Join us there as we contribute to the event’s exciting dialogue, with renowned Genelec CTO Aki Mäkivirta and Senior Technologist Thomas Lund both taking the stage to share their expert perspectives.

You’ll also be warmly welcomed to enjoy a live demo of our UNIO Personal Reference Monitoring (PRM) system in the exhibition area, which we’ve created to help you reliably extend your workflow to headphones – with a seamless bridge between your headphone and loudspeaker monitoring experience.

Opening Ceremony & Q&A

Wednesday, August 27 | 8:30–9:00 EEST
Kaleva Hall

Kickstarting the conference, Genelec CTO Aki Mäkivirta joins Juha Backman (AAC Technologies) for a special Q&A session. With over 30 years of academic and industry expertise, Aki will share unique perspectives on the evolution and future of professional headphone monitoring.

Sound Colour in Headphones Used for Monitoring

Thursday, August 28 | 17:00–17:30 EEST
Kaleva Hall

In this insightful workshop, Genelec Senior Technologist Thomas Lund is joined by Tore Stegenborg-Andersen of Force Technology to explore the complex relationship between in-room monitors and headphone listening. Thomas introduces a subjective test framework that explores six core sound colour attributes, comparing them against high-resolution B&K 5128C measurements to propose a new pathway toward individually neutral headphone response.

Monitoring Standards and Headphone Listening

Thursday, August 28 | 17:30–18:00 EEST
Kaleva Hall

Continuing the conversation, Thomas Lund returns with Tapio Lokki of Aalto University to discuss the challenges of developing global standards for headphone monitoring. The session explores perceptual differences between loudspeaker and headphone reproduction – such as auditory envelopment, imaging and localisation – and outlines what’s needed to build a universal AES headphone standard.

We hope you’ll join us in Espoo to be part of this important conversation shaping the future of headphone technology.

See the full programme here