The members of the BNAM 2026 TC are shown to the right and they are now setting up the BNAM 2026 program with suitable Session Chairs and sessions Co-Chairs.
It will be very interesting to hear the above keynote speakers and by the 3rd of November it will be possible to submit abstracts and we have already received the first ones. Registration will open by the 17th of November. The conference will start with a short opening ceremony and end by a closing ceremony. We will also let our Platinum and Gold sponsors give short presentations.
Due to the large interest we will have dual seminars in parallel all days and there will also be some special workshops and visits to the applied acoustic laboratory at Chalmers.
BNAM 2026 Technical Committee (TC)
- Hans Bodén: Chair SAS, Prof. Emeritus KTH (SE)
- Wolfgang Kropp: Professor CTH (SE)
- Torbjörn Kloow: SAS Treasure & BNAM 2026 Project Manager (SE)
- Birgit Rasmussen: Professor Emeritus AAU (DK)
- Karin Norén-Cosgriff: Standard Norge (NO)
- Steindor Gudmundsson: Verkis (IS)
- Henrik Möller: Akukon (FI)
- Kerstin Persson-Way: Professor AMM, GU (SE), part of time
- Krister Larsson: Ass. Professor CTH (SE)
- Jan-Anders Marheim: Avinor (NO)
- Gjermund Holöyen: SINTEF (NO)
- Bo Gärdhagen: Bo Gärdhagen Konsult (SE)
BNAM 2026 endorsed by EAA
Keynote speakers
Monday 11:45 – 12:25 Keynote speaker 1
Professor Helge Rask-Andersen
Uppsala University (UU), Professor of Experimental Otology at the Department of Surgical Sciences; Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases
Title: “Re-building inner ear hair cells and why crocodiles hear so well“
Tuesday 10:40 – 11:25 Keynote 2
Professor Peter Svensson
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Professor at the department of electronics and telecommunications, in the acoustics group
Title “Room-acoustic modeling meets Occam’s razor“
Wednesday 10:40 – 11:25 Keynote 3
Professor Ana Širović
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Professor at the department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Title: “Sounds of the Ocean: understanding marine life and its interaction with sound “
Program overview
Monday
4 May
Tuesday
5 May
Wednesday
6 May
~ 10:30 – 11:30 Registration
~ 11:30 – 11:45 Opening Ceremony
~ 11:45 – 12:25 Keynote speaker 1
~ 12:25 – 12:55 Sponsors presentation
~ 12:55 – 14:00 Lunch & Exhibition
~ 14:00 – 15:30 Parallel Sessions
~ 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee & Exhibition
~16:00 – 17:30 Parallel Sessions
~18:00 Reception
~ 08:30 – 10:10 Parallel Sessions
~ 10:10 – 10:40 Coffee & Exhibition
~ 10:40 – 11:25 Keynote 2
~ 11:25 – 12:25 & Parallel sessions
~ 12:25 – 13:30 Lunch & Exhibition
~ 13:30 – 15:30 Parallel sessions
~ 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee & Exhibition
~ 16:00 – 17:30 Parallel Sessions
~ 19:30 Congress Dinner Banquet
~ 08:50 – 10:10 Parallel Sessions
~ 10:10 – 10:40 Coffee & Exhibition
~ 10:40 – 11:25 Keynote 3
~ 11:25 – 12:25 & Parallel sessions
~ 12:25 – 13:30 Lunch & Exhibition
~ 13:30 – 14:50 Parallel sessions
~ 14:50 – 15:10 Coffee & Exhibition
~ 15:10 – 16:10 Parallel Sessions
~ 16:10 – 16:30 Closing ceremony
The Exhibition will be just outside the plenary room “Runan” and the parallel room “Scania”. Already now 31 companies has reserved space. There will be 3 lunches and 5 coffee breaks with snacks so that you have sufficien time to visit the exhibition during the congress. The BNAM 2026 conference will also include the traditional Reception on Monday evening and Congress Banquet with a 3 course dinner and Live music.
