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Innovation in Music 2015
7th-9th June 2015
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
http://www.innovationinmusic.com/
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*******Paper Deadlines announced! See below for more details:
http://innovationinmusic.com/dates.html

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Call for Papers
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Innovation in Music seeks to welcome academics, creatives, producers, artists, industry professionals and manufacturers to come together and submit abstracts or proposals for consideration on a wide range of topics including: Innovative Music Creation, Music Technology Innovation, Music Production — Past, Future and Present. (See below for a full list of topics)

Final submitted papers must be of high quality, original and not published elsewhere or submitted for publication during the review period. Papers will be reviewed by members of the International Programme Committee and depending on their standard, attributes, and reviewer recommendations, may be selected for oral or poster presentation, and publication in an appropriate medium.

Innovation in Music are also welcoming proposals for innovative and interactive demonstrations and performances appropriate to the conference scope.

If you are interested in being involved in any way please contact us at admin@kesinternational.org

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Conference Scope
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Topics:
Innovative Music Creation
Technology Innovation
Music Production - Past, Future and Present
Innovation in Music Business
Knowledge Transfer between music industry and academia
Sound Engineering
Mastering
Post Production & Sound Design Innovation
Games Music and Sound Design
Performance and/or Composition, human and beyond

For the full scope, please see here:
http://www.innovationinmusic.com/scope.html

Cross-Disciplinary topics welcome

The guide length for Full Papers is 8 to 12 pages (approx. 4000-6000 words). Longer papers will incur an additional charge. Papers much shorter than the guide length should be submitted as Short Papers.

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Special Sessions
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Innovation In Music 2015 is pleased to be able to present and number Special Sessions which include demonstrations of equipment, systems, processes and procedure all dealing with Innovation in our field. Please contact us should you have a proposal for this.

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Dates and Deadlines
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Submission of abstracts for consideration: 13 March 2015
Authors notified if abstract accepted or rejected: 10 April 2015
Upload of Files for Programme Deadline: 8 May 2015
Early Registration - Authors expected to have registered and paid by this time: 17 April 2015
Authors receive copy of all abstracts (in conference programme/digest): 7-9 June 2015

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Location
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Our hosts this year Anglia Ruskin University is in turn host to the Cultures of the Digital (CoDE) Economy Research Institute as well as the Music for Health Research Centre, the Sound Engineering Research Group and the ARU Digital Performance Lab.

Cambridge is also a city of excellence in arts and technology and is home to some of the world’s most successful innovators, including many in the audio, computing and games development industries.

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Organisation
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General Conference Chair

Dr. Rob Toulson
Anglia Ruskin University, UK

KES Executive Chair

Professor Robert J. Howlett
Bournemouth University & KES International

Co-Chairs and Innovation In Music Steering Committee

Justin Paterson
London College of Music, University of West London, UK

Dr. Rob Toulson
Anglia Ruskin University, UK

Dr. Jay Hodgson
University of Western Ontario, Canada

Russ Hepworth-Sawyer
MOTTOsound & York St John University, UK

Dennis Collopy
University of Hertfordshire, UK

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Further Information
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