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ALMA Asia 2008: Improving Output and Profitability – A Practical Guide
Hosted & Sponsored by Phase Design
Date: | October 18-19, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: |
NanHai Hotel 1, Gong Ye 1st Rd, Nanhai Blvd, Shekou, Shenzhen 518069, China. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Symposium Topic:
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Improving Output and Profitability – A Practical Guide
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Exhibition: |
Tabletop exhibition featuring suppliers of test and QC equipment, manufacturers, consultants, and system integrators. More Information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Day 1 Agenda: Sat Oct 18, 2008 Keynote Presentations and Commercial Sessions |
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Day 2 Agenda: Sun Oct 19, 2008 Training
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Who should attend: |
The Symposium will be of interest to:
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Cost: |
Tabletop Exhibition - 2875 RMB / 440 USD Attendee Oct 19 - (includes all training classes) – 520 RMB / 80 USD Note that all credit cards will be charged in USD. All on-the-door payments must be in RMB. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accommodation: |
Room Rates: TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exhibitor and Attendee Reservation Form
2009 Winter Symposium: Sound Quality in Loudspeaker Design and Manufacturing
Date: | Jan 5-7, 2009 (the three days immediately prior to the CES Show) | |
Location: |
Orleans Hotel and Resort, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89103 | |
Symposium Topic: |
Sound Quality in Loudspeaker Design & Manufacturing | |
Training Classes: |
Leading Psychoacoustics expert Dr. Floyd Toole will be presenting a full-day training class on psychoacoustics at the ALMA Winter Symposium on Mon Jan 5th. This course will be heavily based on his book entitled "Sound Reproduction: loudspeakers and rooms" due for publication later this year. Chris Struck will be presenting a full-day class entitled "Electroacoustic Measurements" on Tues Jan 6th. This will be a two-part class and attendees may attend either the morning, the afternoon or the full day. More information and course schedules to follow shortly. A half-day course on DSP for loudspeakers is planned for Tues Jan 6. Presenter and course outline TBD.
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Technical Papers : |
Four technical papers will be presented. We are now accepting proposals from interested presenters. Please see our call for papers for further details. | |
Tutorials : |
As always, we will allow time in the schedule for tutorials. Anyone interested in presenting a tutorial should send and email to management@almainternational.org. | |
Round Table Discussions: |
We have developed an exciting new format for our round table this year, based on feedback from those who have attended over the past couple of years. Watch this space for further details and the topic announcement. | |
Panel Discussion: |
In keeping with our symposium title, our panel discussion title is “What loudspeaker specifications are relevant to perception?”
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Exhibition: |
Exhibit bookings are now being taken. More information. The exhibit hall will be open on Jan 6-7 only (not Jan 5) | |
Members' Dinner: | To be announced shortly. | |
Who should attend: |
The Winter Symposium is the loudspeaker industry’s largest networking event. With round-table discussions, technical presentations, suppliers of goods and services to the industry and an audience including technical, purchasing, sales, and marketing personnel, the show is an excellent networking opportunity for anyone working in, or supplying products to the loudspeaker industry. Read the review of last year’s show. | |
Full Schedule: | Not yet available - watch this space for updates. | |
Cost: | Exhibitors*: |
Members: $520 before 8/31/2008, $650 before 10/31/2007 $780 after 10/31/2008 Note that members must maintain a full membership at the time of the conference to qualify for the members rate. |
Attendees* |
Note that members must maintain a full membership at the time of the conference to qualify for the members rate.
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Exhibit Hall Only: | $35 before 11/15/2008; $50 after 11/15/2008. | |
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* exhibitor cost includes two exhibit hall only passes and the option to purchase one full pass at a discounted rate. Attendee price includes lunch both days in the exhibition hall.
Download exhibitor space application form. Don't delay - you must sign up before Aug 31, 2008 to get the early bird booking discount. Booth selections will be allocated in the order that completed application forms are received, so send your form in today!
