The Industry Gathers Here: 3,500+ Brands

The NAMM Show is the crown jewel event of the year for all things music and music products. This is where brands launch their most daring and awe-inspiring innovations and where retailers go to discover the next-generation tools of the trade.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, small business or legacy brand, The NAMM Show is your place to connect with thousands of industry leaders with purchasing power. This is where the game changes.

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ContinuuCon 2025, the seventh international Haken Continuum Conference, is returning to France in March 26–28. This year’s event will take place in Paris, and will be hosted by the IRCAM Forum. It will be fully integrated in the IRCAM event with a room dedicated to ContinuuCon every morning.

Musicians, sound designers, software developers, and music enthusiasts are invited to explore the world’s most uniquely expressive electronic musical instruments through presentations, performances, and hands-on experiences. As always, ContinuuCon will focus on every instrument that features the Haken Continuum’s internal sound engine the EaganMatrix, including the Continuum Fingerboard, ContinuuMini, EaganMatrix Module for Eurorack, and Expressive E Osmose synthesizer.

ContinuuCon 2025 will also include a ContinuuCon Dinner (date still to be defined). Over these 3 days, Continuum inventor and EaganMatrix developers Lippold Haken, Edmund Eagan and Christophe Duquesne will join other authorities and some of the world’s most skilful Continuum players to share their expertise and technical knowledge. The integration in the IRCAM Forum will allow attendees to also benefit all the other conferences of the Forum to discover or go into IRCAM ‘s sonic research world in depth.

Haken Continuum players include film composer A.R. Rahman (who participated in last year’s ContinuuCon), Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor, and The Who’s Pete Townshend, who said, “I absolutely adore it. The Continuum is already inspiring me to new ideas.” You may also hear the Continuum featured in the scores to Game of Thrones, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, and the recent Dune: Part Two.

Since 2016, previous Continuum conferences have been held in Asheville, North Carolina, in Palmela, Portugal, France, and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and this will be the second edition at IRCAM in Paris. ContinuuCon’s tickets will be integrated in the IRCAM Forum’s ticket (no additional fees) and can be purchased here: https://forum.ircam.fr/article/detai...ons-forum-2025

For additional information, and videos of past events, visit the website www.continuucon.com

Call for Presentations

In addition to Lippold Haken, inventor of the Continuum Fingerboard and ContinuuMini, scheduled presenters include Edmund Eagan and Christophe Duquesne, developers of the onboard synthesis engine the EaganMatrix. If you have an idea for a presentation, please submit an informal proposal to [email protected] as soon as you can. Presentations that incorporate some performance aspect are preferred. Presentations should be 30 to 45 minutes in length. Applications can no longer be accepted after the available slots have been assigned. Please note these presentations will also be communicated in the global IRCAM Forum agenda.

The inaugural AES Conference on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility will bring together a diverse community of academics, audio professionals, industry veterans, and advocates dedicated to advancing these values in the audio industry and beyond. By convening experts committed to fostering equity and inclusivity, this conference offers a unique platform for exploring and elevating critical discussions on gender equity, access, representation, and the participation of underrepresented and marginalized groups in audio and related fields. This gathering aims to inspire meaningful change, promote cross-disciplinary collaboration, and amplify the voices and contributions of those driving progress toward a more inclusive future in audio.

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From 8 to 11 April 2025, Prolight + Sound will once again be the focal point of the global event and entertainment technology industry.

Experience product innovations, top-class keynotes, workshops, and much more! You can also look forward to an expanded ProAudio area, including new special areas:

- NEW ‘MixLab’: combines live sound and studio areas in an interactive special area
- NEW ‘MusicOneX’: an interactive 3,000 sqm hub, where you can explore the intersection of creativity and technology through hands-on experiences, product demonstrations and live performances
- Live Sound Arena: the outdoor area will showcase sound reinforcement systems under realistic conditions
- Live & Demo Box: 100 sqm separate room with product presentations by renowned brands under ideal conditions and exciting live performances
- Silent Stage: demonstrations on how the use of in-ear monitoring products on stage works, while you can listen to various in-ear models

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Soundmit 2025 is coming!

We are excited to announce that this year’s edition of Soundmit will take place from July 4th to 6th at Sporting Dora, just a few steps away from the Kappa FuturFestival. An unmissable event for all music and technology enthusiasts, with exhibitors, workshops, and much more!

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More than 300 million pairs of headphones will be sold this year and people are using headphones everywhere. The popularity of ‘smart’ and ‘wearable’ devices has driven developments in low power processors and sensors that are enabling the augmentation of headphones with features more typically associated with hearing aids. A future convergence is possible. This conference will assemble leading researchers and practitioners across all forms of headworn hearing technology to chart the future course of headphones.

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2025 AES International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Audio

The Audio Engineering Society invites audio researchers and practitioners, from academia and industry to participate in the first AES conference dedicated to artificial intelligence and machine learning, as it applies to audio. This 3 day event aims to bring the community together, educate, demonstrate and advance the state of the art. It will feature keynote speakers, workshops, tutorials, challenges and cutting-edge peer-reviewed research.

The scope is wide- expecting attendance from all types of institutions including academia, industry, or pure research, with diverse disciplinary perspectives – but tied together by a focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning for audio.

In addition to Technical Papers, we will seek proposals for panel discussions, tutorials, and master classes.

The conference aims to foster the sharing and advancement of knowledge among researchers, professionals, and engineers working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio. Thus, we will provide an opportunity to host challenges organized by teams from industry or academia as a precursor to the conference. The goal is to foster technology improvements through the continuity of challenges, but also to bring novel research directions into the field.

Please check back here for announcements of submission dates and submission procedures.

In-Person: Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
October 23-25, 2025

Step into a world of audio innovation and inspiration at AES Show 2025 – West Coast, the flagship event of the Audio Engineering Society. This annual gathering unites over 10,000 audio professionals, enthusiasts, and exhibitors from around the globe.

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