Welcome

Scotland calls!  The 51st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering took place at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow on the 21-24 August 2022. As the major international conference on noise control engineering it attracted almost 1300 scientists, engineers and consultants from around the world.

The Congress theme was Noise Control in a more Sustainable Future. This theme is particularly timely and the congress venue is the same as that for the recent conference on climate change COP 26.

The Technical Program of over 20 main topics and 130 subtopics ranged from Aircraft Noise to Underwater, Ship and Offshore Acoustics. Included is the Topic: Profession, Training and Outreach, which will be of special interest to young researchers, engineers and consultants who are at the early stage of their careers.

The Congress was organised by the Institute of Acoustics (IOA) and the United Kingdom Acoustics Network (UKAN) on behalf of the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE).

Whilst we welcomed almost 1000 people attending in person, we offered a virtual option, primarily for intercontinental travellers for almost 300 people worldwide. The majority of presenters and attendees of a technical session were still be in the room, with a minority of presenters and attendees on-line. The full program of social and networking events took place in Glasgow.

Barry Marshall Gibbs, Congress President
Alistair Somerville, Technical Program Chair