AES Europe 2026

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Visit DPA Microphones’ production facility in Asnaes (1 hour from Copenhagen). Experience the factory where the renowned microphones are manufactured by very dedicated individuals.

Date:
May 27, 2026 (day before the official opening)

Meeting place:
Lyngby Station    
Jernbanepladsen                        
DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

We will meet at the bus terminal on the NE side of the rails, just outside the NETTO store. (There will be a person with a DPA Microphones sign.)

Program:
9.00 AM        
Departure from Lyngby Station                        
Bus transportation from Lyngby to Asnaes                        
Factory tour, groups guided by the head of the factory or head of capsule production                                  
Technical presentation by the head of acoustics, R&D                        
Lunch                        
Bus transportation back to Lyngby

2.00 PM            
Arrival at Lyngby Station

Fee                  
It’s free
The maximum number of participants is 30.
Registration opens April 16 to current AES Member registrants only.

Registration instructions:
You must be registered as an AES Member for AES Europe 2026 to be eligible.
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Pre-Convention Tech Tour: Sonic College, KoldingWednesday, May 27, 11:00–15:00Ahead of the 160th AES Convention in Copenhagen, participants are invited to visit Sonic College in Kolding for a focused pre-convention experience combining technical insight, critical listening, and informal exchange. Sonic College is one of Europe’s leading educational environments for sound design, working at the intersection of audio technology, artistic practice, and industry collaboration.The visit is organised in collaboration with Meyer Sound and offers a curated programme including:

• Guided tours of Sonic College’s facilities
• Listening sessions in multiple environments, including:
  • A Dolby Atmos cinema mixing stage
  • The Sonic College atrium featuring more than 180 loudspeakers
  • Professional studios for music, film, and interactive audio
• Demonstrations by students, providing insight into contemporary workflows in sound design and production
• A technical presentation and listening session delivered by Meyer Sound
• Lunch and networking

 Kolding is conveniently located on the main train route between Germany and Copenhagen, making it an accessible stop for international attendees traveling to the convention. Participation is limited to 80 attendees.
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Come and meet fellow student peers and AES leadership from
around the world. Attendees will gain an overview of
student-focused events at the Convention, other upcoming
student events and competitions organized by AES, and learn
about the finalists in the Student Recording Competition.

Participants will have the opportunity to introduce
themselves and their local student sections. The short
session encourages international connection and
collaboration among students, fostering a global network of
future audio professionals.

Join us to hear the finalists selected for this category of
the Student Recording Competition. We will hear their
presentations and recordings, and comments and feedback
from the judges. Award and prize placements will be
announced on the last day of the convention.

Join us to hear the finalists selected for this category of
the Student Recording Competition. We will hear their
presentations and recordings, and comments and feedback
from the judges. Award and prize placements will be
announced on the last day of the convention.

Join us to hear the finalists selected for this category of
the Student Recording Competition. We will hear their
presentations and recordings, and comments and feedback
from the judges. Award and prize placements will be
announced on the last day of the convention.

The Saul Walker Student Design Competition is a long-running event of the Audio Engineering Society that highlights practical and creative work in audio design. It brings together experienced judges and a wide range of strong student submissions each year.

During this session, students from around the world will present their projects and bring their hardware designs for hands-on inspection by the judges. The format encourages open discussion, giving attendees a chance to hear how ideas are evaluated and improved in a professional setting.

Sponsored by API, the competition includes cash prizes for the winners. More importantly, it offers students valuable feedback and the opportunity to connect with people working in the industry. The session is open to everyone—students and non-students alike—who are interested in seeing what participants have created and learning more about current work in audio design.

The only education and career fair focused entirely on
degree and certificate programs in audio around the world.
Come meet professors, students, and college admissions
representatives, and discover how to advance your career as
an audio professional!

