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The
Czech Acoustical Society The Czech Acoustical Society originated in 1958
as an Acoustic Group of the Czechoslovak Scientific
and Technical Association (AG/CSTA) under the direction
of Prof. J.B. Slavik and later, of Prof. J. Nemec. Even
though under the domination of communist ideology, the
Society remained steadfast in its beliefs, evident by
its slogan “The acoustic waves propagate independently
of political ideology”. In addition to the AG/CSTA, an
Acoustical Commission was created later on at the
Czechoslovak Academy of Science under the direction
of Prof. F. Kolmer. Although the communist government
was suppressing all organized activities, AG/CSTA in
co-operation with the Acoustical Commission started
acoustical seminars in order to create a platform for
the exchange of scientific and engineering information.
This important move ensured continued scientific contacts
with the western world, amidst an atmosphere of censorship
and repression of scientific knowledge. Two members of AG/CSTA, J. Ransdorf and P. Urban,
organized these seminars since 1964. The seminar
participants consisted of scientists working in
research, technical and medical organizations. The
gathering of people was generally forbidden under
the communist system and therefore, the acoustical
seminars had to be officially organized as AG/CSTA
training seminars whose purpose were to share new
information and upgrade participant’s acoustical
proficiency. The seminars become very popular because of the
plethora of research and progress reported by members
of these domestic acoustical conferences. A few members
who were receiving literature from the western acoustical
societies presented lectures on the latest development. The Council of the Czechoslovak Acoustical Society
(CZSA), continuing in the tradition of former AG/CSTA
activities, was formed after the Prague “Velvet revolution”
in 1989 under the chairmanship of P. Urban. Afterwards,
Prof. Z. Skvor, J. Novak, and currently V. Kunzl ascended
the chairmanship. Former seminars were converted into regular Acoustical
Conferences with experts invited from many European and
other world societies. Open conferences resulted in a
substantial increase of the number of participants. The
conferences became the equivalent to national conferences
of other European societies with the Czech Acoustical Society
(earlier AG/CSTA) organizing a total of 66 seminars. After 1989, many members of the Czech Acoustical Society
have been participating in national legislation, international
government organizations, in the International Standardization
Organization (ISO), the International Electrical Organization
(IEC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe,
among other organizations. Others are active in foreign
countries: Prof. J. Tichy was president of INCE USA and
The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and Prof. I. Nabelek
was active at the University of Tennessee. Members are active
in foreign scientific societies, at universities, government,
and private enterprises. Due to the vigorous activities of the Czech Acoustical
Society, the International INCE has assigned it the privilege
to organize INTER-NOISE 2004 in Prague. We look forward to
seeing you in Prague. Go
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