Opening Remarks:

Executive Director, Bob Moses
President, Alex Case
Convention Chairs, Agnieszka Roginska, Paul Gallo

Program:

AES Awards Presentation by Andres Mayo, Awards Chair
Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Convention Chair
Keynote Address

Awards Presentation

Please join us as the AES presents Special Awards to those who have made outstanding contributions to the Society in such areas of research, scholarship, and publications, as well as other accomplishments that have contributed to the enhancement of our industry.

CITATION

Clair Krepps

BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARD

Linda Gedemer
Michael MacDonald
Andres Mayo
Tim Ryan
Valerie Tyler

FELLOWSHIP AWARD

Daniel Mapes-Riordan
Mandy Parnell

SILVER MEDAL AWARD

Mark Davis
Ville Pulkki

GOLD MEDAL AWARD

Malcolm O. Hawksford

Keynote Speaker

This year’s Keynote Speaker is Prof. Edgar Choueiri of Princeton University. The title of his address is, "Fooled by Audio." How far are we from having reproduced or synthesized sound that is truly indistinguishable from reality? Is this laudable goal still the receding mirage it has been since the birth of audio, or are we on the cusp of a technical revolution - the VR/AR audio revolution? I will report on recent advances in virtual and augmented reality audio research from around the world, and focus on critical areas in spatial audio, synthesized acoustics, and sound field navigation in which recent breakthroughs are bringing us quicker and closer to being truly fooled by audio.