Key Dates

24 July	Deadline for receipt of abstracts
24 July	Deadline for Author Registration
September	Acceptance notices mailed
4 December	First day of meeting

 

To register and for all other meeting information and details visit the Acoustics 2023 Sydney website.

VISA Information

All visitors to Australia must have a valid visa to travel to and enter Australia. A Welcome Letter will be attached to your registration confirmation email following the completion of registration. For visa information please visit the Acoustics 2023 Sydney visa information page.

 

Acoustics 2023 Sydney 2023 Organizing Committee

Cochairs: Marcia Isakson, ASA; Jeff Parnell, AAS
Technical Program Cochairs:  James Miller, ASA; Benjamin Halkon, AAS
ASA Headquarters Representative: Susan Fox

WESPAC Representative: Marion Burgess
ASA Co-Treasurer: Judy R. Dubno
AAS Co-Treasurer: John Wasserman
Exhibition Manager: Julie Sobolewski
Student Coordinator: Brijonnay Madrigal
PCO: Arinex

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Table of Contents

Technical Program and Special Sessions
Special Sessions
Standing Sessions in Animal Bioacoustics
Audio Visual and Special Equipment and Software

Other Technical Events and Information
Keynote Lectures
Student Design Competition
Open Meetings of Technical Committees
Itinerary Planner, Mobile App, Meeting Program
Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics

Funding Opportunities
Student Transportation Subsidies
Technical Committee on Acoustical Oceanography Student Travel Award
Young Investigator Travel Grants
Dependent Care Subsidies
Early Career Travel Subsidies

General Information
Visa Information
Hotel Accommodations

Registration Information

TECHNICAL PROGRAM AND SPECIAL SESSIONS

The technical program will consist of lecture and poster sessions. Technical sessions will be scheduled Monday through Friday, 4-8 December 2023.

Every effort will be made to schedule contributed abstracts in accordance with author and Organizing Committee preferences. Assignments will consider: a) author preference, b) program balance, and c) Technical Committee instructions. Abstracts will be rejected if they do not comply with the abstract submission guidelines and submission instructions.

Note that many Technical Committees do not schedule poster sessions. Authors should be prepared to accept assignment to lecture or poster sessions.

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SPECIAL SESSIONS

Special sessions described below are planned for the meeting.

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Standing Sessions in Animal Bioacoustics
The Technical Committee on Animal Bioacoustics has identified the need to specify “standing” sessions for future meetings as a way to organize more contributed sessions and to advertise ASA meetings to others working in the field of animal bioacoustics as a conference of interest. Unlike special sessions, they will not include any invited papers.

Two Standing Sessions are available for the Australia meeting:

Acoustic Ecology and Biological Soundscapes
Animal Vocal Communication and Physiology

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AUDIO-VISUAL AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE

Audio-Visual Equipment
PC computers with monaural audio playback capability, computer projectors, and laser pointers will be provided in all lecture sessions.

Poster Session Boards
Poster boards and fastening materials will be provided.

Projection Guidelines for Authors
A PC computer with monaural playback capability and projector will be provided in each meeting room on which all authors who plan to use computer projection will load their presentations. All presenters must use the provided PC laptop. It will not be possible to use any other laptops.  Authors should bring computer presentations on a USB drive to load onto the provided computer.

Note that only PC format will be supported so authors using Macs must save their presentations for projection in PC format. Also, authors who plan to play audio or animations during their presentations should ensure that their sound and animation files are also saved on the USB drive.

Guidelines for use of computer projection will be supplied with acceptance notices.

Audio-Visual Preview Room
Computer presentations can be reviewed by authors in the audio/visual preview room at the meeting

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POMA Student Paper Competition

POMA is holding a society-wide student paper competition for a POMA submission based on a presentation or poster from the Sydney meeting.

Award Amounts: Up to five student papers will receive an award of USD $300. Additionally, the student paper winners will be noted on the POMA cover page and their article will be promoted in email and social media campaigns.

Qualifications:

To qualify for the award, an author must:

• be enrolled as a student at least half-time (graduates are eligible if the presented work was performed as a student within one year of the meeting). Note that the student author does not need to be a member of the ASA to qualify.
• be listed as the first author on the submitted abstract and POMA manuscript and present the paper at the meeting.
• submit the POMA manuscript by the competition deadline, which is 30 days after the conclusion of the meeting. For this meeting, manuscripts must be submitted on or before 7 December 2024.

