Audio Engineering Society - Melbourne Section -

Welcome –

2017/02/042023/08/28Secretary

Welcome to the AES Melbourne Section site.
Here you will find information about the section, useful audio-related articles and links and information about past and forthcoming meetings.

The aim is to provide useful information for students and professional audio practitioners alike.

Join the AES!

We are a local Section of the international (New York-based) Audio Engineering Society. Membership of the AES includes all benefits associated with the local Melbourne Section.
You can find out more and join online at –
https://aes2.org/aes-membership-overview/

If you want to check out our activities, there’s our Facebook page.
… and our LinkedIn page for those who hang out there.
…… then there’s Instagram for those more visually minded.

Contact the Section here.

Meeting Notice: December 2026 – End of Year Dinner

2026/11/102026/11/10Secretary

Celebrating The End of Another Year

Another momentous year for the AES Melbourne Section draws to a close.

What a year it’s been!

It is a time for us all to slow down, enjoy life, and reconnect with people we don’t see often enough.

To that end, the AES Melbourne Section is holding an End of Year Dinner at Club Ringwood on Monday 14^th December at 7:30pm

Those who attended previous dinners will remember the venue and the events fondly.

Photo of AES members annd guests gathered around the dinner table

Meeting Report: October 2026 – Daniel Bodnarcuk on Future-Proofing Audio Education and AI in the Workflow

2026/10/212026/10/21Paolo Menolotto

On October 12^th we gathered at the Yarra Edge Theatre of the Melbourne Polytechnic Fairfield campus where their Education Manager, Creative Arts (music, sound and screen production), Daniel Bodnarcuk presented on the twin topics of

Future-Proofing Audio Education: From Emerging Workflows to AI

Vice-chair AES Melbourne Section, Paolo Menolotto, introducing Daniel Bodnarcuk — Vice-Chair Paolo Menolotto introduces Daniel

Following an introduction from Vice-Chair, Paolo Menolotto, Daniel presented his research on how educators can keep pace with emerging technology. This was followed by his examination of the possibilities of Artificial Intelligence in audio production and education, including the vexed issue of copyright.
The research was supported by an international fellowship, with backing from the AES, Melbourne Polytechnic, the Victorian Skills Authority and RMIT. It was also presented at AES conferences overseas.

Daniel started with what he calls an “alignment gap”. He described how technology advances exponentially, but vocational education (VET) training packages are redeveloped only every three to five years. He saw that as too slow for new tools and workflows to reach the classroom. His fellowship study looked into what leading educators and institutions around the world are doing about this.