Equity Learning Series: Immersive And Inclusive – A Discussion of Representation in Immersive Audio

Immersive and Inclusive is an online panel discussion focused on representation in immersive and spatial audio.
Moderator and AES President-Elect Leslie Gaston-Bird will be joined by an international group of panelists: Erin Barra (Arizona State University / Beats By Girlz), Will Kennedy (Studio Delux at Sound City), Emily Lazar (The Lodge), Carolyn Malachi (Howard University), Marcela Rada (University of Lethbridge) and Mika Sellens (Studio 5B).
The panel will focus on a series of important topics and will include:

Barriers such as access to immersive content creation tools
Industry gatekeeping and how gatekeepers can help
Insights on recruitment practices
Challenges and successes with industry initiatives such as #WomenInTheMix campaign and artist pledges
Research into qualititative data
Effective mentoring & job placement.

The discussion will conclude with a Q&A.
Co-hosted by AES and the Washington D.C. chapter of The Recording Academy, and supported by funding from the University of Surrey.
Part of the AES’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative, this educational series helps to promote and educate the audio engineering community on the benefits and challenges of creating a more inclusive environment for all professionals.
The event is free (registration required here) and open to the entire audio engineering community.