The theme this year is Playing with Fire: sound for art, entertainment and emergency purposes, which will concentrate on all aspects of electroacoustics for live events, including music, theatres and sports in auditoria, festivals and stadia.
Suggested topics for papers include: Live Sound - Intelligibility; Venue Safety and Crowd Management; Measurement & Evaluation; Audio System Design; Loudspeakers and Microphones; Case Studies; Acoustics of Venues; Environmental Noise Control of Events.
Offers of papers on any electroacoustics topic will also be considered for the programme.
Please send your abstract (150 words) for papers plus a short biography of up to 150 words to linda.canty@ioa.org.uk by Friday 22 May 2015. Final written papers for the Proceedings must be submitted by Friday 25 September 2015.
(Jim Evans)
