Urban Sound Symposium
April 19-21, 2021
Plenary program overview
The symposium will take place on three days; each day is dedicated to a separate topic:
- Monday, 19 April 2021: Impact of urban sound on life in the city
- Tuesday, 20 April 2021: Techniques and technologies
- Wednesday, 21 April 2021: Design and planning
The program of the symposium is shown below.
Monday, 19 April 2021 – Impact of urban sound on the life in the city
| Brussels | Beijing | New York | Title | Speaker(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | 20:00 | 07:00 | Urban trends and their impact on soundscape | Dick Botteldooren, Arnaud Can | Keynote |
| 13:45 | 20:45 | 07:45 | Post-COVID19, a lasting effect on soundscape? | Panel discussion | |
| 14:15 | 21:15 | 08:15 | Break, visit poster booths, meet | ||
| 14:45 | 21:45 | 08:45 | Inequity in urban sound environment | Irene Van Kamp, Chau Chi Kwan | Keynote |
| 15:15 | 22:15 | 09:15 | Self reported effects (sleep, annoyance, ...) and health | Mark Brink, Danielle Vienneau | Keynote |
| 16:00 | 23:00 | 10:00 | Break, visit poster booths, meet | ||
| 16:30 | 23:30 | 10:30 | Public space soundscapes - three continents, three approaches | Sarah Payne, Jin Yong Jeon, Dan Steele | Keynote |
| 17:15 | 00:15 | 11:15 | The world wide soundwalk: hands on exploring of the urban soundscape | Hands on | |
| 18:00 | 01:00 | 12:00 | Social event |
Tuesday, 20 April 2021 – Techniques and technologies
| Brussels | Beijing | New York | Title | Speaker(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | 20:00 | 07:00 | Smart city sound monitoring and its applications | Juan Bello, Jacopo Martini | Keynote |
| 13:45 | 20:45 | 07:45 | Break, visit poster booths, meet | ||
| 14:15 | 21:15 | 08:15 | Virtual reality for urban sound | Julien Maillard, Kurt Heutschi, Catherine Guastavino | Keynote |
| 15:00 | 22:00 | 09:00 | Break, visit poster booths, meet | ||
| 15:30 | 22:30 | 09:30 | Mapping and prediction | Pierre Aumond, Maarten Hornikx, André Fiebig | Keynote |
| 16:15 | 23:15 | 10:15 | New approaches to noise reduction | Kiril Horoshenkov, Timothy Van Renterghem, Jian Kang | Keynote |
| 17:00 | 00:00 | 11:00 | Break, visit poster booths, meet | ||
| 17:15 | 00:15 | 11:15 | Densification of cities, the challenge for urban sound | Panel discussion | |
| 18:00 | 01:00 | 12:00 | Social event |
Wednesday, 21 April 2021 – Design and planning
| Brussels | Beijing | New York | Title | Speaker(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | 20:00 | 07:00 | Urban planning: practicionner's experience with sound | Oscar Breugelmans, Deborah Delauney | Keynote |
| 13:45 | 20:45 | 07:45 | Break, visit poster booths, meet | ||
| 14:15 | 21:15 | 08:15 | Participatory approaches | Antonella Radicchi, Lisa Lavia | Keynote |
| 15:00 | 22:00 | 09:00 | Raising awareness and education | Panel discussion | |
| 15:30 | 22:30 | 09:30 | Break, visit poster booths, meet | ||
| 16:00 | 23:00 | 10:00 | Designing the public space sound environment | Jordan Lacey, Gunnar Cerwen, Trond Maag | Keynote |
| 17:00 | 00:00 | 11:00 | Urban sound, quo vadis? | Panel discussion | |
| 17:45 | 00:45 | 11:45 | Social event |
Abstracts of invited talks
Soon to follow.
