MEAS Meeting July 2016

Time, date and location of the next MEAS quarterly meeting has been confirmed. Details below.

Introduction

This quarterly meeting will be held at Dubai Acoustic Research Laboratory (DARL) and Pro Audio Middle East magazine is coming along to do an article on MEAS (with photos, so look smart!)

There is quite a lot of seating capacity at DARL, however please register your attendance using the form below so the venue can prepare accordingly (note you will need to log in to the website to do this).

You can download a Microsoft Outlook calendar invite to this meeting by clicking the 'ICAL' button at the top right of the screen.

Agenda

Draft Agenda for the meeting:

• Welcome/apologies
• Previous minutes
  • MEAS Membership application/grade discussion (as per last meeting)
  • Chamber of Commerce update
  • Website update
  • Façade performance engineering seminar/technical day
• Technical Presentation by Cambridge Sound Management
• Dubai Acoustic Research Laboratory presentation
• Any other Business
• Close/networking

Technical Presentation

'Speech Privacy & Sound Masking in Modern Architecture'

Presentation Abstract:  Recent research has found that current work environments are fulfilling the needs for collaboration and communication, but are doing a poor job of providing an acoustical environment free from distractions and conducive for productivity and speech privacy. This presentation will cover:

• Research on current satisfaction levels in workplace environments
• Current design trends and associated acoustic issues
• Fundamental acoustic principles
• Sound masking technology and what it can and cannot do

Participants will leave with an understanding of how to identify interior design factors that will signal the need for sound masking and approaches to address the issues.