Benefits of Membership

• The Journal of the Audio Engineering Society: A ten issue per year subscription to the Journal is sent to all membership grades and is included in the annual dues.

• Discounted Admission: Registration fees for AES conventions and conferences, as well as pre-prints of papers read at these technical meetings are available to members at reduced rates. Member registration discounts at one convention can almost pay for one year's membership dues.

• Discounts on Special Publications: All society publications are available at discounted rates to the membership. This includes the Cumulative Index of AES Journal articles, the Anthology series of selected Journal papers, and the extensive catalog of technical standards on critical technologies in the audio industry.

  Many of these special publication can be purchased online using the AES Secure Transaction Server. Other AES Publications will be available for online purchase soon.

• Advance Meeting Notice: Schedules of AES conventions and conferences are mailed to the entire membership. Meeting notices and newsletters for local section activities are sent by each section to members in their area.

• Local Section Activities: Section meeting participation keeps members up-to-date with new developments and provides a valuable avenue for exchange of ideas and experiences with other professionals. This networking can serve to further career advancement. Moreover, such participation offers the dedicated participant the possibility of future involvement as an officer of the society.

• Awards Program: The society has an active awards program to recognize contributions of its members to the field of audio engineering and to the society itself.

  A list of past award recipients can be found here.

• Insurance Programs: The AES is a member of Seabury & Smith, Inc. United States-based AES members can avail themselves of Life, Disability Income, Excess Major Medical and Medicare Supplemental Insurance programs at very attractive rates. The programs are available to all AES membership grades on an optional basis.

• Job Board: All AES Members can access a job board that lists jobs from AES Sustaining Members.