenburg-Executive Council meeting ..................49  \n1980-Cleveland-Executive Council meeting ...................50  \n1981-Kyoto-Executive Council meeting ..........................52  \n1981-Kyoto-Congress .......................................................53  \n1982-Heidelberg-Council meeting ..................................54  \n1983-Laxenburg-Council meeting ..................................57  \n1984-Budapest-Council meeting.....................................58  \n1984-Budapest-Congress.................................................59  \n1985-Boston-Council meeting........................................60  \n1986-Zurich-Council meeting..........................................61  \n1987-Munich-Council meeting........................................63  \n1987-Munich-Congress....................................................65  \n1988-Oulu-Council meeting ............................................65  \n1989-Buenos Aires-Council meeting...............................67  \n1990-Tallinn-Council meeting ........................................69  \n1990-Tallinn-Congress ......................................................71  \n1991-Swansea-Council meeting.......................................72  \nBack to TOC  \n1992-Malaga-Council meeting 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