AES Dublin 2019
Student / Career Event Details
Wednesday, March 20, 15:45 — 16:45 (Liffey A)
SC01 - Student Delegate Assembly—1
The first Student Delegate Assembly (SDA) meeting is the official opening of the Convention’s student program and a great opportunity to meet with fellow students from all corners of the world. This opening meeting of the Student Delegate Assembly will introduce new events and election proceedings, announce candidates for the coming year’s election for the Europe International Regions Vice Chair, announce the finalists in the Student Recording Competition categories and the Student Design Competition, and announce all upcoming student/education related events of the convention. Students and student sections will be given the opportunity to introduce themselves and their activities, in order to stimulate international contacts. The SDA leaders will then lead a dialog to discuss important issues significant to all audio students.
All students and educators are invited to participate in this meeting. Election results and Recording Competition and Design Competition Awards will be given at the Student Delegate Assembly Meeting—Part 2 on March 23, 12.00-13.30.
Wednesday, March 20, 19:00 — 23:00 (Off-Site 1)
SC02 - AES Student Party
The AES Student Party is open to any 146th Convention participant with an ALL ACCESS STUDENT BADGE. A great opportunity to meet fellow students from around the world. Check the SDA website/blog for details. It will be hosted at a venue to be announced at the Opening and Student Delegate Assembly Meeting—Part 1.
Thursday, March 21, 10:30 — 13:00 (Meeting Room 5 (Level 1))
SC03 - Student Hands-On Workshops and Master Classes on Immersive Audio
Chair:Rebecca Stewart, Imperial College - London, UK; Queen Mary University London - London, UK
Build a Wearable Binaural System with Bela
Bela is an ultra-low latency embedded computer designed for audio applications. This session will introduce how to build sensor circuits and program the Bela board with Pure Data. It will also introduce how to render an interactive binaural audio scene and incorporate head-tracking.
Students should bring along laptops with Pd-Vanilla installed along with headphones. All other kits will be provided for use during the session.
Thursday, March 21, 10:30 — 11:30 (Meeting Room 1)
SC04 - Student Recording Critiques
Moderator:Ian Corbett, Kansas City Kansas Community College - Kansas City, KS, USA; off-beat-open-hats recording & sound reinforcement
Students! Come and get tips, tricks, and advice to push your skills to the next level! The Student Recording Critiques are non-competitive listening sessions in which students get to listen to their recordings and productions on a world-class playback system and then receive feedback from a panel of renowned industry professionals. Students at any stage of their studies can sign up to participate. Sign up at the student (SDA) booth immediately on arrival at the convention and deliver stereo mixes as 44.1 Khz/24 bit AIFF or WAVE files, to the SDA booth when you sign up. (Surround playback may be available, please check upon arrival at the event - but bring both surround and stereo options to be safe.) If you sign up, please make sure you arrive on time at the start of the session, otherwise alternates will be placed on the schedule in your place. Finalists in the Recording Competition are excluded from submitting to these events so that as many students as possible can benefit from this type of feedback. (Recording competition finalists get this feedback as part of the competition process.)
Thursday, March 21, 11:00 — 12:30 (Liffey Hall 1)
SC05 - Creating Audio Plugins with MATLAB
This tutorial covers the technical foundations needed to enter the competition scheduled to take place at the 147th Convention in New York. After attending, you will be able to build a simple VST plugin using MATLAB. You will learn about structuring code for real-time efficiency, defining clear interfaces to tune parameters via interactive controls, testing generated plugins against original designs, and much more.
The session will make use of practical coding examples – prior programming experience will be beneficial but is not required.
Thursday, March 21, 13:00 — 15:00 (The Liffey B)
SC06 - Saul Walker Student Design Competition
All accepted entries to the AES Student Design Competition are given the opportunity to show off their designs at this poster/tabletop exhibition. The session is free and open to all convention attendees and is an opportunity for aspiring student hardware and software engineers to have their projects seen by the AES design community. It is an invaluable career-building event and a great place for companies to identify their next employees. Students from both audio and non-audio backgrounds are encouraged to participate. Few restrictions are placed on the nature of the projects, which may include loudspeaker designs, DSP plug-ins, analog hardware, signal analysis tools, mobile applications, and sound synthesis devices. Attendees will observe new, original ideas implemented in working-model prototypes.
Thursday, March 21, 16:00 — 18:00 (Liffey Hall 2)
SC07 - Student Recording Competition—Part 1
The Student Recording Competition is a highlight at each convention. A distinguished panel of judges participates in critiquing finalists of each category in an interactive presentation and discussion. The top three finalists in each category, as identified by our judges, present a short summary of their production intentions and the key recording and mix techniques used to realize their goals. They then play their projects for all who attend. Meritorious awards are determined here and will be presented at the closing Student Delegate Assembly Meeting (SDA-2) on Saturday. The competition is a great chance to hear the work of your fellow students at other educational institutions. Everyone learns from the judges’ comments, even those who don’t make it to the finals, and it’s a great chance to meet other students and faculty.
