PROGRAM
Days: Thursday, November 19th Friday, November 20th Saturday, November 21st Sunday, November 22nd
Thursday, November 19th
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09:00-09:55Registration and welcoming
10:00-10:50 Session *: Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
The Director of the Levi Foundation - Valeria Zane
The Academic Director of the Warwick Venice Centre - Prof. Bryan Brazeau
The Representatives of ECOSOC - United Nations - Chair of the Human Rights Training Commission at the United Nations in Geneva - Federica Gelli and Max Restivo
The Director of the Department of Project Culture, University IUAV - Prof. Fabio Peron
The President of AIA - Prof. Patrizio Fausti
The Past President of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration - Dott. Sergio Luzzi
The President of AES Italian Chapter - Dott. Daniele Ponteggia
The I3DA Conference Numbers - Prof. Lamberto Tronchin
Chair:
Lamberto Tronchin (University of Bologna, Italy)
Location: Warwick hall
10:50-11:30 Session *: Scientific Committee of the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation: Roberto Calabretto, president, and Laurent Feneyrou
Scientific Committee of the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation: Roberto Calabretto, president, and Laurent Feneyrou.
Chair:
Valeria Zane (University of Bologna, Austria)
Location: Warwick hall
11:30-12:00 Session K1: KEYNOTE 1 Angela Bellia
Chair:
Lamberto Tronchin (University of Bologna, Italy)
Location: Warwick hall
12:15-13:00 Session S8: Perception & Cognition
- Psychoacoustics and spatial hearing
- Listening tests, presence, and emotional immersion
- EEG and biometric evaluation
- Consciousness, attention, presence, and self-awareness in immersive environments
Chairs:
Nicola Prodi (University of Ferrara, Italy)
Julia Schütze (Faculty of Psychology, UniDistance Suisse, Brig, Switzerland)
Julia Schütze (Faculty of Psychology, UniDistance Suisse, Brig, Switzerland)
Location: Warwick hall
| 12:15 | Spatial Rendering of Virtual Wing Sounds Synchronized with Human Flapping Motion and Its Influence on the Sense of Wing Ownership (abstract) |
| 12:30 | Hybrid Spatial Audio with Bone Conduction: A Framework for Multilayer Perception (abstract) |
| 12:45 | Immersive evaluation of speech intelligibility and listening effort in noise (abstract) |
13:00-14:15Lunch Break
14:15-15:00 Session S2: Spatial Audio, Auralization & Digital Twins
- Auralization, virtual acoustics, and acoustic digital twins
- Reconstruction of historical acoustic environments
- Musicological auralization: immersive realization of historical scores, premieres, and lost performance practices
- Digital twins of architectural, environmental, and virtual acoustic spaces
Chair:
Angela Bellia (National Research Council of Italy, Italy)
Location: Warwick hall
| 14:15 | Reinterpreting Berio’s Electroacoustic Music in an Immersive-Audio Environment (abstract) |
| 14:30 | From Fragmentary Evidence to Interactive Auralization: Acoustic Inference and Preliminary Interfaces for the Coricancha (abstract) |
| 14:45 | A Tangible Hemispherical Controller for Integrated Spatial Audio Mixing in Ambisonic Workflows (abstract) |
15:00-15:30 Session K2: KEYNOTE 2 Tin Oberman
Decoding Soundscape Context: Human Perception Across Cities and Natural Protected Areas
Chair:
Antonella Bevilacqua (University of Parma, Italy)
Location: Warwick hall
15:45-16:15Coffee Break
16:15-17:00 Session S5: Visual Interaction, XR & Digital Archaeology
- LiDAR, photogrammetry, and 3D scanning
- Audio-visual synchronization and immersive visualization
- XR interaction and navigation in virtual heritage environments
- Cross-disciplinary visual–audio pipelines for digital archaeology
Location: Warwick hall
| 16:15 | From surveying to auralisation: an integrated methodological protocol for the digital reconstruction and audio-spatial simulation of ancient theatres (abstract) |
| 16:30 | Resonances of Stones: Immersive Architectural and Acoustic Reconstruction for Acoustic Heritage (abstract) |
| 16:45 | Designing Accessible Archaeoacoustics: Interactive Web-Based Interfaces for Exploring Acoustic Heritage (abstract) |
