Do you have a project idea and are you seeking funding opportunities or the right partners to turn it into a successful collaboration?

Within the framework of ICSV32, we are pleased to invite you to the Projects Fair – Funding & Collaboration Roundtables, an interactive and academically oriented event designed to support project development and to enhance collaboration between academia, industry, and practice.

This special session offers a dynamic platform where innovative ideas meet expertise, allowing individual concepts to evolve into impactful and collaborative projects. Participants are encouraged to present a concise concept note (maximum one slide or one page) and to take part in focused roundtable discussions addressing the following topics:

• Emerging and innovative project ideas
• European funding opportunities, including Horizon Europe, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), and the LIFE Programme
• Identification of potential partners and the development of interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaborations

The Projects Fair welcomes researchers, early-career scholars, practitioners, and representatives from private companies who are interested in exchanging ideas, exploring funding pathways, and establishing meaningful collaborations within the fields of acoustics, sound, and vibration.

Join us at ICSV32 and become part of a collaborative environment where ideas grow into larger, impactful initiatives.

Training and Support for Participants

To support researchers a pre-training session will be organized prior to the Projects Fair. This preparatory training will provide guidance on project concept development, funding frameworks, and effective presentation of ideas. Detailed information regarding the training content, schedule, and programme will be announced on the congress website in due course.

SONIC INTERACTIONS: ENGAGING ACOUSTIC ACTIVITIES AND IMMERSIVE SOUND EXHIBITIONS

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METAMATERIALS HACKATHON: DESIGN SOLUTIONS

In work environments—particularly in open-plan offices—speech noise, high STI values, long reverberation times, and noise generated by service equipment emerge as the primary acoustic issues.
Over the past five years, the use of acoustic metamaterials in office environments has become one of the most frequently studied application areas in room acoustics and material science research.
Metamaterials are structures with artificially engineered micro-geometries designed at sub-wavelength scales to achieve acoustic properties not found in natural materials, and they provide high sound absorption at low frequencies through thin and lightweight configurations.
In this event, there will be hands-on activities on the design of metamaterials and their preparation for 3D printing.

About the organiser:

Gianluca Memoli

University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Metasonixx Ltd., Brighton, UK

Gianluca has been working in acoustics for 20 years, all over the frequency spectrum. From medical ultrasound to soundscapes, from metrology to microbubbles... and now metamaterials. A physicist, an engineer, an inventor, an amateur thespian, Gianluca splits his time between teaching at the University of Sussex, being a father of two and nurturing the spin-off Metasonixx (IOP business start-up award of 2024). Gianluca has won multiple awards in his career for his teaching (his course of Entrepreneurship has been voted 4th in the world in 2025), his outreach (IOA award for communicating acoustic to the public in 2013), his research (a UKRI fellowship in 2017).
Gianluca Memoli will also give Plenary Lecture during the congress.

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SONIC SEASONING: MULTISENSORY FLAVOR PERCEPTION WORKSHOP

How does sound shape what we taste? Sonic Seasoning is an emerging interdisciplinary field exploring the powerful relationship between auditory experience and flavor perception. In this immersive workshop, participants will discover how musical texture, frequency, rhythm, and sonic atmosphere can subtly transform sensory interpretation, altering perceived sweetness, acidity, bitterness, richness, and overall enjoyment.
Blending sound design, gastronomy, and sensory science, the session offers a rare opportunity to experience multisensory perception firsthand through guided listening and curated pairings with regionally relevant fermented grape-based samples. Designed for an interdisciplinary audience, this oenological tasting workshop invites participants to rethink taste not as a purely physical act, but as an emotional and cognitive experience shaped by sound.
The workshop is a 90-minute multisensory tasting and listening session, limited to 20 participants to ensure an intimate, guided experience. It will be held in a quiet indoor setting that supports focused tasting and attentive listening. During the session, the ways in which sonic textures and musical patterns shape sensory perception will be explored, with an emphasis on noticing subtle interactions between sound and flavor.

About the organisers:

Dr. Oğuz Öner

Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Dr. Oğuz Öner is a sound weaver, researcher, and multi-instrumentalist working at the intersection of sound studies, psychogeography, spatial perception, and artistic practice. He holds a PhD in Urban Planning from Istanbul Technical University, where his research focused on soundscape perception, urban acoustic environments, and the relationship between sonic culture and human-space interaction.
His work bridges research and practice, developing site-responsive sound environments, participatory soundwalks, and immersive auditory experiences that connect acoustics with architecture, memory, media, and performance. Through projects such as kadıköy_Akustik, he has mapped urban listening practices and user-based acoustic perception. His sound design has been featured in exhibitions at the Rahmi Koç Museum in collaboration with the Rijksmuseum, and in augmented reality projects developed with Apple. A TEDx speaker, he composes and designs sound for film, dance, and immersive media, creating cross-disciplinary experiential environments.

Ayseli İzmen

Özyeğin University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Ayseli İzmen works at the intersection of sensory research, wine studies, and food and beverage strategy. Her work examines wine and taste not merely as products, but as perceptual and cultural constructs shaped by multisensory interaction and meaning-making processes.
She is currently pursuing her PhD in gastrophysics, where she investigates taste perception, crossmodal correspondences, and the design of eating and drinking experiences. Her research bridges experimental inquiry and applied practice, integrating academic rigor with industry collaboration.
Ayseli serves as a part-time wine lecturer at Özyeğin University, teaching courses that address wine from technical, cultural, and sensory perspectives. Alongside her academic work, she collaborates with restaurants, producers, and brands on product development, positioning, and experience design, contributing to projects that connect terroir, production philosophy, and brand narrative within contemporary F&B contexts.

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IMMERSIVE SOUND EXHIBITIONS

Auralisation of Istanbul's acoustical heritage buildings

(Listening Booths at exhibition hall - Odeon booth + Lightning talk with Prof. Rindel)
The Byzantine churches from the sixth century and some Mosques by the famous Turkish architect Sinan from the sixteenth century were modelled and recorded as part of the CAHRISMA, (Conservation of the Acoustical Heritage by the Revival and Identification of the Sinan's Mosques Acoustics), research project carried on within the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Commission between 2000 – 2003.

The project was a collaboration among 7 partners:

• DTU - Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
• YTU - Yildiz Teknik Universitesi, Turkey
• UNIFE - Universita degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy
• EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
• UNIGE - Université de Geneve, Switzerland
• AEDIFICE – Association d’Etude pour le Développement,l’Information, la Formation et l’Intervention sur le Cadre de Vie et l’Environnement, France
• UOM - University of Malta, Malta

With the support of ODEON, participants at this event will have the opportunity to listen to auralizations of significant sites such as Hagia Irene, Hagia Sophia, Little Hagia Sophia, Süleymaniye Mosque, and the Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque.

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Special Movie: The Voice of Hagia Sophia (Movie screening at auditorium + Lightning talk with Prof. Pentcheva)

Documentary film, 24 minutes, 2018
At this event, there will be a screening of the documentary The Voice of Hagia Sophia, produced by Prof. Bissera V. Pentcheva, and Duygu Eruçman. In addition, a lighting talk will be held with the film’s producers regarding the interdisciplinary project "Icons of Sound."