Broadcast & Audio Series' Loudness Summit Approaches

Broadcast & Audio Series, an organization dedicated to developing educational and networking events for the broadcast and professional audio industries, will hold its annual Loudness Summit on Dec. 7 at The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London.
Expected to attract more than 200 senior-level executives from leading manufacturers within the professional audio and broadcast sound industry, the event provides a forum for discussing the challenges associated with delivering high-quality audio to the home television.
During the event, attendees will analyse, debate, and discuss the latest technologies, innovations, industry standards, and important issues affecting loudness in production workflows and delivery. The summit will be chaired by Florian Camerer, senior sound engineer at ORF & PLOUD, and feature presentations from the following key industry professionals:
• Tim Carroll, president and founder, Linear Acoustic®: "Loudness at the Consumer End: 'We've Done Everything Right: Why Is It Still Wrong?'"
• Simon Tuff, principal technologist, BBC: "Case Study: 'The Wimbledon Experiment' – BBC & Fraunhofer"
• Thomas Lund, HD development manager, TC Electronic: "Loudness Normalization for Music, iPods, and Mobile"
• Andrew Mason, senior research and development engineer, BBC: "Standards: R 128, A/85. Are They Different?"
• Peter Schut, CTO, Axon: "The M-Word (Metadata)"
• Mark Pascoe, senior technical marketing manager, Broadcast Group, Dolby®: "Loudness in a Multiplicitous World"
• Peter van Everdingen, broadcast and audio consultant, Delta Sigma Consultancy: "Loudness in Distribution: The Safety Net"
• MC Patel, CEO and founder, Emotion Systems: "Challenges in Implementing Loudness"
• Felix Krueckels, senior product development engineer, Lawo AG: "Loudness Work in Live Productions Like Sports; Case Studies, Experiences, Upmix, Downmix"
• Florian Camerer, summit chairman and senior sound engineer at ORF, EBU-PLOUD, & VDT: "Loudness Normalization: Misunderstandings, Dangers, Pitfalls"
The summit is supported by the following industry organisations: European Broadcasting Union (EBU-UER), Digital TV Group (DTG), Verband Deutscher Tonmeister (VDT), IPS, and Fraunhofer IIS, and sponsored by Dolby, Linear Acoustic, Axon, Emotion Systems, Minnetonka Audio Software, NUGEN Audio, TSL Professional Products Ltd., Studer, and HHB. Media partners include IBE, CSI, Broadcast Tech, and proaudio.de.
Early-bird reservations are still available at a discounted price. www.broadcastaudioseries.com/london2012