Dear Delegates and Accompanying Persons,
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to Melbourne to attend Internoise 2014 and to celebrate 40 years of I-INCE. It has been three busy years since the Australian Acoustical Society bid to host this Internoise in Melbourne was accepted until today when all our efforts will hopefully provide you with an informative and memorable congress.
I could not have done this without the help of a very dedicated team who have been instrumental in pulling things together. I particularly want to thank our Technical Program Chair, Adjunct Professor Charles Don, and Technical Program Co- Chair Adjunct Professor John Davy and our Webmaster and Conference Proceedings Chair Terry McMinn. In addition, Marion Burgess, President Elect I-INCE, as Technical Program Advisor has been sharing her valuable experience and advising us on all matters related to running a successful congress. Our Congress Secretariat, run by Liz Dowsett, has kept us all on track. In the background the Congress Treasurer, Dianne Williams, our Social Program Chair, Geoff Barnes and a number of others have made valuable contributions. Phil Setton assisted in selecting our Internoise 2014 app developer. The conference would also not have been possible without the efforts of all the presenters.
I also want to thank our two Gold sponsors, Ortech and Embelton, our Silver sponsor Martini Industries and our two Bronze sponsors CSR Bradford and Pyrotek. Without our sponsors and exhibitors, it would be very difficult to provide the successful congress that we expect Internoise 2014 to be.
I want to also thank the Melbourne Convention Bureau for assisting us in promoting our Congress and for sponsoring the attendance of students from developing countries and for supporting our Welcome Reception. It has also been a great pleasure working with the MCEC (Congress venue) and ExpoNet (Exhibition Build) and I want to also thank Rosa and Yulie respectively.
I hope that you all take advantage of our great city. Enjoy your stay in Melbourne, tour the great sights of Victoria and most importantly, enjoy this Internoise congress.
Best regards to all,
Dr. Norm Broner
President Internoise 2014