LONDON – AES announced that its 130th European Convention will take place May 13-16 at the Novotel London West Convention Centre, with exhibits held May 14-16.
Convention chair Peter Mapp outlined the program of Papers Sessions, Workshops, Tutorials, Tech Tours and Education Events. "We anticipate an enthusiastic turnout for this Convention, and are pleased that ARPS and MPG will co-sponsor a number of special events," Mapp said.
The program will open with a keynote presentation by BBC radio documentary presenter and award-winning educator, Trevor Cox, titled Sounding Places, Past and Present: How Spaces Affect the Sounds We Make and Hear.
"To make the Convention more cohesive and easier to navigate, we have placed the Exhibits next to the Technical Program sessions," said AES executive director Roger Furness. The exhibits, smaller this year, still include AES stalwarts Neutrik, Fraunhofer, Schoeps, Nagra Kudelski, Microtech Gefell, Focusrite and RTW, plus newcomers including KMR Audio.
Technical Program
Papers chair Josh Reiss organized more than 140 papers in 13 lecture sessions and eight poster sessions. Topics include: Speech and Hearing, Loudspeakers, Multichannel and Spatial Sound Production & Broadcast, Live and Interactive Sound, Audio Equipment, Audio Content Management, Room Acoustics, Binaural Sound, Audio Signal Processing & Analysis, Source Enhancement, and Subjective Evaluation.
Workshops and Tutorials chair Natanya Ford coordinated a far-ranging program devoted to such topics as: Panning For Multichannel Loudspeaker Systems; Music And The Semantic Web; and Emerging Trends In Game Audio.
Tech Tours chair Richard Millard has developed a program highlighted by visits to BBC Broadcasting House, British Grove Studios, The British Library Sound Archive and The Royal Opera House.
Broadcasting Events chair Florian Camerer has produced a program that covers the Eurovision Song Contest and a Loudness In Broadcasting Panel and Tutorial.
Standards Committee chair Richard Chalmers and Standards Manager Mark Yonge will oversee work on AES Standards during a busy schedule of meetings during the convention. A schedule of these events is posted at www.aes.org/standards.
The AES Technical Council, led by chair Bob Schulein and vice chairs Jürgen Herre and Michael Kelly, has coordinated a full schedule of AES Technical Committee Meetings. Details are available at www.aes.org/technical.
For details on Student Activities, Student Recording Competitions, The Education & Careers Fairs, and Mentoring Sessions, visit http://www.aes.org/events/130/students.
Advance registration for the full program and exhibition is offered at a reduced fee. To register online, view an up-to-date calendar listing all 130th events, and for convention updates and other Society news, go to www.aes.org.
An event calendar is also posted at: http://www.aes.org/events/130/calendar/calendar.cfm.
"I would guess that most of our potential attendees did not receive invitations to The Royal Wedding," Roger Furness noted. "The money you've all saved on purchasing suitable gifts for the Royal Couple will easily cover your trip to the 130th AES Convention in London, where you will have the good fortune to rub elbows and share ideas with your peers, the A-list luminaries of the Pro Audio Industry."
The Novotel London West Convention Centre is located just off the A4 between Heathrow Airport and Central London, with easy access via the Piccadilly tube (Hammersmith). The Novotel is also the Official Convention Hotel.
The Audio Engineering Society, formed in 1948, has some 14,000 members throughout the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Japan and the Far East.
For more information, please visit www.aes.org.
