Audio Engineering Society
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Established in 1948, the '''Audio Engineering Society''' (AES) draws its membership from amongst engineers, scientists, manufacturers and other organizations and individuals with an interest or involvement in the [[professional audio]] industry. They are mainly engineers developing devices or products for audio, and also people working in audio content production.
The Audio Engineering Society is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Its membership of leading engineers, scientists and other authorities has increased dramatically throughout the world, greatly boosting the society's stature and that of its members in a truly symbiotic relationship.
The organisation develops, reviews and publishes engineering standards for the audio and related media industries, and produces the '''AES Conventions''', which are held twice a year alternating between Europe and the [[United States of America|USA]]. The AES and individual regional or national "Sections" also hold AES Conferences on different topics during the year.
The AES publishes a peer-reviewed journal, the ''Journal of the Audio Engineering Society'' (JAES).
The idea of a society dedicated solely to audio engineering had been discussed for some time before the first meeting, but was first proposed in print in a letter by Frank E. Sherry, of Victoria, Texas, in the December 1947 issue of the magazine ''Audio Engineering''. A New York engineer, C.J. LeBel, then published a letter in response the following month asking for interested persons to contact him.
What came to be the AES was formed at an organizational meeting at RCA Victor Studios in New York City on February 17, 1948. Its first membership meeting followed on March 11, drawing primarily from the area's broadcast and recording operations. The guest speaker at the first meeting was [[Harry F. Olson]], a prominent engineer and scientist at [[RCA]] and author of ''[[Acoustical Engineering]]''.
==Officers and Key Staff==
President: Bob Moses<br />
President-Elect: Jim Anderson<br />
Past President: Wiesŀaw Woszczyk<br />
Treasurer: Louis Fielder<br />
Secretary: Han Tendeloo<br />
Vice President Eastern Region US & Canada: Peter Cook<br />
Vice President Central Region US & Canada: Jim Kaiser<br />
Vice President Western Region US & Canada: Bob Lee<br />
Vice President Latin America Region: Andres Mayo<br />
Vice President Northern Region Europe: Peter Swarte<br />
Vice President Central Region Europe: Ewald Kerschbaum<br />
Vice President Southern Region Europe: Antonio Oliveira<br />
Vice President International Region: David Murphy<br />
Governors: Kimio Hamasaki, Dottie Kreps, Christopher Struck, Karlheinz Brandenburg, Bozena Kostek, Ron Streicher<br />
Executive Director: Roger K. Furness<br />
Controller: Christine Carleo<br />
Editor, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society: John Vanderkooy<br />
Chair, 124th AES Convention: Peter Swarte<br />
Co-chairs, 125th AES Convention: John Strawn and Valerie Tyler<br />
==British Section==
The AES British section, which is the largest outside the US, issues a monthly newsletter and holds regular lectures, usually in London, with occasional visits to studios and other places of interest [http://www.aes.org/sections/uk/index.html]. Lectures, which are often on topics of topical interest to audio enthusiasts are usually recorded, with past lectures available to all as free MP3 downloads, sometimes with accompanying slides in PDF format [http://www.aes.org/sections/uk/meetings/past.html].
==Upcoming events==
* May 17-20, 2008 - 124th AES Convention - RAI Conference and Exhibition Center, [[Amsterdam]], The Netherlands
* October 2-5, 2008 - 125th AES Convention - [[Moscone Convention Center]], [[San Francisco]], US
==External links==
*[http://www.aes.org Official Site]
*[http://www.aes.org/events/#conv AES Conventions]
*[http://www.bostonaes.org/ Boston Section]
*[http://www.aesla.org Los Angeles Section]
*[http://www.aes.org/sections/ny/ New York Section]
*[http://www.mtsuaes.org/ Middle Tennessee State Univ. Section]
*[http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/aes/ Penn State Univ. Section]
*[http://www.aes.org/sections/uk/index.html British Section]
*[http://www.aes.org/sections/uk/meetings/past.html British Section past meetings (with free MP3 downloads)]
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