Friday, March 22, 12:00 — 13:00 (Meeting Room 1)
SC08 - Student Recording Critiques
Moderator:Ian Corbett, Kansas City Kansas Community College - Kansas City, KS, USA; off-beat-open-hats recording & sound reinforcement
Students! Come and get tips, tricks, and advice to push your skills to the next level! The Student Recording Critiques are non-competitive listening sessions in which students get to listen to their recordings and productions on a world-class playback system and then receive feedback from a panel of renowned industry professionals. Students at any stage of their studies can sign up to participate. Sign up at the student (SDA) booth immediately on arrival at the convention and deliver stereo mixes as 44.1 Khz/24 bit AIFF or WAVE files, to the SDA booth when you sign up. (Surround playback may be available, please check upon arrival at the event - but bring both surround and stereo options to be safe.) If you sign up, please make sure you arrive on time at the start of the session, otherwise alternates will be placed on the schedule in your place. Finalists in the Recording Competition are excluded from submitting to these events so that as many students as possible can benefit from this type of feedback. (Recording competition finalists get this feedback as part of the competition process.)
Friday, March 22, 12:30 — 14:30 (The Liffey B)
SC09 - Education and Career Fair
The combined AES 146th Education and Career Fair will match job seekers with companies and prospective students with schools.
Companies
Looking for the best and brightest minds in the audio world? No place will have more of them assembled than the 146th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society. Companies are invited to participate in our Education and Career Fair, free of charge. This is the perfect chance to identify your ideal new hires! All attendees of the convention, students and professionals alike, are welcome to come visit with representatives from participating companies to find out more about job and internship opportunities in the audio industry. Bring your resume!
Schools
One of the best reasons to attend AES conventions is the opportunity to make important connections with your fellow educators from around the globe. Academic Institutions offering studies in audio (from short courses to graduate degrees) will be represented in a “table top” session. Information on each school’s respective programs will be made available through displays and academic guidance. There is no charge for schools/institutions to participate. Admission is free and open to all convention attendees with an Exhibits Plus badges.
If your institution would like to participate in the Education & Career Fair, please complete the following form. Please consult the main 146th Convention website for the most up to date information on exact time and location of the Fair.
Friday, March 22, 13:45 — 16:45 (Liffey Hall 2)
SC10 - Student Recording Competition—Part 2
The Student Recording Competition is a highlight at each convention. A distinguished panel of judges participates in critiquing finalists of each category in an interactive presentation and discussion. The top three finalists in each category, as identified by our judges, present a short summary of their production intentions and the key recording and mix techniques used to realize their goals. They then play their projects for all who attend. Meritorious awards are determined here and will be presented at the closing Student Delegate Assembly Meeting (SDA-2) on Saturday. The competition is a great chance to hear the work of your fellow students at other educational institutions. Everyone learns from the judges’ comments, even those who don’t make it to the finals, and it’s a great chance to meet other students and faculty.
Saturday, March 23, 10:00 — 12:15 (Meeting Room 5 (Level 1))
SC11 - Student Hands-On Workshops and Master Classes on Immersive Audio
Chair:Rebecca Stewart, Imperial College - London, UK; Queen Mary University London - London, UK
Presenter:
Enda Bates, Trinity College Dublin - Dublin, Ireland
Composing and Producing Spatial Audio for 360 Video Using Freeware Production Tools presented by Enda Bates
This session consists of a hands on tutorial on composing and producing spatial audio for 360 video using freeware production tools, with a particular focus on Ambisonics, and spatial audio production using DAWs. The session will cover the theoretical basis of Ambisonics, and how this is put into practice using microphones and freely available, cross-platform production tools such as the DAW Reaper, the Facebook Spatial Workstation, and the ambiX plugin suite, when producing content for online platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.
Students should bring along a laptop and headphones, and download Reaper, the Facebook Spatial Workstation, and the AmbiX plugin suite in advance.
Saturday, March 23, 10:30 — 11:30 (Meeting Room 1)
SC12 - Student Recording Critiques
Moderator:Ian Corbett, Kansas City Kansas Community College - Kansas City, KS, USA; off-beat-open-hats recording & sound reinforcement
Students! Come and get tips, tricks, and advice to push your skills to the next level! The Student Recording Critiques are non-competitive listening sessions in which students get to listen to their recordings and productions on a world-class playback system and then receive feedback from a panel of renowned industry professionals. Students at any stage of their studies can sign up to participate. Sign up at the student (SDA) booth immediately on arrival at the convention and deliver stereo mixes as 44.1 Khz/24 bit AIFF or WAVE files, to the SDA booth when you sign up. (Surround playback may be available, please check upon arrival at the event - but bring both surround and stereo options to be safe.) If you sign up, please make sure you arrive on time at the start of the session, otherwise alternates will be placed on the schedule in your place. Finalists in the Recording Competition are excluded from submitting to these events so that as many students as possible can benefit from this type of feedback. (Recording competition finalists get this feedback as part of the competition process.)
Saturday, March 23, 12:00 — 13:30 (Liffey A)
SC13 - Student Delegate Assembly—2
At this meeting the SDA will elect a new vice chair. One vote will be cast by the designated representative from each recognized AES student section in the Europe and International Regions. Judges’ comments and awards will be presented for the Recording Competitions and Design Competitions. Plans for future student activities at local, regional, and international levels will be summarized.
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For further information on these events please check the AES Students website.