17:00-18:00 Session P8: Perception, Cognition & Consciousness
Location: Poster Area
Reproducibility and Reliability of Binaural Beat Perception (abstract) |
Evaluating Ray-Traced Environmental Audio Effects in Proximity Voice Chat: Perception and Interaction (abstract) |
A New Questionnaire for Subjective Assessment of Acoustic Quality through Reproduction in Ambisonics and WFS Virtual Environments (abstract) |
Numerical Assessment of the Impact of Extensive Heat Pump Deployment on Urban Soundscapes through Representative Case Studies (abstract) |
Acoustical Analysis of the Renaissance Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza: Preliminary Results (abstract) |
17:01-18:00 Session P1: Spatial Audio Algorithms & Systems
Location: Poster Area
Validating a Head-Tracking Spatial Beamformer in Virtual Reality: A Comparative Study of Simulated, Software-Based, and Real-World Hearing Aid Beamforming (abstract) |
Reducing The Geometric Complexity of Rooms For Simpler Acoustic Simulation (abstract) |
Affective Audio Rendering: Linking Microexpressions to 3D Soundscapes (abstract) |
17:01-18:00 Session P2: Spatial Audio, Auralization & Digital Twin
Location: Poster Area
The acoustic design of Teatro Verdi in Terni (Italy) and immersive acoustics (abstract) |
A Fully Demountable AGORA Listening Room in Tresigallo: Project and Acoustic Specifications (abstract) |
The acoustics of the new Auditorium of Collecchio (Italy): sound diffusion and 3D acoustics design (abstract) |
A Web-Based Framework for Virtual Acoustic Space Rendering and Collaborative Studio Evaluation (abstract) |
Friday, November 20th
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09:00-10:15 Session S11
| 09:00 | Composing Hybrid Sonic Spaces Through Convolution (abstract) |
| 09:15 | Carving Out Creativity: A Multi-site, Spatial Audio, Immersive Video, and Haptics Installation of Stone Carver Electroencephalogram Data (abstract) |
| 09:30 | Score-Driven Spatial Automation: A Rule-Based Pipeline for Object-Based Audio Composition (abstract) |
| 09:45 | WAVES-4K: A 6th-Order Ambisonic and Synchronised 4K Video Dataset of Natural Inland and Coastal Waterside Soundscapes (abstract) |
| 10:00 | Spatial parameters with ambisonic microphones: an objective comparison (abstract) |
10:15-10:45 Session K3: KEYNOTE 3 David Monacchi
Chair:
Cobi van Tonder (Sorbonne University, France)
Location: Warwick hall
11:00-11:30Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Session S7: Audio Engineering, Signal Processing & AI
- Advanced acoustic measurement, modeling, simulation, and nonlinear acoustics
- Signal processing algorithms for spatial, binaural, and immersive audio
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence for spatial rendering, personalization, source separation, acoustic modeling, and cross-environment reproduction
- Automotive and intelligent immersive audio systems
Chair:
Nicola Prodi (University of Ferrara, Italy)
Location: Warwick hall
| 11:30 | Toward AI-Assisted Soundscape Generation for 3D Scenes: Design and Perceptual Gap Analysis (abstract) |
| 11:45 | Accelerate the Individual HRTF Diffusion Model Using Flow Matching (abstract) |
| 12:00 | Listener-Aware Objective Evaluation of Spatial Audio Rendering Using Deterministic Stimuli and Composite Spatial Metrics (abstract) PRESENTER: Sanjay Majumder |
| 12:15 | Towards an Aural Architecture of the Sacred: Immersive Technologies and Interdisciplinary Approaches in the VOICING Project (abstract) |
| 12:30 | Towards a unified framework for urban soundscape archaeology: the Genoa example (abstract) |
| 12:45 | Enhancing Augmented Reality Experiences with Efficient 3D Spatial Audio for Mobile Applications (abstract) |
13:00-14:15Lunch Break
14:15-15:00 Session S4: Spatial Capture & Measurement Technologies
- Spatial microphone arrays and Higher Order Ambisonics capture
- Soundscape and environmental recording systems
- Bioacoustics and hydrophone-based immersive capture
- MEMS, wearable, and miniaturized spatial sensing devices
Location: Warwick hall
