The 9th International Conference on Fluid Power Transmission and Control(ICFP 2017), hosted by Zhejiang University's Institute of Mechanical and Electronic Control Engineering, will be held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, from April 11 to 13, 2017. Lu Yongxiang, the famous scientist of Zhejiang University, was honored as the honorary chairman, and the academician of the School of mechanical engineering, Professor Yang Huayong, and Professor Wang Qingfeng were taken as the conference chairman, and the chairman of the organizing committee was Academician Yang Huayong.
The International Conference on Fluid Power Transmission and Control in Hangzhou has been held every four years since 1985. It has been successfully held for eight sessions. The venues are all located in Hangzhou. The organizers are all Zhejiang University. The conferencehas been hailed as the “Olympic” in this field and is recognized as one of the four major international conferences in the field of international fluid dynamics. Famous scholars and industrialists from Europe, North America, and Asia have participated in the conference. It has become an important occasion for academic exchanges in this field. It is strengthening international academic exchanges in the field of fluid transmission and control technology and enhancing the friendship between domestic and foreign counterparts. It has played an active role in cooperation with China in promoting the development of fluid transmission and control technology in China.
The meeting issued an essay notice from May 2016 and has received nearly90 papers. After reviewing, more than 70 papers were read during the conference. Up to now, more than 140 representatives from 12countries and regions including China, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Sweden, Finland, Canada, Japan, Russia, Serbia, Taiwan, and South Korea have registered for this meeting.
Conference website: http://sklofp.zju.edu.cn/icfp2017/
