ASON 2015 22015 A S O N ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (AN AFFILIATE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR ACOUSTICS) ORGANIZES THEME: SOUND, POLITICS AND ENVIRONMENT Art, politics and noise SUBTHEMES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: Noise and advertisement Noise and electoral processes Noise and environmental health Noise management and election campaigns Language use in politics Politics of sound regulation Noise control and music Noise and Estate valuation Language use and noise pollution Sound as a resource Sound and environmental harmony Speech and political empowerment Sound change and noise pollution Noise control and development The government, media, politics and noise Noise and gender issues regulation Noise as a pollutant Politics and noise in the education sector DATE: 8TH – 11TH JUNE, 2015 VENUE: UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA KEYNOTE SPEAKER: FRANCOIS MALHERBE (President, South African Acoustical Society and Consulting Engineer for Noise Measurement, Modelling and Control / Environmental Services, Johannesburg, South Africa) CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES: MEMBERS: N16,000 NON MEMBERS: N 20,000 UNEMPLOYED PG STUDENTS: N5,000 FRESH GRADUATES (NON MEMBERS): N2,000 FRESH GRADUATES (MEMBERS): N1,000 UNDERGRADUATES (NON MEMBERS): N500 UNDERGRADUATES (YASON) MEMBERS: FREE ST EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION (ENDS 31 FEBRUARY, 2015) MEMBERS: N12,000 NON MEMBERS: N15,000 Bank Account information Bank: First Bank of Nigeria PLC Name: Acoustical Society of Nigeria Account no.: 2022630513 Abstracts: not more than two hundred and fifty words. Include not more than three pages of your methodology and summary of findings. Electronic copies (ms word and pdf copies) of full papers of accepted abstracts should not be more than 12 A4 double lined spacing pages. APA IS THE RECOMMENDED REFERENCING STYLE. Submit at least ten hard copies of your paper to the LOC at the conference venue before presentation. Submission of abstracts ends: 31st April, 2015 students’ best paper competition (not more than 4 st pages). To be submitted not later than 31 April, 2015. For further information and submissions, contact: ndubuisi.ahamefula@unn.edu.ng, ikenna.onwuegbuna@unn.edu.ng, joy.uguru@unn.edu.ng Chief Host Prof. Benjamin C. Ozumba Vice-Chancellor University of Nigeria, Nsukka Host Co - Host Dr. Joy O. Uguru Dr. Ikenna Onwuegbuna +2348037726055 +2348035639139 joy.uguru@unn.edu.ng ikenna.onwuegbuna@unn.edu.ng National President L.O.C. Chairman Chukwunonso Uzoagba +2348064213820 chukwunonso.uzoagba@unn.edu.ng (L.O.C. secretary) Ndubuisi Ahamefula +2348034772290 ndubuisi.ahamefula@unn.edu.ng David T. Waya +2347030682617 david.waya@unn.edu.ng Technical committee Follow updates on: www.acousticsnigeria.org