| 14:15 | A Framework for 6-DoF Extended Source Rendering via Spherical Acoustic Holography with Translation Operators (abstract) |
| 14:30 | ATLAS: A Real-Time Embedded Audio Spatialization System for Live Theater Performers (abstract) |
| 14:45 | Apple Spatial Audio Format & Apple Positional Audio Codec – a new format for immersive content creation and distribution (abstract) |
15:00-15:30 Session K4: KEYNOTE 4 Emma-Kate Matthews
Inhabiting Resonant Bodies in Spatiosonic Fields
Chair:
Antonella Bevilacqua (University of Parma, Italy)
Location: Warwick hall
15:45-16:15Coffee Break
16:00-17:00 Session S8
Location: Warwick hall
| 16:00 | Road to VOLTA: a journey in the prototyping of a portable loudspeaker setup for spatial audio. (abstract) |
| 16:15 | XR Interaction and Navigation in Virtual Heritage Environments (abstract) |
| 16:30 | Hutchinson Synthesis: Parametric Additive Synthesis via Probabilistic Distributions over the N-Dimensional Hypervolume of Time, Frequency, Amplitude and Spatial Direction in HOA (abstract) PRESENTER: Anthony Di Furia |
| 16:45 | Perceived Quality of Binaural Rendering From Baffled Microphone Arrays Evaluated Without an Explicit Reference, Part 2 (abstract) |
17:00-18:00 Session Art: FRAGMENTS OF EXTINCTION INSTALLATION
David Monacchi - Fragments of Extinction Installation
https://www.fragmentsofextinction.org/
Location: Installation Room
17:00-18:00 Session P6: Heritage, Soundscapes & Digital Humanities
- Sonic archaeology and heritage acoustics
- Soundscape studies and environmental acoustics
- Digital humanities approaches to acoustic heritage documentation
- Environmental and urban soundscapes as cultural heritage
Chair:
Gino Iannace (Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy)
Location: Poster Area
Luigi Russolo and his Futuristic Sounds for Early Auralization (abstract) |
Evaluation of acoustic and scenery within the Communal Theatre in Modena (abstract) PRESENTER: Maria Cristina Tommasino |
Acoustics of the Manifattura dei Marinati in Comacchio used as a Multipurpose Hall (abstract) |
On the 3D sound propagation in Italian-style Opera Houses without seats. Analysis and comparison between Bologna and Caserta (abstract) |
Acoustic Field Analysis of Santi Gregorio e Siro utilizing 3D Spatiotemporal Mapping, Bologna. (abstract) |
Acoustic Characteristics of the Reconstructed Oratory of San Filippo Neri in Bologna: Spatial Analysis of Performer and Listener Positions. (abstract) |
Acoustic Diversity in a Large-Scale Historic Church: SS. Salvatore in Bologna (abstract) |
Acoustic Signature of Santa Maria di Galliera: A Pre-Restoration Study of an Oratorian Musical Baroque Space. (abstract) |
Toward a Spatial Grammar for Immersive Music: Space as a Structural Parameter Across Audio Systems (abstract) |
Hydroponic materials acoustics (abstract) |
A Multisensory Digital Twin Pipeline for Monumental Spaces: HOA Auralization and Volumetric Capture toward 6DoF Navigation (abstract) |
Toward Acoustic Buttons: Factors Affecting the Perceived Suitability of Sound Images for Button Press Interaction (abstract) |
The acoustics of vaulted rooms (abstract) |
Saturday, November 21st
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09:00-10:15 Session S12: Advanced in 3D Audio
| 09:00 | Subverting the Fixed Point: Composing for a Dynamic Listener with Ambisonics in Room-Scale XR - A Case Study of Contextacy (2025/26) (abstract) |
| 09:15 | Environmental Improvisation and Artificial Soundscapes: The Relationship between Performance, Spatialization, and Audiovisual Installation in Rustle by Minus Collettivo (abstract) |
| 09:30 | Space as Compositional Material: toward a Prototype for Diffused Spatial Authoring (abstract) |
| 09:45 | Performing Space: Distributed Live Practice and Micro-Residency Exchange across the Spatial Sound Consortium (abstract) |
| 10:00 | Design and Acoustical Measurements of “Futures Studio”: A Hybrid Virtual/Immersive Production Environment (abstract) |
10:15-10:45 Session K5: KEYNOTE 5 Deep Sen
Designing a new immersive audio format and its transport - the science, the challenges and deployment.
