The Audio Engineering Society (AES) has announced that the 2023 International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio, held from in late August at the University of Huddersfield, UK, had a registered attendance of 220 delegates in aiming to bridge the gap between researchers, developers, content creators, and sound engineers.
The conference, chaired by Hyunkook Lee and Franz Zotter, provided a platform for attendees to explore and discuss each other’s work, laying the groundwork for future collaborations. The program offered 65 paper sessions, seven workshops, and 21 tutorial/demo sessions along with eight special concert sessions. Keynote speeches were presented by Stefania Serafin, Natasha Barrett, and Andrew Scheps, who offered insights into research, composition, and mixing/production.
Social events such as the welcome reception and banquet provided opportunities for attendees to connect. The conference culminated with a panel discussion on day 3 titled, “How Can We Make Spatial Audio Truly Immersive?” It generated converrsations among researchers and content creators, exploring the concept of immersion, challenges within the current spatial audio landscape, and future research and content production directions.
Co-chair Hyunkook Lee states, “The conference was a huge success in terms of program quality, organization, networking opportunities, and the diverse range of experiences it offered to our attendees.”
Two conferences have been added to the schedule 2024 schedule, including the 6th Audio for Games Conference in Tokyo (April) and the 4th International Conference on Audio and Music-Induced Hearing Disorders in Copenhagen (May).
