Report of the AES 13th Regional Convention, Tokyo 2007  Divergences of Audio Technology in Our Life August, 2007

Convention Committee for the AES 13th Regional Convention, Tokyo 2007 -1-

Looking back over the AES 13th Regional Convention, Tokyo, 2007
Shinji KOYANO
Chair of AES 13th Regional Convention, Tokyo, 2007

On behalf of AES Tokyo convention committee I would like to appreciate those whoparticipate this convention. More than 6,000 people have come to this convention for over 3days. This convention was successfully finished.
The theme of this convention is “ Divergences of Audio technology in our life ”. At keynote
address Mr. Sasaji talked about the relation of the music scene and archive media. Mr. Kikuta
and Mr. Chiba talked about the history of the record recording 70 years with demonstration ofa 1936 TELEFUNKEN microphone at special address. As new program we heldinterdisciplinary program among academic institute and industry. At workshops 10 programs
that include game audio and resent digital technologies were held. 5 student programs wereheld in order to start up student section and hope students to grow up their mind throughdiscussion with professionals. 37 paper presentations and 16 product seminars were also held.
AES president Dr. Woszczyk honored this convention.
Finally, I would like to thank for exhibiters, academics, companies for their great support
and all committee members for volunteer contribute to the convention. And your continued
support to AES Japan section will be greatly appreciated.

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10:00 – 18:15 July 19 (Thu) , 2007 (18:30 – 20:00 Banquet)
9:00 – 18:30 July 20 (Fri)9:00 – 18:00 July 21 (Sat)PlaceScience Museum         %    Principal Programs 

Paper Sessions Poster Sessions I;=TWorkshops QT49M?GStudent ProgramsGP5NL
Product Seminars GP>4C<KDTExhibition  Academic Booths  Others 

17 pesentations(5 sessions)
20 presentations(3 sessions)
10 sessions
5 sessions
16 presentations
33 companies (29 booths)
5 laboratories (5 booths)

Opening/Closing SessionsKeynote/Special Addresses,‘Audio for Games’ Meeting, Technical Tour, Banquet
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AES Japan Section#703, 1-38-2 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
TEL: +81 3 5358 7320
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URL: http://www.aes-japan.org/ E-mail: info@aes-japan.org!$(Managed by

AES Tokyo Convention OfficeStage-Side, 2F, 2-5-10 Kudan-minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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FAX: +81 3 5275 8272
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Supported byRegistration feeAcoustical Society of Japan
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

Full Programs: All Days

AES Member././ 10,000JPY (Advanced Registration)
15,000JPY (On-Site Registration)

AES Student Member

3,000JPY (Advanced Registration)
5,000JPY (On-Site Registration)

Non Member

20,000JPY (Advanced Registration)
25,000JPY (On-Site Registration)

Non Member, Student

5,000JPY (Advanced Registration)
8,000JPY (On-Site Registration)

Full Programs: One Day

AES Member

8,000JPYAES Student Member

2,000JPY

Non Member

15,000JPY

Non Member, Student

3,000JPY

Exhibition / Product Seminars

All Visitors

No FeeBanquetNon Student

6,000JPYStudent

3,000JPYConvention Programs CD-ROM "# '&%Convention Programs; CD-RNon Student

5,000JPYStudent

2,000JPY-4-(Registration must be required)AwardeesAES Japan Award2007 

Koichi SHIMOYAMAJapan Broadcasting Corporation<8;Award for the paper presentation “The comparative testing of hearing effect of the various Surroundmicrophone arrays in the field” Proc. AES 13th Regional Convention, Tokyo, 2005.

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Kyushu University 

Award for the paper presentation “Active Control of Low Frequency Acoustic Energy in Enclosures”
Proc. AES 13th Regional Convention, Tokyo, 2005.

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Award for the activities of promoting surround sound to audio industry.

