Scientific and Scholarly Committee:


Jürgen Barthel Head of Corporate Design
Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Prof. Sabine Breitsameter Curator,  radio & audiomedia director, author and editor 
Professor of Sound and Media Culture, Media Arts and Sciences
Faculty of Media, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
Nigel Frayne
Head of Resonant Designs, Melbourne, Australia
President of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology
Prof. Dr. Angelika Groterath Psychotherapist and Psychodramatist
Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Social Work
Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
Prof. Dr. Helmi Järviluoma-Mäkelä Director of Cultural Studies University of Eastern Finland
Director/Adjunct Professor University of Turku, Finland
Prof. Dr. Anahid Kassabian James and Constance Alsop Chair of Music
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Marion Saxer Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany
Prof. Reinhard Strömer Psychologist
Course director for the Master Studies program Cultural Management
Hochschule Bremen, Germany
Prof. David Toop composer/musician, author and curator
Professor/Research Fellow
Leeds College of Music, London College of Communication, University of Arts London, United Kingdom
Prof. Claudia Söller-Eckert Professor of Media Design, Media Arts and Sciences
Faculty of Media, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
Iannis Zannos
Associate Professor for Audio and Interactive Media Arts
Department of Audiovisual Arts, Ionian University Corfu, Greece

Committee Coordinator: Alexander Winkler


Artistic Committee:


Sabine Breitsameter Curator,  Radio & Audiomedia Director, Author and Editor
Professor of Sound and Media Culture, Media Arts and Sciences
Faculty of Media, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
Hugh McCarthy  

Lecturer in Music and Technology
Cork School of Music/CIT, Cork, Ireland
Andrea Dancer Soundscape composer, educator and acoustic arts-based researcher
Chair of the Canadian Association for Sound Ecology (CASE), Canada
Peter Kiefer
Sound Artist and Composer
Professor for Contemporary Music/New Media
director master programme Sound Art and Composition
Hochschule für Musik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany
Eric Leonardson
composer, radio artist, sound designer, instrument inventor, improvisor, visual artist, teacher
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Sound
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Andreas Mniestris Composer
Associate Professor in Electronic Music Composition
Department of Music Studies, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
Elke Moltrecht Musicologist/Music Producer/Curator
Head of x-tract production
Berlin, Germany
Jay Needham, MFA
Composer and Sound Artist
Associate Professor - Audio Arts, Department of Radio-Television, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts
Southern Illinois University Carbondale USA
Claudia Söller-Eckert Professor of Media Design, Media Arts and Sciences
Faculty of Media, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
Carl-Frank Westermann Creative Director
Founder of Wesound-Agency for Auditory Brand Development
Berlin/Hamburg, Germany
Elisabeth Zimmermann Cultural Manager, Producer, Curator
Head of Austrian Kunstradio (ORF), Austria

Committee Coordinator: Hein Schoer


Organisational team:


Pascal Bogensperger
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Greiner
Fabienne Rudolph
Hein Schoer
Alexander Winkler
Sabine Breitsameter
Claudia Söller-Eckert