Preliminary program overview
Monday
4 May
11:45 – 12:25 Keynote speaker 1
Professor Helge Rask-Andersen,
Uppsala University (UU), Professor of Experimental Otology at the Department of Surgical Sciences; Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases
Title: “Re-building inner ear hair cells and why crocodiles hear so well”
~ 10:30 – 11:30 Registration
~ 11:30 – 11:45 Opening Ceremony
~ 11:45 – 12:25 Keynote speaker 1
~ 12:25 – 12:55 Sponsors presentation
~ 12:55 – 14:00 Lunch & Exhibition
~ 14:00 – 15:30 Parallel Sessions
~ 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee & Exhibition
~16:00 – 17:30 Parallel Sessions
~18:00 Reception
Tuesday
5 May
10:40 – 11:25 Keynote 2
Professor Peter Svensson,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Professor at the department of electronics and telecommunications, in the acoustics group
Title “Room-acoustic modeling meets Occam’s razor”
~ 08:30 – 10:10 Parallel Sessions
~ 10:10 – 10:40 Coffee & Exhibition
~ 10:40 – 11:25 Keynote 2
~ 11:25 – 12:25 & Parallel sessions
~ 12:25 – 13:30 Lunch & Exhibition
~ 13:30 – 15:30 Parallel sessions
~ 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee & Exhibition
~ 16:00 – 17:30 Parallel Sessions
~ 19:30 Congress Dinner Banquet
Wednesday
6 May
10:40 – 11:25 Keynote 3
Professor Ana Širović,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Professor at the department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Title: “Sounds of the Ocean: understanding marine life and its interaction with sound ”
~ 08:50 – 10:10 Parallel Sessions
~ 10:10 – 10:40 Coffee & Exhibition
~ 10:40 – 11:25 Keynote 3
~ 11:25 – 12:25 & Parallel sessions
~ 12:25 – 13:30 Lunch & Exhibition
~ 13:30 – 14:50 Parallel sessions
~ 14:50 – 15:10 Coffee & Exhibition
~ 15:10 – 16:10 Parallel Sessions
~ 16:10 – 16:30 Closing ceremony
The Exhibition will be just outside the plenary room “Runan” and the parallel room “Scania”. Already now 31 companies has reserved space. There will be 3 lunches and 5 coffee breaks with snacks so that you have sufficien time to visit the exhibition during the congress. The BNAM 2026 conference will also include the traditional Reception on Monday evening and Congress Banquet with a 3 course dinner and Live music.
BNAM 2026 Topics
Topics BNAM 2026
- Aero Acoustics
- Audio & Music
- Bio Acoustics
- Building Acoustics
- Environmental Noise
- Health & Medical
- Hearing & Audiology
- Measurements Techniques HW & SW
- Noise at Workplace
- Noise & Vibrations in Industry & Construction sites
- Numerical Modelling & Simulations
- Psycho Acoustics
- Room Acoustics
- Structure-borne Sound and Vibrations
- Traffic Noise & Vibrations
- Vehicle Acoustics & Vibrations
- Virtual Reality & Artificial Intelligence
- Underwater Acoustics
The topics are chosen to reflect all aspects of the very wide “Acoustic” concept including various vibration topics. Each of these topics can have sub-topics like we already now plan for separate sessions in Building Acoustics:
- Building Acoustics: Regulations
- Building Acoustics: Wood Houses
- Building Acoustics: General Purpose
Sub-sessions have also been implemented for Room Acoustics & Environmental Noise
- Room Acoustics: Architectural
- Room Acoustics: Schools, Hospitals, Restaurants, Offices
- Environmental Noise: General Purpose
- Environmental Noise: Aircraft
- Environmental Noise: Barriers
When papers starts coming we will expand topics wherever suitable, like if receiving many papers in “Traffic Noise & Vibrations” which of course is a little overlapping with “Environmental Noise”. We also encourage papers within vibrations due to its large impact on the acoustic environment, hereby especially attracting papers with overlapping acoustics & vibrations like: “Structure-borne Sound and Vibrations” or “Noise & Vibrations in Industry & Construction sites” or “Vehicle Acoustics & Vibrations”
BNAM 2026 Chair and Co-Chair
- BNAM 2026 Chair: Hans Bodén, Professor Emeritus KTH, Chair SAS
- BNAM 2026 Co-Chair: Torbjörn Kloow, Treasurer SAS, BNAM 2026 Project Manager
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
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