Fall Speaker Series with Stephen Cavit - The Sound of Place- Harmonizing Innovation and Tradition

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The Sound of Place: Harmonizing Innovation and Tradition

Drawing on more than two decades of experience creating sound and music for immersive attractions, entertainment, museums, and global brands, Stephen Thomas C avit, Co-Founder and CEO of TruSound International, Ltd. will explore the intersection of technology, storytelling, and experience design. Participants will discover how spatial audio and intelligent environments can engage audiences in ways that extend beyond the visual—creating stories that audiences don't simply see, but feel, navigate, and remember. This session explores how spatial audio, intelligent environments, and immersive sound design can transform physical spaces into living narratives. From themed entertainment and museums to hospitality, tourism, and destination experiences, sound has the power to shape emotion, direct attention, create a sense of place, and turn an ordinary environment into an extraordinary experience.

Cavit is also the Composer and Principal of Iconic360 – Sound and Music and a three-time Emmy Award-winning composer. His honors include the BMI Conducting Workshop Fellowship, IAAPA Brass Ring Award, THEA Award, and Sundance Composers Lab Fellowship. His work spans some of the world's most recognizable entertainment properties, including GHOSTBUSTERS, JUMANJI, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, and UNCHARTED for Sony Pictures Entertainment; THE WALKING DEAD and ALIEN V. PREDATOR for Universal Studios; and ICE AGE: NO TIME FOR NUTS and ALIEN DESCENT for 20th Century Fox.