To enter: Indicate your paper is part of the POMA Student Paper Competition by selecting this option during the POMA submission process.

Selection: The papers will be rated by the POMA Associate Editor corresponding the technical area in which the paper was presented. The top related papers will be evaluated by the POMA Editor, POMA Assistant Editor, and POMA Manuscript Manager and up to five winning papers will be selected. Note that the paper judging will take place concurrently with the ordinary editorial review of a POMA submission; each judged paper will be returned with comments and a publication decision.

Additional Instructions

• To ensure the article passes the initial quality check, please use either the MS Word or LaTeX manuscript templates and follow all manuscript preparation and submission instructions (https://asa.scitation.org/pma/authors/manuscript). Articles that do not pass the initial quality check are ineligible for the competition. See the submission checklist at the POMA Author Resources page.
• The competition deadline is 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time, 7 December 2024. Any manuscripts received after this will be considered for publication in POMA but will be ineligible for the competition.
• Regardless of the competition outcome, the opportunity to publish an editor-reviewed proceedings paper will enhance your CV/resume and help you take an important
  intermediate step toward a peer-reviewed publication.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED ONLINE

Corresponding authors will receive an e-mail message confirming that their abstracts have been received. Acceptance notices will be sent to authors in September.

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OTHER TECHNICAL EVENTS AND INFORMATION

Keynote Lectures
Keynote Lectures will be presented by Dr. Andone Lavery, Department Chair, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Professor Cath McMahon, Department of Linguistics, Centre for Elite Performance Expertise and Training (CEPET): Application University Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney.

Student Design Competition
The Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics with support from the Robert Bradford Newman Student Award Fund and The Wenger Foundation, is sponsoring a student design competition to be judged in conjunction with Acoustics 2023 Sydney to be held in Sydney, Australia on 4-8 December 2023.

The Student Design Competition is intended to encourage students in the disciplines of Architecture, Engineering,

Physics, and other curriculums that involve building design and/or acoustics to express their knowledge of architectural acoustics and noise control in a schematic design of a facility in which acoustical considerations are of primary importance

See the Entry Information for details about the competition and how to enter.

Open Meetings of Technical Committees
Technical Committees will hold open meetings. These are working, collegial meetings. Much of the work of the ASA 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.

Itinerary Planner, Mobile App, and Meeting Program
An itinerary planner and mobile app will be available for Acoustics 2023 Sydney meeting. A printed program will not be issued. Abstracts will be published on the ASA webpage in April.

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PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS ON ACOUSTICS (POMA)

All authors of Acoustics 2023 Sydney papers are encouraged to submit a pdf manuscript to ASA's Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA). Things to note:

• There is no publication fee, but presentation of the paper at the meeting is mandatory.
• POMA does not have a submission deadline. Authors may submit manuscripts before or after the meeting; note, however, that review will not take place until after the meeting.
• POMA has new Word and LaTeX manuscript templates and cover pages are now generated automatically at the time of publication.
• Published papers are being both indexed in scholarly venues and highlighted on Twitter and Facebook.
• Visit http://asa.scitation.org/pma/authors/manuscript for additional information, including recent changes to the manuscript preparation/submission process..

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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND YOUNG INVESTIGATORS

Meeting-related support can only be provided by one program. If you are named to receive ASA support from more than one program, only the highest-amount from one program will be awarded

Student Transportation Subsidies
A student transportation subsidies fund has been established to provide limited funds to students, regardless of location, to partially defray transportation expenses to meetings. No reimbursement is intended for the cost of food or housing. The amount granted each student depends on the number of requests received. To apply for a subsidy, submit a proposal by e-mail to be received by 23 October 2023 to: Jolene Ehl, jehl@acousticalsociety.org. The proposal should include your status as a student; whether you have submitted an abstract; method of travel, and approximate cost of transportation.

Technical Committee on Acoustical Oceanography Student Transportation Award
The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) announces the availability of the Technical Committee on Acoustical Oceanography Student Transportation Award for students studying topics related to acoustical oceanography to attend meetings of the Acoustical Society of America. Applicants must be full-time students pursuing Master’s or Ph.D. degrees who are members of the Acoustical Society of America and who will be students at the time of the meeting for which the grant is provided. Students must be studying a topic covered by the scope of the Technical Committee on Acoustical Oceanography. Download the application information and form. The application deadline is 1 September.

National Council of Acoustical Consultants Student Travel Award (STA) program.

