Four plenary lectures are planned:

• two at the opening ceremony in the “Grand Amphitheater” on Monday morning, 30 June:
  • "How sound from human activities affects marine mammals," by Peter Tyack of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, USA 
  • "New trends in aeroacoustics: From acoustic analogies to direct numerical simulations," by Daniel Juvé of the "Ecole Centrale de Lyon", France.
• two others during the ASA/EAA/SFA plenary session on Wednesday afternoon, 2 July.
  • "Binaural hearing and systems for sound reproduction," by Philip Nelson of the University of Southampton, UK. 
  • "Light and sound: Ultrasonic imaging in molecular medicine," by Matthew O'Donnell of the University of Washington, WA, USA.