In 2025, the University of Rostock has the great honor of hosting the 21st International IEEE Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2025). The WFCS is the only IEEE conference dedicated specifically to communication for industrial automation systems. It will take place in Rostock for the first time.
The conference will be hosted by Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Engineering (IMD) of the University of Rostock (Germany) and organized in collaboration with Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering CNR-IEIIT (Italy). The WFCS is supported by IEEE and IES and coordinated by the IEEE TC on Factory Automation. The local organizers University of Rostock, Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and IMD invite all interested parties to participate in this exciting event and exchange ideas with international experts.

DAY 1:    at Institute of Applied Microelectronics, Albert-Einstein-Str. 26, 18059 Rostock
DAY 2-4: at the main university building, Universitätsplatz 1, 18055 Rostock

The conference takes place on June 10, 2025 with the tutorials and demonstration session at the Institute of Applied Microelectronics, Albert-Einstein-Str. 26.
From June 11 to 13, 2025 the conference is in the main building of the university in the heart of the city of Rostock, Universitätsplatz 1.