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The Twenty-third Annual Interactive Audio Conference
PROJECT BAR-B-Q 2018
BBQ Schedule
October 8th-11th, 2018, Meyer B&B, Comfort, Texas
Monday, October 8th:

6:00-6:45 Opening Reception
6:45-8:15 Welcome
Informal Introductions and General Overview
8:15-9:00 BBQ Feast
9:00-9:20 Opening Talk: Jean-Marc Jot-
"They Are Hear: Spatial Computing in Wearable Audio Appliances"
9:20-??? Jam Sessions & Networking


Tuesday, October 9th:


8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:10 Official Howdy and Overview
9:10-9:35 Francis Preve -
"Uniting the Tribes: Sound Synthesis in 2024"
9:35-10:00 Paul Franzosa -
"Hear, Better: What do we really want to hear?"
10:00-1:00 Topics Proposals, Dividing into Workgroups
10:30-10:45 Morning Break
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-7:00 Workgroups Session
4:00-4:15 Drinks and Snacks on the Patio
7:00-8:00 Evening Break & Happy Hour
8:00-9:30 Dinner Under the Stars
9:30-??? Jam Sessions & Networking
Wednesday, October 10th:

8:00-9:00 Morning Grub
9:00-9:30 Workgroup updates over Breakfast
9:30-10:30 Workgroups Session
10:30-10:45 Morning Break
10:45-12:30 Workgroups Session
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-5:30 Workgroups Session
4:00 Preliminary Reports are due
5:30 Presentations are due
5:30-7:00 Groups Gather to Present Results
7:00-8:00 Break
8:00-9:30 Exclusive Platinum Sponsor Dolby Hosts the 23rd Annual Awards Dinner
9:30-??? Jam Sessions & Deep Conversations

Thursday, October 11th:


7:30-1:00 Shuttles to the Airport
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:00 Town Hall Meeting
Input from Attendees, Planning for Next Year's Project Bar-B-Q

 

Special Thanks to Project Bar-B-Q 2018 Platinum Sponsor
Dolby Laboratories
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
Dolby Laboratories creates innovative products and technologies that elevate the entertainment experience--at the movies, at home or on the go. Dolby's technologies define premium audio. Together with its latest innovations in imaging, these technologies raise the bar on high quality entertainment. With Dolby, sound surrounds and images come to life.

With Special Thanks to our Gold Sponsors, Cirrus Logic and Magic Leap

Cirrus Logic    Magic Leap

 

And Thanks to our Silver Sponsors, Synaptics, Analog Devices, and Surfaceink

Synaptics     Analog Devices     Surfaceink

 

They Made Project Bar-B-Q 2018 Possible

 

section 10


select a section:
1. Introduction
2. Workgroup Reports Overview
3. An Exploration of Machine Learning and the use cases where it might provide the most benefit for Audio Synthesis
4. Benchmarking methodology for a multi-voice assistant enabled future
5. Problems and Solutions for Audio in Augmented Reality Headsets
6. A World Without 3.5mm: Transport Features, Guidelines, and Opportunities
7. Pork Rinds: Challenges with the present hearable model
8. Taking the "virtual" out of virtual audio
9. Impact of non-traditional sound: mic used for ultrasonic, etc. Everything is broken!
10. Schedule & Sponsors