Papers related to the technical topics listed below are particularly welcome for presentation at the Acoustics 2012 Congress. For each topic, structured sessions will be organised. However, technical papers in all areas of acoustics not directly matching to structured session topics can also be submitted to be included in General sessions.

Abstracts and Full Paper can be submitted through Abstract/Paper Submission Page. Remember that the online opening of the Abstract Submission is October 24, 2011, the deadline of Abstract Submission is November 25, 2011 and the deadline of Full Paper Submission is February 29, 2012.

All registrants for Acoustics 2012 congress, except the accompanying persons, will receive two printed booklets containing all abstracts, a final technical program, and a DVD-Rom that will include all Acoustics 2012 papers and posters.

List of General and Structured sessions

Musical acoustics
Violin-like instruments: from acoustics to perception
Transients in self-sustained musical instruments
Interaction between a musician and his/her instrument
Sound synthesis and control
Instrument making and science/Acoustics of musical instrument making
Nonlinear aspects of musical instruments
Physical modelling of brass/reed instruments and human voice
Acoustics of archaeological musical instruments
Measurement techniques for studying musical instruments and speech

Electroacoustics
Electroacoustic transducers characterization – novel techniques
Non-linearities in electroacoustic transducers
Loudspeakers for 3D audio (eg. discretized point sources vs. Distributed Mode Loudspeakers)
Room equalization in the low frequency range with loudspeakers
Electroacoustics for room acoustics (line arrays, assisted reverberation, etc.)
Miniature transducers (MEMS loudspeakers, digital loudspeakers, hearing aids technologies, etc.)
Electroacoustic absorption / Electronic Sound absorption / Shunt loudspeakers
Transducers for active noise and vibration control
Acoustic metamaterials - Active and passive design

Environmental noise
Outdoor sound propagation: meteorological and ground effects, uncertainties, numerical our experimental aspects
Transportation and industrial noise
Urban acoustics
Transportation noise: acoustics comfort on board
Wind turbine noise
Manufactured noise reducing devices
Acoustical properties of natural materials and greening for noise control
Engineering models for outdoor noise assessment
Sound legal expertise

Room acoustics
Building acoustics
Acoustics of offices
Practical aspects of room or building acoustics (feedback, regulatory aspects,…)
Acoustics of light frame buildings (wooden building, …)
Global approaches of building acoustics (thermal and acoustics performances)
Acoustics of educational establisments

Measurement and Instrumentation
Signal Processing for Nonlinear NDT and Biomedical Imaging
Time reversal and optimization for sonic and ultrasonic imaging
Signal processing
Wave propagation in heterogeneous media: modeling and simulation
Inversion methods for acoustic imaging

Physical acoustics
Underwater acoustics
Non linear acoustic phenomena
Sound absorbing materials and porous media (In Memory of Walter Lauriks)
Phononic crystal and metamaterials
Non Destructive testing and Evaluation
Structural health monitoring
Ultrasonic imaging
Therapeutic ultrasound
Bones and Ultrasound
Biomedical and biological ultrasounds
Health assessment of natural media and food
Geophysics and Seismics
Ultrasound and Lasers
Sensors, transducers and Acoustics microsystems
Vibroacoustics methods for marine applications

Aeroacoutics
Hydroacoustics
Wall pressure fluctuations
Fan and turbomachinery noise
Infrasound: Generation, Propagation, and Applications to Remote Sensing
Noise of confined flows
Numerical methods in aeroacoustics
Thermoacoustic refrigerators
Combustion noise
In Memory of Phil Doak

Noise and Vibration Engineering
Smart vibroacoustics
Acoustic black hole and applications
Active control in vibroacoustics
Structure-borne noise source identification
Railway noise
Rolling noise - Tyre-road noise
Mid-Frequency
Materials
Acoustic Holography
Vibroacoustics and Aeroacoustics
Numerical methods in vibroacoustics
Modal analysis in Vibroacoustics

Sound perception
Soundscape
Sound spatialisation: from the transducer to the listener
Musical instruments in space

Hearing and Speech
Singing voice and speech production
Experimental techniques and advances in voice and speech measurements
Topics in the Acoustics of Speech and Hearing

Animal Bioacoustics
Bioacoustics and animal ultrasounds

Other topics
Noise, man and society
Education in acoustics