Live Sound: Technologies to Satisfy New Audience Expectations

28-29 April 2003

Church House, Westminster, London

Monday 28th April 2003

10:00 Session 1: What is Live Sound?
Chairman: Paul Troughton
Opening addressKees Immink
AES President
Special event soundDerrick Zieba
Derrick Zieba Sound Design
Corporate eventsGareth Jones
Villa Audio
11:20 COFFEE
11:50 Session 2: What is Live Sound? - continued
Chairman: Steve Harris
Practical goalsEric Pressley
Royal Opera House
Theatre sound designNick Lidster
Autograph Sound
13:00 LUNCH
14:30 Session 3: Theatre Sound
Chairman: Jon Crawley
Theatre installationDuncan Bell
Autograph Sound
Show control for theatreJohn Leonard
Aura Sound
Radio microphonesPhil Spurling
HW International
16:00 TEA
16:30 Session 4: Listening and Hearing
Chairman: Mark Yonge
How the ear works and why loud sounds cause hearing lossAlan Palmer
MRC Institute of Hearing Research
Intelligibility - winning the acoustics battlePeter Mapp
Peter Mapp Associates
17:30 Close of day
LONDON EYE & RIVER CRUISE EXPERIENCE (optional)

Tuesday 29th April 2003

09:30 Session 5: Loudspeaker technologies
Chairman: Jon Crawley
Horn loudspeakers for live soundKeith Holland
Institute for Sound & Vibration Research
Advances in line array technology for live soundBill Webb
Martin Audio
Redefining the criteria for sound reinforcement loudspeakersJohn Watkinson
Celtic Audio
11:20 COFFEE
11:50 Session 6: Driving Speakers
Chairman: Mark Yonge
Experiences with line arraysMark Bailey
JBL Professional
Class D amplifiersSteven Harris
D2Audio
13:00 LUNCH
14:30 Session 7: In with the new
Chairman: Steven Harris
EMC systems engineeringTony Waldron
Cadac Electronics
Live digital streaming on a tiny budgetNev Ward
Zenworks
15:30 TEA
16:00 Session 8: In with the new - continued
Chairman: Paul Troughton
Large networked audio systemsRoland Hemming
Live Business International
Where are we going?Panel discussion
17:00 Close of conference

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The organisers reserve the right to alter the programme without notice