For institutions wishing to participate in the 2026 AES
European Convention Education and Career Fair, please sign
up here:

‘Nexus Sonance’ is a unique sonic space that is dependent
on time, place, and the people interacting with the
installation. At its core, the concept is a sonic portal
where the Cosmos, Earth, and Humans are unified through
sound in a single location. For this iteration of this
project, we decided to focus on real-time satellite data
sonification and put it as the core concept as our network
makes it possible to collaborate with ESA (European Space
Agency) therefore by sonifying real-time satellite data, we
create an evolving spatial environment where cosmic events
are felt and heard in the present moment.

This installation applies innovative machine-learning based
synthesis techniques with immersive spatial audio to embody
the experience of these unstoppable physical forces,
harnessing real-time satellite and geomagnetic data
provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), by simulating
neural network model corruption via cosmic radiation
following real-time patterns transmitted by the L1
satellite cluster.

While the cosmos is traditionally conceptualized through
heavily processed and "colorized" visual imagery, this
installation shifts the lens to a sonic perspective. Here,
the positioning and synthesis of sound are governed by
live-data streams from orbital satellites and global
geomagnetic stations, creating an immersive environment
where the listener experiences a unique, time-bound sonic
representation of our solar system. As our lives are
increasingly dependent on machine learning and neural
networks whose fundamentals are based on binary forms of
data, introducing the concept of cosmic radiation and data
corruption (based on a Single Event Upset phenomenon)
throughout the duration of the work references the idea of
Entropy as ever changing and expanding state.

Using an ESA-provided data from satellites that measure
specific states of solar weather, namely the Interplanetary
Magnetic Field (IMF) measurements including such variables
as Bt (the total induction of the IMF) which are assigned
to parameters such as intensity, saturation and amount of
the created sonic particles. Other variables include Bx,
By, Bz that compose a 3D magnetic force field measurements
are translatable to positioning, velocity of travel, and
direction of travel. In case ESA could not provide such
data, a backup plan is to use publicly available data from
https://norlys.live/rtsw. Furthermore, with data from L1
ESA-operated satellites, the readings regarding cosmic
radiation flux in space could be used to train a model
predicting the Single Event Upsets (SEU) and simulate
events that impacts the way that RAVE (Ircam) outputs
audio. This creates a metaphorical and literal decay of the
machine-learning output, mirroring the impact of radiation
on digital infrastructure

The earth and human layers that sit as a canvas background,
are a pre-sculpted soundscapes in combination with RAVEs
generative output that is trained on a private collection
of earth recordings (using geophones) and spatial audio
recordings of Georgian Polyphonic Choir “Adilei” which
symbolises the earth and human element within the
spatial-sonic setting. Furthermore, using publicly
available data on geomagnetic changes across the globe
through an intermagnet.org website with a MagPy package, we
are able to influence the textural output of the RAVE where
the changes are related to the positioning of the actual
reading stations. This way achieving a multi-layered sonic
representation of earth’s constantly changing geomagnetic
field, which in combination with real-time space weather
sonification in spatial audio creates a complex and
innovative spatial soundscape that is driven predominantly
by real-time data, meaning, that every time the work is
presented, the outcome is unique, depending on the
circumstances under which it is played.

AES Student Social/Party:
Students are invited to the AES Student Social/Party on Friday evening!
It’s a FREE scenic boat cruise to Reffen, a bar, street-food, entertainment complex – where you can make new friends, get drinks and food, and check out the music the DJ spins. Some limited refreshments will be provided, and there are multiple different bars and street food options there, for you purchase more! For more information visit: www.reffen.dk (Street food is open until 21:30, bars until 01:00.)


This event is made possible through the generous sponsorship of Genelec and Interfacio.


YOUR AES Convention Student badge is your boat ticket – don’t forget to bring it!
Meet Friday, 19:30, at:Christians Brygge 12, 1221 CopenhagenBoat departs at 20:00.


When it’s time to return to the city, walk 10-12 minutes to bus 2A, and it’s about a 20 minute ride to the city center. Make sure you have the Rejsebillet app on your phone to buy a single or day bus ticket, or exact cash fare for the bus driver. Bank cards are not accepted on the bus.

Winners and prizes in the Student Recording Competition and
Saul Walker Student Design Competition will be announced
during this session, and photographs of winners taken after
the session.