Attendee Registration Form: Not yet available - please check back soon.
International visitors: ALMA is happy to issue invitation letters to assist international visitors in obtaining visas. Please email us with the necessary information.
Room Reservations: Information available shortly..
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ALMA Announces New President and Vice Presidents
ALMA elected new officers within its Board of Directors at the ALMA Symposium in Las Vegas. Stu Lumsden, VP of Engineering at Polk Audio was elected President. He has served on the board for several years, most recently as Vice President.
As part of ALMA’s drive to become more international, three vice presidents were appointed, one for each major loudspeaker-producing region of the world. Bart Young of Acoustic Design Inc will represent North and South America, US, Wolfgang Klippel of Klippel GmbH will represent Europe and Phil Bunch of Phase Design will represent Asia. This international diversity will ensure that the interests and needs of each continent are well understood by the board, enabling ALMA to continue to be recognized as the leading worldwide authority and networking community for the loudspeaker industry. It will also facilitate ALMA’s international recruitment drive – an important 2006 marketing activity.
Stu Lumsden, Polk Audio – President
Stu Lumsden joined Polk Audio in January of 1977 as the 23rd employee
and has continued there for his entire 30 year career in the
loudspeaker industry. During that time he has worked in virtually every
area of loudspeaker manufacturing and design. His primary focus over
that past 20 years has been in the design & development of new
transducers and loudspeaker systems. Stu is currently the VP of
Engineering at Polk Audio. He holds a masters degree in computer
science from the Johns Hopkins University in his native Baltimore and
studied undergraduate communications and physics at Towson
University. Stu has been an active member of the AES, ALMA and the
Product Development Management Association. He has served as VP for
ALMA for the past two years.
Bart Young, Acoustic Design, Inc – Vice President, North and South America
Bart Young is second generation leadership for Acoustic Design, Inc
(ADI) and its family of companies. ADI provides support to
manufacturers and OEMs in the loudspeaker and related fields. ADI has
grown from a single facility manufacturer's representative into a
complete source for electro-mechanical device manufacturing with
facilities in Asia and the United States. Mr. Young has been active in
ALMA for more than 10 years and continues to promote the organization
and its benefits worldwide. ADI and its companies provide goods and
services to almost every level of loudspeaker manufacturer worldwide
and supplies specialized manufacturing equipment for magnetic charging
to the industry.
Wolfgang Klippel, Klippel GmbH – Vice President, Europe
Wolfgang
Klippel founded Klippel GmbH in 1997 to produce novel control and
measurement systems for loudspeakers and other transducers. Prior to
that he worked at a loudspeaker company in Leipzig where he was engaged
in the research of transducer modeling, acoustic measurement and
psychoacoustics, and also worked at the Audio Research Group in
Waterloo, Canada and Harman International in Northridge, CA before
moving back to his native Germany in 1995 to become a consulting
engineer. He holds a doctor-engineering degree in technical acoustics
and he studied electrical engineering at the University of Technology
in Dresden where he graduated in Speech recognition. Wolfgang has been
on the ALMA board for the past year and has assisted in organizing
member-drives at recent AES shows in the US and Europe.
Phil Bunch, Phase Design – Vice President, Asia
Phil
Bunch is the founder of Phase design, a Shenzhen, China based company
providing engineering, design and QA services to the audio industry.
Phase Design also manufactures precision assembly equipment and systems
for manufacturing drivers, tweeters and full assemblies. He founded the
company 4 years ago after holding the position of operations director
for Eastern Asia Industries and Engineering manager for Esoteric
Group. Phil’s wife, Nancy, is also a big part of Phase Design. She
holds several high level certificates for Chinese—English translation
and is well known in the industry here in Asia. Phase Design provided
translation services to the 2004 and 2005 ALMA symposium in China and
will be active in the 2006 symposium in China.
就是蛇口海上世界附近那个,看了网站,确认是那里,跟上届一样.
明年1月,CES展时,中国电声协会也去洛杉矶开研讨会.