About WESPAC
In 1982, the first WESPRAC or Western Pacific Regional Conference was held in Singapore Chaired. Previously, WESPRAC or Western Pacific Regional Commission for Acoustics was founded by Prof. Ken’ichi Kido (Tohoku University, Japan) with the aim to promote communication and stimulate interactions in all aspect of acoustics in the region. The intent was to hold a conference, similar to the International Congress on Acoustics and covering all the topics in acoustics and primarily for the acousticians in the region. Since then the WESPRAC has been held every three years and the Seventh WESPRAC 2000 turned out to be so successful that it was decided to rename the conference as Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, WESPAC.
Currently, WESPAC has twelve member societies. Those societies include Australian Acoustical Society; Acoustical Society of China; Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics:Acoustical Society of India; The Acoustical Soceity of Japan; The Institute of Noise Control Engineering of Japan; The Acoustical Society of Korea; Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering; New Zealand Acoustical Society; Russian Acoustical Society; Society of Acoustics(Singapore); Environmental Engineering Society of Singapore. WESPAC is also an International Affiliate Member of International Commission on Acoustics (ICA).
The topics covered are very wide, across all branches of acoustics including physical acoustics to noise and vibration control, underwater acoustics, architectural acoustics, physiological acoustics, speech and hearing, signal processing etc. The usual size of the conference is around 400 people.
The mission of this conference is to promote the awareness and education in acoustics especially in the up and coming SouthEast Asian countries. This will also encourage the collaboration of acoustical societies in the Western Pacific region. It will be of interest to know that the total number of members from the twelve member societies is larger than the total number of members of the acoustical societies of the European Union. Thus it has the largest group of members of acoustical societies in the world. Hence it will certainly form a major force in the world of acoustics.
Important Dates
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Call for papers |
1 December 2014 |
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Deadline for Proposals for Structured Sessions |
1 April 2015
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Deadline for Abstract Submission |
1 May 2015 |
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Notification of Acceptance and Early Bird Registration Opens |
15 July 2015 |
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Deadline for Early Bird Registration |
15 August 2015 |
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Deadline for Submission of Full-Length Paper |
31 August 2015 |
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Deadline for Authors to Register |
15 October 2015 |
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Online Registration Closes |
1 December 2015
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Call For Papers
Topics
You may choose up to 3 categories in the order of author's priority for the topic you wish to present in.
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Acoustical Imaging |
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Acoustical Metamaterials |
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Acoustical Oceanography |
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Animal Acoustics |
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Architectural Acoustics |
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Cavitation |
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Education in Acoustics |
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Engineering in Acoustics |
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Musical Acoustics |
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Noise |
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Physical and Biomedical Acoustics |
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Psychological Acoustics |
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Signal Processing in Acoustics |
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Speech Communication |
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Structure and Vibration Acoustics |
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Ultrasonics |
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Underwater Acoustics |
Structured Sessions
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S1 - Building and Environmental Acoustics
Organized by Dr. Mahavir Singh, mahavir.acoustics@gmail.com
Sr. Principal Scientist & Head, Acoustics, Ultrasonics & Vibration (AUV) Standards,
CSIR-National Physical Laboratory
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S2 - Thermoacoustics and Aeroacoustics
Organized by A/Prof Zhao Dan, zhaodan@ntu.edu.sg
Associate Editor of Aerospace Science & Technology, Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control,
Division of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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For enquiries on paper submission, topics or structured sessions for the conference, please contact the Scientific Chair at scientificchair@wespac2015singapore.com
WESPAC Committee
Immediate Past Chairman: Jungyul Na
Chairman: Masayuki Morimoto
First Vice President: Victor A Akulichev
Second Vice President: Kang Lyeol Ha
Immediate Past Secretary General: Fenghua Li
Secretary General: Toru Otsuru
Local Organising Committee
General Chairman : Dr Woon Siong Gan
Scientific Chairman: A/Prof Kian Meng Lim
Exhibition Chairman: Dr Venugopalan Pallayil
Secretary : A/Prof Yufeng Zhou
Treasurer: Mr Alvin Ong
Committee Member: Prof Boo Cheong Khoo
Committee Member: A/Prof Siak Piang Lim
Committee Member: Dr Henry Cheong Yang Koh |