Location: Warwick hall
11:00-11:30Coffee Break
11:30-13:15 Session S3: Architectural Acoustics & Immersive Space Design
- Immersive design and renovation of studios, theaters, churches, and heritage performance spaces
- Loudspeaker arrays, WFS, beamforming, and spatial reinforcement
Chair:
Angela Bellia (National Research Council of Italy, Italy)
Location: Warwick hall
| 11:30 | Beamforming as Acoustic Embodiment: Constituting Space from Electronic Music to AI Voice (abstract) |
| 11:45 | Acoustic models for implementing Third Carer principles in hospital design (abstract) |
| 12:00 | Filling the House: Spatial Audio in Live Venue Practice, Programming, and Audience Experience (abstract) |
| 12:15 | Analysis of Bio-Based Acoustic Panels as Dividers in Open-Plan Offices: A Numerical Study (abstract) |
| 12:30 | Using HRTF Interpolation for Improving Crosstalk Cancellation Algorithm in Binaural Audio Headrest (abstract) |
| 12:45 | Environmental Improvisation and Artificial Soundscapes: The Relationship between Performance, Spatialization and Audiovisual Installation in Rustle by Minus Collettivo (abstract) |
| 13:00 | Sound Field Synthesis for Distance Perception Using Virtual Source Rendering Based on Measured SHRIRs in a Spherical Loudspeaker Array (abstract) |
13:00-14:15Lunch Break
14:15-15:30 Session P4: SIPARIO and AGORA' researches
Location: Poster Area
MIMO Measurements in the Municipal Theatre of Piacenza (abstract) |
Acoustic analysis of the Opera Theatre in Montecastello di Vibio (abstract) |
MIMO Measurements in Piazza Cavour: Innovative Approach for Measuring an Outdoor Environment (abstract) |
MIMO Acoustic measurements in the Teatro Grande of Brescia (abstract) |
Comparison among the 3D acoustic propagation in the Victor Ion Popa Theatre in Bârlad and Bacovia Municipal Theatre in Bacau (abstract) |
The 3D acoustic analysis in Iași and Piatra Neamț municipality theatres (abstract) |
Classroom acoustics: a 3D acoustic measurements at University of Bologna (abstract) |
Pompeii Odeon and Grand theatre: variation of 3D sound propagation (abstract) |
3D Sound registrations in the Trepponti Square in Comacchio, Italy (abstract) |
15:45-16:00Coffee Break
Sunday, November 22nd
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11:00-13:30 SOCIAL EXCURSION
We will visit the Holy See Pavilion: The Ear Is the Eye of the Soul - Giardino Mistico
Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Ben Vickers, in collaboration with Soundwalk Collective, the exhibition The Ear Is the Eye of the Soul, inspired by the life and legacy of Saint Hildegard of Bingen, took the form of a sonic prayer and invited visitors to engage in the contemplative act of listening through works by twenty-four internationally renowned artists.
The Pavilion's two venues were transformed respectively into a seven-stage journey of contemplation for the soul, the Mystical Garden, and into a living archive, the Santa Maria Ausiliatrice Complex. You could consider visiting the archive on your own time, kindly note we are visiting the Mystical Garden site only and you have to reserve a time-slot (we will provide this on paper during the conference).
Event location
Giardino Mistico, Cannaregio 54
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XDesvu8pBgzNccJG7
More info: https://www.dce.va/en/events/2026/the-ear-is-the-eye-of-the-soul.html