The 37th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering (INTER-NOISE 2008) was successfully convened at the Shanghai International Convention Center from Oct.26 to 29, 2008. It was sponsored by the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE) and co-organized by the Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IACAS) and the Acoustical Society of China (ASC). The theme of the congress was "From Silence to Harmony". As the president of ASC, Prof. Dr. Tian Jing was honorably being the President of the congress. Many leaders of CAS and board members of I-INCE presented at the congress and delivered speeches, such as CAS Vice-president Jiang Mianheng, NSFC Vice President Shen Wenqing, I-INCE President Hediki Tachibana and so on.
The congress attracted great attention of the experts and scholars in the field of noise control engineering all over the world. 970 delegates and 36 exhibitors from 42 countries and regions attended the conference and exhibition. All together, 636 papers were presented at the congress in 37 technical or special sessions, including 4 distinguished lectures, 478 oral presentation and 105 posters. All these high-level research papers not only showed the research focus and highlights abroad, but also presented the latest research results in our country to the international world. After the congress, many well-known scholars were willing to pay a visit to IACAS, which laid a good foundation for the future international cooperation.
The Congress set some special sessions, such as Forum entitled "Asia-Pacific Education in Noise Control Engineering", Seminar on "Celebrating the Triumph of Dah-You Maa's 70 Years in Acoustics and Noise Control Engineering" and a series of meeting of I-INCE. The related technical areas of the Congress included various topics of noise and vibration control engineering such as Community and Environmental Noise, Building Acoustics, Noise and Vibration Control, Environmental Planning Policies, Numerical Modeling and Simulation Techniques, Signal Processing and Condition Monitoring, Soundscape and Environmental Sound Quality, Active Control Techniques, Effects of Noise and Vibration, Structural Acoustics, Aeroacoustics, Occupational Noise Risks and Protection, Noise Mapping, Aircraft Noise and Vehicle Noise, Beamforming, as well as Acoustical Holography.
The INTER-NOISE Congresses are the largest international gathering of experts in noise control engineering, which have been held annually since 1972 at venues around the world. ASC and IACAS once jointly held the INTER-NOISE 1987 in Beijing. After 21 years' wait, it returned to China again. All the staff members and volunteers worked tirelessly and tried their best to bring forward a grand congress for all the attendants. Prof. Hediki Tachibana highly praised the congress as a "Great Success" and "Well Organized".
INTER-NOISE 2008 offered a broad communication platform for the domestic experts and scholars to show the latest research results to the world and also was a worthful opportunity to promote the scientific research and development of Noise Control Engineering in various respects in China.
