ðɪ ˌɪntɚnˈæʃənəl fˌɛdɚɹˈeɪʃən ʌv ˌɔːɾəmˈæɾɪk kəntɹˈoʊl ˈɪfæk, fˈaʊndᵻd ɪn sɛptˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɛvən ɪn fɹˈæns, ɪz ɐ mˌʌltɪnˈæʃənəl fˌɛdɚɹˈeɪʃən ʌv fˈoːɹɾi nˈaɪn nˈæʃənəl mˈɛmbɚɹ ˌɔːɹɡɐnᵻzˈeɪʃənz ˌɛnˌɛmˈoʊ, ˈiːtʃ wˈʌn ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntɪŋ ðɪ ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹɪŋ ænd saɪəntˈɪfɪk səsˈaɪəɾiz kənsˈɜːnd wɪð ˌɔːɾəmˈæɾɪk kəntɹˈoʊl ɪn ɪts ˈoʊn kˈʌntɹi.
The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), founded in September 1957 in France, is a multinational federation of 49 national member organizations (NMO), each one representing the engineering and scientific societies concerned with automatic control in its own country.