April 03, 2008
AES Summit #2
The audio department of the School of Communications is sort of low on my list of priorities. I am sorry! This is late notice, but it deserves notice nonetheless.
The Audio Engineering Society at Webster is throwing their second annual Student Summit. There will be panels, displays, exhibitors with audio equipment (complete with fancy buttons and knobs, I hope) and a few guest speakers, featuring two Bobs of the Katz and Heil type.
The events are held all around campus, but thankfully the majority of them are in the University Center and Sverdrup (a very long building), which are very close to each other, separated only by a short sidewalk or a very soggy field we call the Quad.
The WU AES website has everything.
Here's what I got in my inbox today:
The Second Annual Central Region AES Student Summit is coming up soon, from Friday April 4th - Sunday, April 6th at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. We are expecting Bob Katz, Bob Heil, John Storyk and more as guest speakers. There will be panels and tutorials on loads of events -
Go to the schedule to see all the proposed tutorials, panels and demos, along with our guest speakers and presenters!
We will be holding a Recording Competition with great prizes. We are modeling it on the AES conventions, on a small scale.
Students have been approaching audio businesses and organizations of all types as exhibitors and sponsors, and many have already confirmed, including:
Shure, Ozark Pro Audio, AVA Audio, Solid State Logic, Sweetwater, Meyer Sound, Silent pc review, Roland, Genelec, Gotham Audio, Neutrik, Bag End, Grammy U, AEA, Audio-Technica, Martin Audio, AES, Stanco, Ironman Sound, Webster University
Did we mention that award-winning band Illphonics will be playing on Saturday night? http://www.myspace.com/illphonics
And did we mention that event, along with the Friday night Welcome Mixer is included in your $20 early registration fee? Did we mention that we’ll even throw in lunch on Saturday?
This will be a great opportunity for students from the Central Region, some of whom cannot attend the conventions in New York or California, to mingle with their peers from other educational institutions as well as professionals. It will give you the same opportunity to put your hands on gear and network with the pros, just like on the exhibition floor at the Javits or the Moscone Center.
We hope you will attend. We also hope you will spread the word to everyone you know in the audio community: students, educators, pros, AES members and non-members alike.