AES Academy 2020 Announces Professional Audio Presenters and Topics

Participants take part in Live Console Hands-On training events in 2019.
Participants take part in Live Console Hands-On training events in 2019. (Image credit: Audio Engineering Society)

The upcoming AES Academy 2020 at the NAMM Show, taking place January 16–19, in Anaheim, CA, offers the chance to join the AES for four days of expert presentations and hands-on training from a diverse group of top names in the industry. 

Whether you’re a seasoned AES Convention attendee or new to the industry, AES Academy offers an affordable way to experience some of the many resources that the Audio Engineering Society has to offer. Advance Registration pricing begins at a slashed rate of $25 for AES members, and the non-member rate of $150 ($75 for students) includes a full year of AES membership and benefits.

AES Academy 2020 is set to feature some of the most talented audio engineering practitioners covering a range of educational topics of importance to audio engineers, musicians, and students alike. For one price, attendees are offered over 100 topical session and events, such as taking part in an Audio Careers mentoring session with Leslie Ann Jones of Skywalker Sound and mastering engineer Jett Galindo of The Bakery, getting studio production training insights from Produce Like A Pro’s Warren Huart in the Audio Education Academy, or learning studio design from the renowned John Storyk in a Control Room Academy session. Other presenters include famed engineer and producer Sylvia Massy, noted engineer and author Bobby Owsinski, musician and mix engineer Brad Divens who leads mix instruction at fixintogetmixin, audio engineer for music and film Lenise Bent, AES Academy program director and touring monitor engineer Mark Frink, AES’s next President-Elect and mastering engineer, Jonathan Wyner, and dozens more.

Another unique aspect of AES Academy is the hands-on training, with sessions set to include Allen & Heath dLive training, as well as Yamaha training on the Rivage PM10/PM7 and CL/QL Series consoles. These events are open to a limited number of participants and require separate registration priced at $25 per session. 

Visit aesacademy2020.com for complete program and presenter information. 

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