American Control Conferences

The American Control Conference (ACC) is a 3-day, quality event structured to enhance the professional development of participants. Normally in June, the ACC venue is held in a major U.S. city, with site selection rotating between U.S. regions chosen to maximize audience and professional impact. Each year about 900 manuscripts are selected representing the best quality from about 1,500 submitted. Paper selection aims to provide value to engineers and scientists in all disciplines working within academe, research labs, and industry. ACC sessions include presentations on developing techniques as well as practicable methods, and include invited and tutorial sessions with a focus on particular topics or opportunities. All attendees receive a full conference proceedings in electronic format. About 1,100 participants attend each ACC. About 25% are from outside the U.S. The attendees include leaders and novices, and includes structured opportunity for one-on-one networking and exchange of ideas. Associated with the ACC are two days of continuing education workshops, also designed to add value to members of the control community.

The ACC is held under the auspices of AACC, the US National Member Organization of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), the ACC brings together people working in control, automation, and related areas from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the International Society for Automation (ISA), and the Society for Computer Simulation (SCS).

The ACC is run by volunteers from all member societies, ensuring broad appeal and impact to society, and providing career development opportunity and recognition for the conference organizers.

A high stature conference, articles published in past ACCs are archived and electronically accessible to researchers throughout the world.