DIFFUSE SEMINAR AGENDA

RPG and its Product Representatives host Diffuse Seminars at the RPG headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD for all qualified professional architectural and acoustical designers and specifiers. The seminars are a continuation of the material presented in the 1-hour AIA/CES program previously offered at individual offices. They offer attendees an opportunity to interact with other leading professionals in a full day of intriguing and design-provoking activity.

Who should attend?
All specifiers and designers are invited. This includes Architects, Acoustical Consultants, Recording and Broadcast Studio Designers, Sound Contractors, Home Theater System Integrators, etc.

What will occur?
This day-long seminar on Architectural Acoustics is presented by several of RPG's leading Acousticians who have over 60 years of combined acoustics experience. They combine the right mixture of acoustic fundamentals, acoustic product/material information, conceptual acoustic design strategies and real world completed project examples to teach attendees how to determine the acoustic goals for rooms, recognize and avoid potential acoustic problems, select the correct types of acoustical materials and locate them most effectively in each of the most common types of rooms. The goals are to increase overall acoustical awareness, encourage/facilitate the working relationships between architects and acoustic consultants and ensure an acceptable level of acoustic quality when acoustic consultants are not involved. The seminar format takes a room by room approach from auditoriums, through worship spaces to gymnasiums and natatoriums. Computer modeling and auralizations (auditory simulations) are used so that attendees are able to actually hear the effects of various room acoustic treatment strategies on speech and music. Attendees can receive up to 4 AIA/CES learning units that also qualify as health, safety & welfare units.

Agenda
A wide range of topics will be covered and pdf versions of all presentations are provided in the Agenda bucket at the right for evaluation.

Where are they held?
The Diffuse Seminars are held at RPG headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD. RPG is centrally located between Washington, DC, Baltimore and historic Annapolis, MD. Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) is the closest and most desirable arrival for pickup. Dulles and Reagan National are alternate choices. All air travel is arranged and provided by your local RPG representative. All hotel accommodations are arranged and provided by RPG. Breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as transportation to RPG, to dinner and back to the hotel on the day of the seminar is also arranged and provided by RPG. Attendees are only responsible for transportation from/to the airport.


Why are they being held?
The goals of the Diffuse Seminars are for RPG to:
• Share its research and standards activities
• Discuss the theory and acoustical testing behind its products
• Explain the application of its products in the built environment
• Introduce the specifying community to its manufacturing facility
• Develop and nurture a long-lasting and trusting relationship with you!

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Book & Publications Acoustic Asorbers and Diffusers: Theory, Design and Application (2nd Edition, Taylor & Francis 2009) by Trevor J. Cox and Peter D’Antonio. Bibliography