Discussion groups, societies and useful sites

	Description	site
	Google groups Discussion group on automation and control.	http://groups.google.com/groups? hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF- 8&group=sci.engr.control
	Control.com International community of automation and control professionnals.	http://www.control.com
	Automationtechies.com On-line resources for automation and control professionals.	http://www.automationtechies.com
	International Electrotechnical Comission Standards, such as the IEC-61131-3 (Programming languages), IEC-61499 (distributed function blocks) and more.	http://www.iec.ch
	Institue of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards, conferences and publications.	http://www.ieee.org
	Instrument Society of America 38,000-member global, nonprofit, educational organization connecting people and ideas in automation + control. Conferences, expos, publications and more.	http://www.isa.org