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1st Paper Award for Students, 2006
The Most Valuable Paper  !#"

Kazuma HOSHI (Nihon University)Award for the paper presentation “A Study on Loudspeaker Arrangement forMultichannel Reproduction fromthe Standpoint of Listener Envelopment”,Proc. AES Japan Conference, Fukuoka 2006.
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Kihong KIM (Kyushu University)Award for the paper presentation “Effects of Semantic Congruency betweenImpressions of Words of Telop
Charactersand Sound Effects”, Proc. AESJapan Conference, Fukuoka 2006.
Daisuke INAGE (Nihon University)Award for the paper presentation “A Method for Analyzing Virtual SoundSource Distribution Using Pairs ofCardioid Microphones”, Proc. AESJapan Conference, Fukuoka 2006. $ %,-.JXS\I\UCZ\K] *))+8;!"0O[NV]SL^\;29<9(;%; $;1: 37;&/$ %,-.JXS\I\UCZ\K] *))+8;!"0#;G^PDFEQWEHB>A56(; 1: 37;&/-6-

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Hiromitsu MAEBA (College of Music, Senzoku Gakuen)
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Yu ICHIJI (Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
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6,006 visitors

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20th (Wed.)
21st (Thu.)

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2,058 visitors
1,851 visitors

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105 registrations
499 registrations

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Shinji KOYANO (Pioneer Corporation)
Kimio HAMASAKI (AES Japan Section Chair, NHK STRL)

Paper Session

Chair
Vice-Chair
MemberKazuho ONO (NHK STRL)
Akira NISHIMURA (Tokyo University of Information Sciences)
Toshiki HANYU (Nihon University)
Kazuhiro IIDA (Chiba Institute of Technology)
Kazuo ISHINO (Sound Inn Studios Inc.)Setsu KOMIYAMA (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Atsushi MARUI (Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
Masaki MORIMOTO (M&N Sound Projects Inc.)
Takehiro MORIYA (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Toshiaki SETOGAWA (Sony Corporation)WorkshopChair
Vice-Chair
MemberHiroaki SUZUKI (SONA Corporation)
Akira FUKADA (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Takehiro MORIYA (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Eiji NAKAMURA (DiMAGIC Co., Ltd.)
Masaki SAWAGUCHI (Pioneer Corporation)
Kazutaka SOMEYA (DiMAGIC Co., Ltd.)
Takuya YAMAMOTO (Yamaha Corporation)
Junichi YOSHIO (Pioneer Corporation)

Exhibition and Chair
Product Seminar Vice-Chair
MemberToru KAMEKAWA (Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
Kazutsugu UCHIMURA (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Shigenobu KANNO (Yamaha Corporation)
Takahiko YAMAMOTO (TACSYSTEM)

Educational
Program

Chair
Vice-Chair
MemberToshiki HANYU (Nihon University)
Atsushi MARUI (Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
Kazuma HOSHI (Nihon University)
Toru KAMEKAWA (Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
Misato YAMADA (Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)

Special Event

Chair

Akira FUKADA (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

BanquetChair

Akira ASAKURA (Shinagawa Musen Co., Ltd.)

Facilities

Chair
Vice-Chair

Tadashi MORIKAWA (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.)
Kazuo ISHINO (Sound Inn Studios Inc.)

Press Relation

Chair
Vice-Chair
Official Reporter
Official Photographer

Masaki SAWAGUCHI (Pioneer Corporation)
Toshiaki SETOGAWA (Sony Corporation)
Katsuya GO
Keisuke KAWAGISHIInternational Liaison Chair
Vice-Chair
Secretariats

Advisor

Secretary-General
Secretary
General Affairs
Treasurer

Junichi YOSHIO (Pioneer Corporation)
Kimio HAMASAKI (NHK STRL)
Masataka NAKAHARA (SONA Coporation)
Tadashi MORIKAWA (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.)
Katsuhiro TOYOTA (Stage-Side Co., Ltd.)
Hirokazu NAKASHIMA (TBS Radio & Communications, Inc.)
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