The Audio Engineering Society is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the audio community. We encourage submissions to AES events from all audio professionals. We welcome diverse genres, embrace emergent audio fields and research, and strive to radiate inclusiveness to all races, gender and gender identities, physical abilities, ages, and nationalities. 

In an effort to demystify the submission process, AES partnered with Soundgirls to provide a webinar on “How to Submit a Paper.” If you have any questions or concerns regarding submissions, please feel free to reach out to the Co-Chairs at 161st_chairs@aes.org. 

Call for Technical Sessions (Workshops and Tutorials) 

Workshops Co-Chairs:
Those wishing to submit proposals for technical sessions must complete the submission form in the AES 161st submission system for Workshops & Tutorials. These will be considered by the convention committee for suitability. For questions about this category of submission, contact the convention co-chairs. 

Registration:  
All Workshop and Tutorial presenters and panelists will receive a discounted registration price. 

Additionally, before you submit, please review these guidelines.
 

Deadline: 
Workshop Submission Proposal deadline: Tuesday, June 10, 2026.

Call for Papers 

Papers Co-Chairs: Areti Andreopoulou and Braxton Boren. Contact Papers Chairs 

This contact link can also be used by anyone interested in serving as a paper reviewer. We will be using blind reviews for the 161st Convention. 

Categories 

Authors may submit proposals in one of three categories: 

1. Complete-manuscript peer-reviewed convention papers (Category 1) 

1. Extended-summary-reviewed Express Papers (Category 2) 

1. JAES Papers 

Submitting a Proposal 

Proposals are to be submitted electronically: 
(Links will be active soon!).

• Peer-Reviewed Papers (Category 1) 

• Express Papers (Category 2) 

• JAES Papers 

Complete-manuscript peer-reviewed convention papers (Category 1) 

For complete-manuscript peer-reviewed convention papers (Category 1), authors are asked to submit a 250 word abstract and complete paper (recommended length 6-10 pages) to the submission site  by Tuesday, July 17, 2026. These complete-manuscript papers will be reviewed by at least two experts in the field, and authors will be notified of acceptance by August 23, 2026. Final manuscripts with the revisions requested by the reviewers are required to be uploaded by September 21, 2026.  

Papers exceeding 10 pages run the risk of rejection without review. If such a paper is accepted the author will be charged a fee of $25 for every page over 10.  

Downloadable Templates 

Peer Reviewed (Category 1) Word Template
Peer Reviewed (Category 1) LaTeX Template 

Express Papers (Category 2) 

For express papers (Category 2), authors are asked to submit an Abstract of 250 word and an Extended Summary of 300-750 words to indicate their desire to present an express paper (recommended length 4-8 pages for the final manuscript) by EOD Tuesday, July 17, 2026. Submissions will be peer reviewed based on merit and interest to the AES community and to ensure that any presentations will not be of a commercial nature. Topics for express papers can be very wide-ranging, encompassing experimental, application-driven and/or early-stage research. Authors will be notified of acceptance by August 23, 2026.  

If your proposal is accepted and you agreed to provide a manuscript, the final manuscript must be uploaded by September 21, 2026 using one of the templates provided after acceptance.  Guidelines are available here.  

Papers exceeding the page limit will be charged a fee of $25 for every page over 8.

JAES Papers 

Authors of papers in the Journals of the AES will have the opportunity to present their work, subject to space availability and approval by the Papers Co-Chairs. Only papers published from September 2025 until July/August 2026 are eligible for presentation. The papers presented at the convention will neither be reviewed nor included in the proceedings. 

The title and abstract of the JAES paper must be submitted to the 161st submission system for JAES papers by August 17, 2026. Authors will be notified of acceptance by August 23, 2026. 

Registration
Papers may be submitted by a single author or a group of authors. For each paper, a single “presenting author” is designated on the paper submission website – usually the person who will present the paper at the Convention. The presenting author for each paper in categories 1 and 2 or JAES papers will be required to pay the Presenting Author Fee which will be less than the Early Bird general registration rate. 

This payment is required for all presenting authors in categories 1 and 2. No additional registration fee will be required. All Presenting Authors will receive a free All Access Badge on payment of their Presenting Author Fee. 

Presenting Authors, please wait for instructions that will be sent out with the acceptance information. 

Authors presenting more than one paper in categories 1 and/or 2 are only required to pay one Presenting Author Fee. 

Co-authors of a paper are welcome, and encouraged, to attend but will require an All-Access Badge to access the sessions. 

*Note: While Life Members have the privilege of no-cost All Access registration, Life Members who are Presenting Authors in categories 1 and 2 are required to pay the Presenting Author Fee. 

Publication in the E-Library
All convention papers will be available in the AES E-Library no earlier than 10 days before the convention starts. All individual AES members have free access to the E-Library. For any non-member author paying the non-member price, a year’s membership is included and will give them access to the Convention papers in the E-Library. 

Open Access
Authors can pay an additional fee to make papers Open Access. See our Open Access page for more information. 

Awards
Presenting authors who are student members and whose convention papers (Category 1 or Category 2) are accepted will be eligible for the Student Paper Award at the 161st Convention. Peer-reviewed (Category 1) papers are given preference by the award judges. 

Presenting authors of accepted Category 1 papers will be eligible for the Best Peer-Reviewed Paper Award. 

Topics 

• Artificial Intelligence  and Machine Learning
  
• Analysis and synthesis of sound 

• Archiving & Restoration 

• Audio and music information retrieval 

• Audio coding and compression 

• Audio effects 

• Audio for mobile and handheld devices 

• Audio formats 

• Audio interfaces 

• Audio perception 

• Audio quality 

• Auditory display and sonification 

• Audio for Multimedia 

• Auditory scene analysis 

• Automatic content description 

• Automotive audio 

• Broadcast and Online Delivery 

• Education 

• Electronic Instrument Design & Applications 

• Forensic audio 

• Game Audio & XR 

• Hearing loss, protection, and enhancement 

• Immersive & Spatial Audio: simulation and evaluation 

• Instrumentation and measurement 

• Interactive sound 

• Live & Installed Sound 

• Loudspeakers and headphones 

• Microphones, converters, and amplifiers 

• Music and speech signal processing 

• Musical instrument design 

• Networked Audio 

• Psychoacoustics 

• Room and architectural acoustics 

• Sound Reinforcement 

• Speech intelligibility