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AES Student News: AES140 Paris, AES141 Los Angeles, and more!

If you are an AES Student Member, you should have received this over email as well.

If you are not (currently) an AES Student Member, below are a few of the many reasons to change that!

AES140 Paris Student Competitions

AES140 Grab your diaries, clear your schedule: the AES Convention is coming to Paris, and that means the Student Competitions are too!

Students and recent graduates can participate in the Student Recording Competition and Student Design Competition for which registration will open soon. We want to remind you now, to give you more than enough time to get your project in shape.

If advice from audio legends, exposure to key players in the audio industry not to mention a very large enthusiastic crowd, a great experience, a fantastic networking opportunity, and an invaluable career boost mean nothing to you, we also have tens of thousands of euros worth of amazing prizes (that's tens of thousands of dollars, too).

140th International AES Convention: 4-7 June 2016

Student Recording Competition submission deadline: Sunday 1 May 2016

Student Design Competition submission deadline: Sunday 22 May 2016

You can submit as soon as the registration is open, so stay tuned!

In case you were already planning to come to Paris, it would be silly not to submit your latest or proudest project, whatever it is, to these popular competitions. If you weren't sure yet, then this is one of the many reasons why you should absolutely come. Don't take our word for it, though - ask any student who has ever been to a Convention.
For instance, AES139 Student Competition winners Nick Lobel and Jesse Brock, Daniel Davidsen, James Pinkl, Keifer Wiley, Jennifer Nulsen or Filipe Antunes.

More information on how, what, why, where and when to submit can be found in the Student Recording Competition and Student Design Competition Rules and Policies.

Left: A student explains his hardware design at a very busy Student Design Exhibition at AES138 in Warsaw, Poland.
Right: Some genius industry experts judge a software project at AES139 in New York. Note the relaxed atmosphere and the smiling student!

Left: World-renowned engineers take a break from making best-selling records and dusting off Grammys to give ALL STUDENT RECORDING COMPETITION ENTRANTS feedback that will change their lives!
Right: Only four empty chairs in an otherwise packed room, listening intently to an excellent Student Recording Competition submission.

AES141 Los Angeles Student Competitions

Not so very long after that, the 141th Convention will be taking place in Los Angeles, so you may want to think about your SRC or SDC submission for that one, now that the term is still young!

141th International AES Convention: 29 September - 2 October 2016

Student Recording Competition submission deadline: Sunday 28 August 2016

Student Design Competition submission deadline: Sunday 18 September 2016

AES140 Paris - Education & Career Fair Signup

The AES Student Delegate Assembly is inviting all educational institutions and audio companies to exhibit at and all students, recent graduates and educators to visit the AES Education & Career Fair.

This event is an opportunity for schools and companies to meet students, inform the audio community about their programs and activities, and to touch base with the future of audio. Everyone is invited to come talk with representatives from the companies and universities and find out more about educational programmes, and job and internship opportunities in the audio industry.

We recommend that you bring pamphlets, pictures, audio samples and any other type of media that can appropriately represent your institution or company. We provide some table space, you bring the rest. Exhibiting space is limited though so the sooner you sign up, the better!

Student Delegate Assembly Vice Chair Elections

Like with every convention, we are again looking for a new student ambassador to join the ranks of the Student Delegate Assembly. We are just four audio students representing the 4,000 of you, organising the events at the Conventions, supporting student activities and answering queries from all over the world.

The SDA consists of two representatives for North and Latin America, and two representatives for European and International Regions (i.e. everything that’s not the Americas). At every convention, one Chair retires, one Vice Chair assumes the position of said Chair, and one new recruit joins the ranks as Vice Chair. This June, we regret to say goodbye to Brecht De Man, SDA Chair for Europe and International Regions for one more Convention, as Dave Moffat succeeds him, leaving the Vice Chair position vacant.

A few things you need in order to qualify:

be an AES student member in any part of the world that’s not North or Latin America;
good writing and communication skills;
ready to commit to two full years (four Conventions) of organising the student events at the Conventions, being the ‘first line of defense’ of the AES towards students, serving as the interface between the student sections and the professional body of the AES;
being present at the 140th Convention in Paris, from the first day when we announce candidates, up until the last day of the Student Program when the election takes place.

Read more about being a student representative on the Student Blog.

If you are interested in running, please contact us at [email protected]

Student Benefits

As of this month, we want to thank and empower all our AES Student Members by giving them access to a range of freebies and discounts. This is an unconditional, non-expiring gift to each current student member as well as all who sign up from now on.

At the moment, these benefits include: