Urban Sound Symposium
April 07-09, 2027
Preliminary programme — USS 2027
7–9 April 2027 · Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
This programme is tentative. Session order, presentation titles and themes may change. Individual presentation times and the precise times of poster sessions and the social event will be announced later.
Wednesday 7 April · Thursday 8 April · Friday 9 April
Wednesday 7 April 2027
09:00 · Workshop
Georg Neumann Saal. See the Workshop page for the title, contributors and details. Workshop details.
13:45 · Noise as an environmental impact
| Speaker | Presentation title / topic (tentative) | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Eulalia Peris | Environmental noise in Europe: What European noise data tells us, policy gaps and future directions | European Environment Agency |
| Bert Peeters | Towards Better Noise Action Plans through EU Guidance on Noise Abatement Measures | M+P |
| Stefanie Rüttener | Caught Between Urban Densification, Traffic Noise, and Health Protection—Revision of the Environmental Protection Act in Switzerland | City of Zurich |
| Charlotte Clark | Making Noise in Policy: Adventures in Turning Health Evidence into Action | City St George’s, University of London |
| Claudia Kawai | Noise annoyance due to drone noise | Empa |
Thursday 8 April 2027
09:00 · Urban Sound Technologies
| Speaker | Presentation title / topic (tentative) | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre Aumond | The NoiseModelling Journey: From Strategic Noise Mapping to advanced Urban Sound Modelling | Université Gustave Eiffel |
| Jakob Abeßer | From Music Recordings to Urban Soundscapes — A Cross-Domain Perspective on Spectral and Temporal Complexity | University of Bamberg |
| Maarten Hornikx | Towards Auditory Realism in VR/AR Tools for Urban Environments: Technical Challenges and a Call for Meta-approaches | Eindhoven University of Technology |
Poster session 1
Following the Urban Sound Technologies block. Exact time to be announced.
Applications and soundscape interventions
| Speaker | Presentation title / topic (tentative) | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy Van Renterghem | When environmental noise gets a prominent place in urban (re)development: the Antwerp Ring case | Ghent University |
| Simon Jennings | Noise and Soundscape in Limerick: Merging Community Engagement with Acoustics | Limerick City & County Council |
| Usue Ruiz Arana | Multispecies Cities: tuning and composing just landscapes through sound and listening | Newcastle University |
| Marc Wohlrabe | Club Noise in German Cities – Challenges, Case-Studies and Solutions | LiveKomm |
Social event for all participants
After the programme sessions. Time and details to be announced.
Friday 9 April 2027
Noise policy and urban sound planning
Starts at 09:00
| Speaker | Presentation title / topic (tentative) | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Marcelo Sando | Toward Noise Depollution: A Brazilian Case | Despoluição Sonora |
| Niklas Meier and André Fiebig | Citysoundscapes. Socio-ecological relationships between biodiversity, acoustic quality and well-being | TU Berlin |
Poster session 2
Following the first morning talks. Exact time to be announced.
| Speaker | Presentation title / topic (tentative) | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Kusitzky and others | Urban Soundscapes in Practice | Müller-BBM Industry Solutions GmbH |
| Gascia Ouzounian | The Trembling City | University of Oxford |
For poster and demonstration submissions, please see Abstract Submission.
