The INTER-NOISE Congresses are the largest international gathering of experts in noise control engineering each year. The INTER-NOISE Congresses have been held each year since 1972 at venues around the world. The Congresses include a large technical program consisting of papers and posters on all topics of noise control engineering. Papers summarizing these presentations are collected into a Proceedings document that is available for reference after the Congress. The Congresses also include an exhibition of the latest products and instrumentation for noise control engineering.
A Member Society (or a group of Member Societies) may express its desire to host a future INTER-NOISE Congress by submitting an informal proposal in writing to the CSC Secretary. Check Part 3 of Rules & Procedures (I-INCE CONGRESS SELECTION COMMITTEE, Article 9) for more details.
The INTER-NOISE Congress has a rich history stemming back to 1972. A collection of photos and information on the congresses throughout the years is available here
INTER-NOISE 2026: Adelaide, Australia
INTER-NOISE 2025: Sao Paulo, Brazil
INTER-NOISE 2024 : Nantes, France
The Future Congress Technical Planners (FCTP) meeting includes the I-INCE Vice President for Technical Activities, general and technical chairs for future approved congresses, people interested in organizing sessions or a group of sessions at the next congress, the FCTP Advisory Committee, as well as recent past congress general and technical chairs. The goal is to offer advice on all aspects of congress technical planning including the maximum number of parallel sessions, the type of Structured Sessions, the need for Poster Sessions, etc. The FCTP may recommend new concepts for future INTER-NOISE Congresses. The concepts may involve items that are specific to a particular Congress and which depend upon local circumstances and local ideas. The FCTP holds two meetings at the INTER-NOISE Congress, a Pre-FCTP meeting on Sunday and the full FCTP meeting on Wednesday. The Pre-FCTP meeting is an informal meeting wherein the minutes of the previous FCTP meeting are discussed, and the technical plans for the next congress are explained. The full FCTP meeting discusses the technical plan for the next two congresses and the experience of the congress that has just ended. The principal task is to assist the Organizing Committees of future INTER-NOISE Congresses with planning for Structured (or Special) Sessions as well as Poster Sessions. The primary efforts focus on the next Congress, but ideas may be considered for the next + 1 or even the next + 2 Congress.
| Year | City, Country | Congress President | Host Society | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1972 | Washington, USA | M.J. Crocker | INCE-USA |
| 2 | 1973 | Copenhagen, Denmark | F. Ingerslev | DAS |
| 3 | 1974 | Washington, USA | J.C. Johnson | INCE-USA |
| 4 | 1975 | Sendai, Japan | T. Nimura | ASJ |
| 5 | 1976 | Washington, USA | P.K. Baade | INCE-USA |
| 6 | 1977 | Zurich, Switzerland | E.H. Rothauser | I-INCE |
| 7 | 1978 | San Francisco, USA | W.W. Lang | INCE-USA |
| 8 | 1979 | Warsaw, Poland | S. Czarnecki | PAN |
| 9 | 1980 | Miami, USA | G.C. Maling | INCE-USA |
| 10 | 1981 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | V.M.A. Peutz | NAG |
| 11 | 1982 | San Francisco, USA | J.G. Seebold | INCE-USA |
| 12 | 1983 | Edinburgh, UK | E.J. Richards | IoA |
| 13 | 1984 | Honolulu, USA | W.W. Lang | INCE-USA |
| 14 | 1985 | Munich, Germany | E. Zwicker | VDI |
| 15 | 1986 | Cambridge, USA | R.H. Lyon | INCE-USA |
| 16 | 1987 | Bejing, China | D.Y. Maa | AS |
| 17 | 1988 | Avignon, France | J. Mattei | SFA |
| 18 | 1989 | Newport Beach, USA | G.C. Maling | INCE-USA |
| 19 | 1990 | Gothenburg, Sweden | T. Kihlman | SAS |
| 20 | 1991 | Sydney, Australia | A. Lawrence | AAS |
| 21 | 1992 | Toronto, Canada | T.F.W. Embleton | CAA & INCE-USA |
| 22 | 1993 | Leuven, Belgium | A. Cops | ABAV |
| 23 | 1994 | Yokohama, Japan | M. Koyasu | INCE/J & ASJ |
| 24 | 1995 | Newport Beach, USA | A.H. Marsh | INCE-USA |
| 25 | 1996 | Liverpool, UK | B. Berry | IoA |
| 26 | 1997 | Budapest, Hungary | A. Illenyi | OPAKFI |
| 27 | 1998 | Christchurch, New Zeland | H. Marshall | NZAS |
| 28 | 1999 | Fort Lauderdale, USA | J. Cuschieri & D. Yeager | INCE-USA |
| 29 | 2000 | Nice, France | M. Vallet | SFA |
| 30 | 2001 | The Hague, Holland | T.T. Wolde | NAG |
| 31 | 2002 | Dearborn, USA | R. Singh | INCE-USA |
| 32 | 2003 | Jeju, South Korea | H.J. Eun | KSNVE/ASK |
| 33 | 2004 | Prague, Czech Republic | J. Novak | CAS |
| 34 | 2005 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | S.N.Y. Gerges | INCE/SOBRAC |
| 35 | 2006 | Honolulu, USA | D. Holger & S. Kuwano | INCE-USA & INCE-Japan |
| 36 | 2007 | Istanbul, Turkey | T. Belek | TAS |
| 37 | 2008 | Shanghai, China | Jing Tian | ASC & IACAS |
| 38 | 2009 | Ottawa, Canada | Trevor Nightingale & Joe Cuschieri | INCE-USA & CAA |
| 39 | 2010 | Lisbon, Portugal | J. Patricio & A. Pérez López | SPA & SEA |
| 40 | 2011 | Osaka, Japan | Ichiro Yamada | INCE/J & ASJ |
| 41 | 2012 | New York, USA | Steve Hambric | INCE-USA |
| 42 | 2013 | Innsbruck, Austria | Werner Talasch | OZL (ANAA) |
| 43 | 2014 | Melbourne, Australia | Norm Broner | AAS |
| 44 | 2015 | San Francisco, USA | Paul Donavan | INCE-USA |
| 45 | 2016 | Hamburg, Germany | Otto von Estorff | DEGA |
| 46 | 2017 | Hong Kong, China | Tom Ho & Li Cheng | HKIOA & HKPolyU |
| 47 | 2018 | Chicago, USA | Charlie Moritz & Joe Cuschieri | INCE-USA |
| 48 | 2019 | Madrid, Spain | Antonio Perez-Lopez | SEA |
| 49 | 2020 | Seoul, Korea | Semyung Wang | KSNVE |
| 50 | 2021 | Washington D.C., USA | Raj Singh & Dave Akkerman | INCE-USA |
| 51 | 2022 | Glasgow, UK | Barry Gibbs | IoA |
| 52 | 2023 | Chiba, Japan | Shinichi Sakamoto | INCE-J, ASJ |