Conferences
The main functions of the Mediterranean Control Association are the coordination and supervision of the annual Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation and the dissemination of related information via electronic means.
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Plenary talks
The series of Mediterranean Conferences on Control and Automation (MED Conferences, for short) was launched in 1993. Over its almost 30 years of existence, it hosted many great speakers and plenary talks.
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Proceedings
Proceedings of MED conferences since 2006 have been published in IEEE Xplore® digital library. Proceedings of MED conferences before 2005 are available on this site, and the respective year’s conference may be found in the list of Conferences.
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MED ’25 announced
The 33rd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2025) will take place from June 10 to 13, 2025, in Tangier, Morocco. The general chairs are Ahmed El Hajjaji, Kamal Reklaoui and Ahmed El Oualkadi, and the program chairs are Abdel Aitouche and Driss Mehdi.
For more information, please check the MED 2025 Web site.
MED ’24 proceedings
The 32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2024) took place from June 11 to 14, 2024, in Chania, Crete, Greece. The general chairs were Nikos Tsourveloudis and Elisa Capello, and the program chairs were Lefteris Doitsidis and Costas Tzafestas. The MED 2024 conference proceedings are available through IEEE Xplore.
MED ’23 proceedings and report
The 31st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2023) took place from June 26 to 29, 2023, in Limassol, Cyprus. The general chair was Christos Panayiotou, and the program chair was Vicenç Puig.
The report about the conference was published in the February 2024 issue of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine, and the conference proceedings are available through IEEE Xplore.
MED ’22 proceedings and report
The 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2022) took place from June 28 to July 2, 2022, at the Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso resort, located on the Athenian Riviera. The general chairs were Kimon P. Valavanis and Maria Prandini, and the program chairs were Andrea Monteriù and Alessandro V. Papadopoulos. The report about the conference was published in the February 2023 issue of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine. The MED 2022 proceedings are available through IEEE Xplore.
MED ’21 proceedings and report
The 29th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2021) took place on the 22-25 of June 2021, as a fully virtual event, with the participation of all contributors via synchronous online videoconference. The general chair of the conference was Mariagrazia Dotoli, and the program chairs were Laura Giarrè and Elisa Franco. The report about the conference was published in the February 2022 issue of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine.
The MED 2021 proceedings are available through IEEE Xplore and here is the front matter of the proceedings. Papers from the MED 2021 proceedings are also indexed and abstracted in Scopus.
MED ’20 conference held as a -first ever- virtual conference in the MED conferences history
The 28th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED ’20) took place on September 16-18, 2020, as a completely virtual event.
Recordings from plenary talks are available through the MED ’20 web site, and the conference proceedings are posted in the IEEE Xplore digital library.“On behalf of the MCA I would like to thank the general chair of the conference Didier Maquin and the members of the organizing committee, for a wonderful job done under very difficult circumstances, full of uncertainty. This was a very successful conference, our first virtual conference ever, thanks to your hard work and dedication. Congratulations!”
— Panos Antsaklis, MCA President
Proposing and organizing a MED Conference – ‘How to’ Guide
The organization of a MED conference starts with submitting a preliminary proposal to the MCA Board. This step takes place at two to three years in advance. Prospective organizers are kindly referred to the document: “Notes and Recommendations on Proposing and Organizing a MED Conference.”
30th anniversary of the MED conference series in 2022
In 2022, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the MED conference series! Here is the list of the locations of all 29 MED conferences so far.
About MCA
The Mediterranean Control Association (MCA) is a non-profit organization registered in the Republic of Cyprus.
The MCA was formed in June 1998 with goals to promote initiatives for enhancing scientific exchanges, to disseminate information, to coordinate research networks, and to facilitate technology transfer primarily within the countries of the Mediterranean region. The main interests of the MCA are in the broad scientific areas of Systems, Control, and Automation.
Historically, the MCA presented some awards for exceptional contributions to the areas of systems, control and automation.
Contact
Please address any comments or concerns to secretariat@med-control.org, or write to:
Mediterranean Control Association (MCA)
P.O. Box 20883
Nicosia 1664
Cyprus