180th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
Acoustics in Focus8-10 June 2021
Acoustics in Focus
The 180th Meeting
of the Acoustical Society of America
8-10 June 2021
| Key Dates | |
| 24-hours before sessions | Lightning Round Submission Deadline |
| 10 May | Presentation Recording Upload Deadline and Presenter Registration |
| 10 May | Early Bird Registration Deadline |
| 4 June (Fri), 3:30 p.m. EDT | Plenary Session and Awards Ceremony |
| 7 June, 5 p.m. EDT | Student Meet and Greet, Student Social, Student Orientation |
| 8 June, 9:30 a.m. EDT | Acoustics in Focus Opening Day |
| 8 June, 4:00 p.m. EDT | Keynote Lecture | Carol Espy-Wilson |
| 9 June, 4:30 p.m. EDT | Keynote Lecture | Jim Gates |
Meeting FAQ, Gather.town Tour, Yoga
Acoustics in Focus (AIF) plans continue to be developed rapidly with many new features to ensure that AIF will be an exciting forum for acoustics researchers, practitioners, educators, and students to learn from each other. Registration is now open. Details can be found at https://acousticalsociety.org/registration-fees/
The Technical Program has been scheduled with sessions encompassing the new formats that were created especially for Acoustics in Focus. In addition, Keynote Lectures have been added as special features. The Itinerary Planner for Acoustics in Focus is now available.
Focused Presentation sessions consist of pre-recorded talks within a specific topic or focus which will be followed by live discussion and interaction.
Tutorial sessions consist of an invited speaker giving a (live) feature-length presentation, answering questions, and live leading discussions.
Panel Discussion sessions feature up to seven invited discussion leaders who may give live short presentations, answer questions, and lead discussions.
Lightning Round sessions that consist of a rapid sequence of brief (5-minute) live presentations with lively discussions following the talks. Note that is it still possible to submit to some Lightning Round sessions. See details at this page.
Open Meetings of the Technical Committees will be held on Tuesday, 8 June, Thursday, 10 June after the end of the technical sessions. These are working, collegial meetings. Much of the work of the Society is accomplished by actions that originate and are taken in these meetings including proposals for special sessions, workshops and technical initiatives. All meeting participants are cordially invited to attend these meetings and to participate actively in the discussions. See the Itinerary Planner for the schedule of meetings.
The Plenary Session and Awards Ceremony and the Administrative meetings will be held outside of the three-day window of technical sessions.
Accessibility
If you have special accessibility requirements, please indicate this below by informing ASA (1305 Walt Whitman Road, Suite 300, Melville, NY 11747-4300; asa@acousticalsociety.org) at a minimum of thirty days in advance of the meeting. Please provide a cell phone number, email address, and detailed information including the nature of the special accessibility so that we may contact you directly.