The National Council of Acoustical Consultants is offering student travel awards to students presenting at ASA/INCE conferences. Our awards committee and DEI committee have introduced a student travel grant to support underrepresented students’ attendance at ASA/INCE conferences.

Approved students will receive $500 and a 1-year digital NCAC newsletter subscription. NCAC will be accepting applications for the first group of awards for Acoustics 2023 Sydney.

Information and application materials can be found at the NCAC website.  The application deadline is 6 November 2023.

Young Investigator Travel Grants
The Committee on Women in Acoustics (WIA) sponsors Young Investigator Travel Grants to help with travel costs associated with presenting a paper at the 185th ASA meeting in Sydney, Australia. Young professionals who have completed their doctorate in the past five years are eligible to apply if they plan to present a paper at the Sydney meeting, are not currently students, and have not previously received the award. Each award will be approximately $1000 with four awards anticipated. Awards will be presented by check at the WIA luncheon at the meeting. Both men and women may apply. Applicants should submit a single PDF file (named <last name>_ <first name>_YI.pdf) that includes 1) a paragraph explaining how this award will enable their attendance at the ASA meeting, 2) a copy of the abstract for their presentation at the meeting, and 3) a current resume/vita showing their involvement in the field of acoustics and in the ASA. The PDF file should be uploaded to https://womeninacoustics.org/funding-opportunities/ . Deadline for receipt of applications is October 20, 2023.

Dependent Care Subsidies
The Committee on Women in Acoustics (WIA) sponsors Dependent Care Subsidies to help offset dependent care costs associated with attending the 185th ASA meeting in Sydney, Australia. Meeting attendees are eligible to apply if they plan to present a paper at the meeting or hold a leadership position in ASA. Each subsidy will be approximately $1000 with four awards anticipated. Both men and women may apply. Applicants should submit a single PDF file (named <last name>_ <first name>_DepCare.pdf) that contains the following: name, contact information/affiliation, title of presentation or leadership role and main technical committee(s), a paragraph describing current and past involvement with ASA, a paragraph describing how subsidy would offset dependent care expenses while attending the ASA, and an estimated budget for the trip (including other sources of available funding). The pdf file should be uploaded to https://womeninacoustics.org/funding-opportunities/ . Deadline for receipt of applications is October 20, 2023.

Early Career Travel Support Awards
Early Career Travel Support Awards are available to help with costs associated with participating in Acoustics Sydney 2023.Early career meeting attendees are eligible to apply if they are members of the Acoustical Society of America, are within 10 years of receiving their last degree, and are not currently students. Priority will be given to applicants who will be presenting a paper at the meeting, will be chairing a session at the meeting, identify as a member of an underrepresented group within the Society and/or hold a leadership position in the ASA. Each award will be on the order of USD $1000.

Deadline for receipt of applications is October 2, 2023. Contact Kimberly Riegel riegelk@farmingdale.edu with questions. Apply for the award here: https://forms.gle/edb27hF3DwpAUggB8

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Visit the Acoustics 2023 Sydney website for information about the meeting including the Venue, Host City, Banking and Currency, Dining, Electricity, Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Tourist Refund Scheme, Insurance,  Language, Passport, Shopping,  Tipping, and other details.

VISA Information

All visitors to Australia must have a valid visa to travel to and enter Australia. A Welcome Letter will be attached to your registration confirmation email following the completion of registration. For visa information please visit the Acoustics 2023 Sydney visa information page

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Hotel rooms at a selection of hotels with flexible terms and conditions exclusively for attendees of the Conference have been secured.

Visit the Acoustics 2023 Sydney website for reservation information.

Room Sharing
ASA will compile a list of those who wish to share a hotel room and its cost. To be listed, send your name, telephone number, e-mail address, gender, smoker or nonsmoker preference, not later than 1 October 2023 to the Acoustical Society of America, by e-mail, asa@acousticalsociety.org. The responsibility for completing any arrangements for room sharing rests solely with the participating individuals.

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HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

Hotel rooms at a selection of hotels with flexible terms and conditions exclusively for attendees of the Conference have been secured.

Visit the Acoustics 2023 Sydney website for reservation information.

Room Sharing
ASA will compile a list of those who wish to share a hotel room and its cost. To be listed, send your name, telephone number, e-mail address, gender, smoker or nonsmoker preference, not later than 1 October 2023 to the Acoustical Society of America, by e-mail, asa@acousticalsociety.org. The responsibility for completing any arrangements for room sharing rests solely with the participating individuals.

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REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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