Audio buffs, get your passport in order: Details are out on the next AES convention - number 116, for those who are counting - which will be held in Berlin in May.
Organizers also said they detected "an upswing" in the pro audio business at the fall convention in New York.
"In this newly positive business climate, the demand for detailed information about trends and technologies in pro audio is rapidly growing again."
The association touts Berlin, the new German capital, as a tourist attraction and said it expects a large number of visitors from the 10 new European Union members, including Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia.