I just returned from visiting the 2017 WASPAA workshop and 143rd AES Convention in New York. Two very different vibes: the former is a small workshop focused deeply on the theory on topics including source localization, source separation, acoustic scene analysis, spatial audio, dereverberation and de-noising. AES is a huge gathering of audio professionals from music producers to mixers to hardware manufacturers to researchers like me. I’m back at the office with renewed enthusiasm for my profession!