Audiophile Conference
Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and School of Communication are thrilled to announce that the Audiophile conference will return in 2027.
Audiophile is a celebration and meeting curated by Northwestern’s Natalie Y. Moore and Neil Verma designed to inspire creators and storytellers. By focusing on craft and creativity, Audiophile brings together designers, journalists, engineers and producers across the audio spectrum to celebrate possibilities that open the world of sound. The conference will be held over two days in downtown Chicago on April 22 and 23, 2027.
If you are a creator, journalist or producer passionate about sound as a medium, this conference offers the opportunity to share, collaborate and learn together, to move the audio industry forward in a way that is innovative and responsive to the changing world around us.
Audiophile 2026 offered extraordinary community and inspiration. Speakers have included: Nichole Hill of Our Ancestors Were Messy; Ben Calhoun, executive producer of The Daily - The New York Times; Julie Shapiro and John DeLore of Audio Flux; Jason Saldanha of PRX; staff of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Invisible Institute; Davy Gardner of The Tribeca Festival; and Lesedi Mogoatlhe and Kabir Jugram of Radio Workshop.
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