Community

Ways to connect with the communities that support sonification collaboration and learning.

Online Communities

Community Name	Description	Link
Decibels Community	A data sonification community hosted on Discord. A space to share projects, ask questions, and connect with other sonifiers.	https://decibels.community/
International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD)	A forum for presenting research on the use of auditory display. Includes an annual conference with extensive proceedings.	https://icad.org/
Georgia Tech Sonification Lab	An interdisciplinary research group at Georgia Institute of Technology, focusing on the development of multimodal devices that often employ sonification.	http://sonify.psych.gatech.edu/
Highcharts Sonification Studio Community	An online resource aimed at users of the Highcharts Sonification Studio. Includes video tutorials and useful links.	https://hss-tutorials.github.io/
SoniFriday	An audio-visual collaboration from Berit Kruse and Christian Basl. It features sonifications on topics such as climate, gender, and ecology.	https://www.instagram.com/sonifriday/
Sonification World Chat	An organization launched by Geneva Lakes Astrophysics and STEAM which shares current information about sonification projects. It also advocates for blind or low vision (BLV) individuals to take part in the conversation about sonification tool development. There is a SWC email listserv, and monthly meetings are held across two time zones.	https://sonificationworldchat.org/
Geo SonNet (Sonification Network for the Geosciences)	A project connected to the Sonification World Chat (SWC) which encourages multidisciplinary collaboration in data sonification for geosciences. It also aims to document the status of geoscience sonification projects, and prepare geoscientists for submitting successful grant proposals. Meetings are shared with SWC.	https://geosonnet.org/

Conferences

Conference Name	Link
ICAD Conference	https://icad.org/conferences/
Audio Mostly	https://audiomostly.com/
The Sound and Music Computing Conference	https://smcnetwork.org/#smc

Opportunities and Events

Opportunity / Event	Link
The Sonification Awards	https://www.sonificationawards.org/