| June 1, 2007 | Opening of the submission site | 
                      
                        | September 8, 2007 | Deadline for all submissions | 
                      
                        | September 25, 2007 | New Deadline for all submissions | 
                      
                        |  | - Invited Session Proposals | 
                      
                        |  | - Tutorial and Workshop Proposals | 
                      
                        | September 26 - 
 | Grace Period for additional editing and uploading of | 
                      
                        | October 1, 2007 | - Contributed Papers | 
                      
                        |  | - Invited Session Papers | 
                      
                        |  | - Highlight Session Papers | 
                      
                        |  | - Video Clips and Abstracts | 
                      
                        | December 15, 2007 | Notification of Acceptance | 
                      
                        | January 1, 2008 | Preliminary Program Announcement | 
                      
                        | January 2, 2008 | Congress Registration Starts for | 
                      
                        |  | - Main Program | 
                      
                        |  | - Pre-Congress Tutorial and Workshop Programs | 
                      
                        |  | - Technical Tours | 
                      
                        | February 1, 2008 | Hotel Registration Site Opens | 
                      
                        | March 1, 2008 | Deadline for Camera-Ready Form | 
                      
                        | April 1, 2008 | Final Program Announcement | 
                      
                        | April 10, 2008 | Deadline for Advance Registration | 
                      
                        | July 5-6, 2008 | Pre-Congress Tutorials and Workshops | 
                      
                        | July 6-11, 2008 | The 17th IFAC World Congress |