Celebrating 45 Years of the Brazilian Society of Automatics

The Brazilian Society of Automatics, Sociedade Brasileira de Automatica (SBA) in Portuguese, celebrated its 45th anniversary during the XXIII Congresso Brasileiro de Automatica (CBA) in a virtual platform due to the global pandemic of coronavirus COVID-19. In this paper, the authors have summarized its activities since 2002. The previous activities before 2002 were presented in Revista Controle & Automacao da SBA. This magazine became Journal of Control, Automation and Electrical Systems after 2012 published by Springer.