Dear Colleagues The 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, Forum Acusticum 2023, will be held in presence in Torino (Italy), from September 11 to 15, 2023. Forum Acusticum 2023 is a triennial international convention organized by the Italian Acoustical Association on behalf of the European Acoustics Association (EAA). The Congress will be a world leading event in the areas of acoustics and a great opportunity for participants to meet in person, to expand their knowledge, to share new techniques and competences, in the wide range of acoustics nowadays addressed in the community. During the congress, 4 sessions will focus on the theme Sound quality and design (A18) organized by Laura Rossi / Doriana Dal Palù / Patrick Susini. We would like to cordially encourage you to submit an abstract to one of the following 4 sessions: Session: Sound design in Arts/Movies (A18-01) Organizers: Sandra Pauletto / Patrick Susini This session aims to broaden the scope of applications often associated with sound design, such as sound design for industrial products, to applications that have historically developed in the fields of theatre, cinema and sonic art. We would like to invite academic experts in these fields to present the ideas that have emerged in connection with the practices and the issues specific to these fields, or to talk about a specific project in terms of sound creation. Session: From brief to evaluation in the sound design process (A18-02) Session Organizers: Stefano Delle Monache / Patrick Susini This session aims to draw attention on the study of and research into the process of designing sound. Regardless of the application field, sound design is either presented as a process naturally or ideally embodied in an overall design process, or as a peculiar iterative process of sound creation and evaluation with its own rules and dynamics. The session welcomes submissions focused on the processual aspects of designing sound, especially from the real-world practice and listening perspectives. Topics include but are not limited to tools and methods in project development, sketching and prototyping, user engagement and participatory approaches, co-design and communication with peers and stakeholders, evaluation practices. Session:Sound design/quality in industrial products (A18-03) Session Organizers: Nicolas Misdariis / Laura Rossi Session: Sound for care and emotions (A18-04) Session Organizers: Elif Ozcan / Doriana Dal Palù Listening to objects, events and soundscapes is a complex experience that requires perceptual, cognitive and emotional processes and the result of which depends on the context of listening and sound-induced action. In this session, we intend to focus on the themes of “emotion” and/or “care context” to extend our understanding of daily interactions with or via sounds. By doing so, we take a human-centered approach and aim to establish what sound-driven design can offer to improve daily listening experiences. Papers can be submitted for oral (a 20-minute time slot is allotted) or poster presentation through the Forum Acusticum 2023 website, https://www.fa2023.org. Submission deadline for abstracts is January 31, 2023, while papers need to be submitted by April 30, 2023. The abstract is 200-words long and authors can submit either a short paper from 2 to 4 pages or a long paper of max. 8 pages. All the papers will undergo a peer review process. Thank you in advance for your kind consideration, and if you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to seeing you in Torino! Sincerely, Doriana Dal Palù, Stefano Delle Monache, Nicolas Misdariis, Elif Özcan, Sandra Pauletto, Laura Rossi, Patrick Susini |