The 2010 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics will be held from August 16 to 20, 2010, with conference from August 16 to 18 in Hong Kong and post-conference workshops from August 19 to 20 in Macau, China. The theme of the IEEE ICAL conference is "The Smart Fusion of Automation and Logisitics", reflecting the fast frowing interests in research, development and applications in the dynamic and exciting areas of advanced intelligent automation and logistics.