Urban Sound Symposium
April 07-09, 2027
Preliminary programme — USS 2027
7–9 April 2027 · Berlin, Germany
Speakers are confirmed. The order, presentation titles and themes are tentative. The list below does not indicate the speaking order. The detailed timetable will be announced later.
Confirmed speakers and tentative presentation titles
| Speaker | Presentation title / topic (tentative) | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy Van Renterghem | Progress of RING project in Antwerp | Ghent University |
| Usue Ruiz Arana | Multispecies Cities: tuning and composing just landscapes through sound and listening | Newcastle University |
| Simon Jennings | Noise and Soundscape in Limerick: Merging Community Engagement with Acoustics | Limerick City & County Council |
| Bert Peeters | Towards Better Noise Action Plans through EU Guidance on Noise Abatement Measures | M+P |
| 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 |
| Claudia Kawai | Noise annoyance due to drone noise | Empa |
| Niklas Meier and André Fiebig | Citysoundscapes. Socio-ecological relationships between biodiversity, acoustic quality and well-being | TU Berlin |
| Pierre Aumond | The NoiseModelling Journey: From Strategic Noise Mapping to advanced Urban Sound Modelling | Université Gustave Eiffel |
| Charlotte Clark | Noise effects and health | University of London |
| Marc Wohlrabe | Club noise | LiveKomm |
| Eulalia Peris | Noise pollution in Europe | European Environment Agency |
| Stefanie Rüttener | Caught Between Urban Densification, Traffic Noise, and Health Protection—Revision of the Environmental Protection Act in Switzerland | City of Zurich |
| Gascia Ouzounian | The Trembling City | University of Oxford |
| Thomas Kusitzky | Urban Soundscapes in Practice | Müller-BBM |
Further programme details will be added as they are confirmed.
