UK - Following the technical and social success of last year's meeting, the Electroacoustics Group of the Institute of Acoustics is organizing a special Reproduced Sound 21 conference, which will take place in Oxford from 4-5 November. This "coming of age" meeting promises to be a landmark in Reproduced Sound's history and will be an opportunity to look back, and forward - "Feeding back to the future!" - say the IoA.

Reproduced Sound conferences represent the cutting edge of modern audio and acoustics, presented in an informal and convivial environment that allows consultants, manufacturers, contractors and end-users to mingle and share insights and information. It's an opportunity for business networking in an atmosphere that proves you can have 'high brow' and 'informal' in one place at one time, say the IoA.

This year, as you would expect from such an important milestone, there are many key ingredients to whet the appetite. There will be a menu of impeccably served papers from the world's leading academics, consultants, suppliers and manufacturers in the field who will speak on the practical and theoretical aspects of a range of topics including: room acoustics - studios; surround sound - intelligibility; acoustic enhancement - loudspeakers; microphones - system optimisation; measurement - modelling; perceptual domain - AMPS/DSP.

For the evenings, an audio Antiques Roadshow and a University Challenge are planned as part of the entertainment side of the weekend. For further information, please contact Linda Canty at the Institute of Acoustics, tel: 01727 848195 or visit the website below.

(Lee Baldock)


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