The Audio Engineering Society announced From Stage to Stream: Delivering Live Entertainment in Dolby Atmos for its 2026 Nashville show. The panel was scheduled for Nov. 1 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.
Phil Wagner was named as moderator, with panelists Michael Abbott, John Harris, Eric Schilling and Ceri Thomas. Their experience spans television audio, live music mixing, immersive recording and Dolby Atmos Music workflows.
The announced discussion addressed the signal chain from capture and mixing at a live venue through transport and delivery to a streaming platform. Topics included real-time Dolby Atmos mixing and monitoring, encoding, synchronization, metadata management, quality control and binaural delivery.
The session was designed for engineers, broadcasters, streaming services, producers and rights holders working to deliver immersive live performances to listeners at home.
For more information, visit aes2.org.
