The Audio Engineering Society is celebrating a highly-successful 2015, having
hosted two International Conventions, a host of Conferences, numerous regional
events and more, while setting its sights on continued growth in the coming year.
Serving as the central organization dedicated to the exchange and dissemination of
technical information for the audio engineering industry, the AES continues its
outreach in 2016 with emphasis on the involvement of its growing membership and
supporters.

In May of 2015, the AES hosted the pioneering and well-received 138th International
AES Convention, in Warsaw, Poland – the AES’s first convention in that country.
October saw the return of the AES Convention to New York City for the highly-
successful 139th International AES Convention, which once again saw rising
attendance and expanded technical program and exhibitor/sponsor events.
Additionally, four conferences were held in 2015: the 56th Conference on Audio for
Games in London; the 57th Conference titled “The Future of Audio Entertainment
Technology – Cinema, Television and the Internet,’ in Hollywood, CA; the 58th
Conference on Induced Hearing Disorders in Denmark; and the 59th Conference in
Montreal on Sound Reinforcement Technology. These international events, along
with numerous regional and sectional events, brought a wealth of networking and
opportunities for attendees and for those who followed along via the various social
media and informational outlets of the AES.

2016 is set to offer even more, including the upcoming 140th International AES
Convention, June 4 through 7 in Paris, France, at the Palais des Congres de Paris.
Furthermore, the AES returns to L.A. in September for the 141st International
Convention, building upon the strong momentum gained form the AES’s last Los
Angeles convention. Conferences slated for 2016 include: February’s 60th
Conference in Belgium – “DREAMS (Dereverberation and Reverberation of Audio,
Music, and Speech); 61st Conference in London, UK in February – Audio for Games;
the Sound Field Control Conference in Guildford, UK in July; and the Headphone
Technology Conference in Denmark in August.

AES Executive Director Bob Moses states, “As we step into this new year, the Audio
Engineering Society already has great things planned and in motion globally. The
feedback from events and other AES initiatives from this past year has been
overwhelmingly positive, as well as constructive, as we work to make our activities
ever more valuable. We are grateful for the involvement and participation from our
membership, and the industry as a whole – we are all in this together. In 2016, we
will continue our work to help the professional audio industry thrive and to increase
our value to members, further realizing our motto of “Listen, Learn and Connect.’’