Contact
email: a<area_number_without_leading_0>.papers2026@forum-acusticum.org
e.g. for Area A01: a1.papers2026@forum-acusticum.org
A01 Active Control of Sound and Vibration
Chairs: Jordan Cheer and Felix Langfeldt
A02 Bio-acoustics
Chairs: Robin Sandfort and Angela Stöger
A03 Building Acoustics
Chairs: Teresa Carrascal, Heinz Ferk, and Chiara Scorsati
A04 Education, Public Outreach, and History in Acoustics
Chairs: Lukas Aspöck and Iván Herrero-Durá
A05 Environmental Acoustics
Chairs: Christian Adams and Martin Czuka
A06 Electro-Acoustics
Chairs: Thomas Gmeiner, Manuel Melon, and Antonin Novak
A07 Flow Acoustics
Chairs: Stefan Becker, Roberto Camussi, and Daniele Ragni
A08 Industrial, Machinery, Equipment Noise and Vibration
Chairs:
A09 Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Acoustics
Chairs: Mirco Pezzoli and Alois Sontacchi
A10 Materials and Metamaterials
Chairs: Jean-Philippe Groby, Manfred Kaltenbacher, and Steffen Marburg
A11 Musical Acoustics
Chairs: Vasileios Chatziioannou and Montserrat Pàmies-Vilà
A12 Numerical, Computational, and Theoretical Acoustics
Chairs: Marcus Maeder and Stefan Schoder
A13 Physical Acoustics and Ultrasound
Chairs: Lynda Chehami, Nico F. Declercq, and Robert Nuster
A14 Physiological Acoustics and Audiology
Chairs: Bernhard Laback and Sarah Verhulst
A15 Psychoacoustics
Chairs: Piotr Majdak and Kai Siedenburg
A16 Room Acoustics
Chairs: Jamilla Balint, Francesco Martellotta, and Mélanie Nolan
A16.01 Design, fabrication, characterization and perception of Innovative Acoustic Surfaces
Chairs: Louena Shtrepi (Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy), Zackery Belanger (Umbel, Detroit, USA)
A more human-centric design of the built environment requires a better integrated design process that embraces not only aesthetics but also functionality promoting health and well-being. The session gathers contributions that investigate the integration of innovative acoustic surfaces into architecture considering indoor and outdoor implementations. How are unique surfaces designed, fabricated, installed, and validated, especially those which meet the aesthetic goals of the architect? What are effective workflow processes and how are aspects of acoustic behaviour incorporated? Of particular interest are surfaces that were not developed to be off-the-shelf acoustic products and the challenges that need to be faced in their performance characterization. The session welcomes studies on the application of multidisciplinary know-how in shaping new design approaches with acoustic perception in mind and highlighting emerging trends in acoustic product development.
A17 Signal Processing
Chairs: Filippo Fazi, Efren Fernandez-Grande, and Boaz Rafaely
A18 Soundscape, Environmental Quality, Health, and Well-being
Chairs: André Fiebig and Jian Kang
A19 Product Sound Quality and Sound-Driven Design
Chairs: Stefano Delle Monache, Nicolas Misdariis, and Elif Özcan Vieira
Our goal is to establish and spread a design culture on sound and listening. Sound-driven design represents a shift from ‘designing sound’, as an object to be designed, towards ‘designing for listening activity’. We consider listening as a design element that can offer granularity to the design process and that highlights human-centered qualities of the sound-driven design space, as well as the role of the senses in the experience of the sound quality of products and systems. We feel the urgency to fill the gap with the real-world practice, which is consolidating and already tackling the wicked problems of creating or improving our listening experience of products, media, cinema, video games, appliances and environments at large.
A19.01 Applied sound-driven design
Chairs: Nicolas Misdariis and Sara Lenzi
Relevant studies focus on applied sound-driven design, including sound- and evidence-based case studies and interventions with specific impact, e.g., from product sounds and auditory displays to acoustic environments and soundscapes, in healthcare, mobility, sustainability, and the lived environment in general. The aim is to qualify and quantify the designed and existing sounds and sound environments.
A19.02 Listening experience in sound-driven design
Chairs: Georgios Marentakis and Sandra Pauletto
Relevant studies focus on sound-driven design for listener-centric experiences.These may include design studies investigating how sound and action intertwine to shape dynamic relationships between humans and objects, studies investigating the design of perceptual, cognitive, emotional, or aesthetic aspects of the auditory experience, or studies on the fundamentals of sound-driven design and audition. Thus, investigating sound-evoked experiences through qualitative and quantitative methods and exploring actions and interactions induced by sounds and sound environments are the aims of this sub-track.
A19.03 Methodologies for sound-driven design and education
Chairs: Stefano Delle Monache and Nicolas Misdariis
Relevant studies focus on research methodologies for sound-driven design and education, tackling 1) the analysis and the brief of sound issues in design projects at the technical, functional, aesthetic and/or societal level, 2) tools and methods for the creation and production of sound solutions, 3) the evaluation of design concepts, prototypes, and implemented products / services / systems, and 4) the role of sound-based representations in design communication and creativity. The aim of this sub-track is to advance the understanding of the design processes incorporating sound, and to offer new methods for practice and educational purposes.
A19.04 Sound Quality
Chairs: Elif Ozcan and Simone Spagnol
Relevant studies focus on the technical and perceptual dimensions of sound quality as they relate to the design and evaluation of products and services, ranging from vehicles and appliances to media and digital platforms. We invite contributions addressing measurement methods, modeling approaches, and evaluation techniques that link physical, psychoacoustic, and computational parameters with perceptual and experiential outcomes. The aim is to advance the integration of rigorous sound quality assessment into design and innovation processes, supporting the creation of products and systems that are not only functional but also acoustically meaningful and engaging.