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<DIV>Dear colleagues,</DIV>
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<DIV class=xam_msg_class><FONT color=#000000><FONT style="COLOR: #0000ff"
face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=#000000>You are
cordially invited to participate in the Music Encoding Conference by the Music
Encoding Initiative community, which will be held 19-21 May 2015 (with
pre-conference workshops on 18 May) in Florence, Italy, in cooperation <BR>with
IAML Italia.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT color=#000000>The quest for a coherent and
universal system for the digital representation of music notation has been
pursued for decades and the recent accomplishments of the Music Encoding
Initiative have garnered a great deal of attention in a wide range of music
scholarship and in the broader digital humanities. The encoding of symbolic
music data opens new research paths to traditional music studies (from editing
to analysis) and computational musicology, and constitutes a foundational tool
for music bibliography and librarianship. This conference aims to gather
specialists in all these <BR>areas, to discuss the current state of modeling,
generation and use of music encoding, to exchange experiences, and to forge
collaborations.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT color=#000000>Proposals for papers, posters,
panel discussions, and pre-conference workshops are encouraged. Suggested topics
include, but are not limited to:<BR></FONT><BR><FONT color=#000000>• music
encoding as a theoretical approach for research<BR>• methodologies for encoding,
music editing, description and analysis<BR>• rendering of symbolic music data in
audio and graphical forms<BR>• relationships between symbolic music data,
encoded text, and facsimile images<BR>• capture, interchange, and re-purposing
of music data and metadata<BR>• ontologies, authority files, and linked data in
music encoding and description<BR>• additional topics relevant to music
encoding, editing, and description<BR></FONT><BR><FONT color=#000000>The
deadline for all submissions is 23 November 2014. PDF or Word-compatible files
are preferred. All submissions must include:<BR></FONT><BR><FONT color=#000000>•
name(s) of author(s)<BR>• title<BR>• abstract<BR>• current or most recent
institutional affiliation of author(s) and e-mail address<BR>• proposal type:
paper, poster, panel session, or workshop</FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=#000000>For
paper and poster proposals, abstracts of no more than 1000 words, including
relevant bibliographic references, are requested. Please also include a short
statement regarding your current interests related to music
encoding.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT color=#000000>Panel session proposals, describing
the topic and nature of the session and including short biographies of the
participants, must be no longer than 2000 words.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT
color=#000000>Proposals for half- or full-day pre-conference workshops, to be
held on May 18th, should include the workshop’s proposed duration, as well as
its logistical and technical requirements.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT
color=#000000>Additional details regarding registration, accomodations, etc.
will be announced on the conference webpage <BR>(</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style='href: "http://music-encoding.org/conference/2015"'><FONT
style="COLOR: #0000ff" color=#000000
face="Times New Roman">http://music-encoding.org/conference/2015</FONT></A></FONT></FONT><FONT
style="COLOR: #0000ff" face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000>).</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=xam_msg_class><FONT color=#000000><FONT style="COLOR: #0000ff"
face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=#000000>Please
note: As Florence in May is very crowded by tourists, it is suggested to book
your accomodation as soon as possible, and not later than the end of 2014. Many
hotels allow to book without any expense. A change would often be easier and
cheaper, in case of need, then a very improbable last minute
booking.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT color=#000000>Important dates:</FONT><BR><BR><FONT
color=#000000>- 23 November 2014: Deadline for abstract submissions<BR>- 10
January 2015: Notification of acceptance of submission<BR>- 18 May 2015:
Pre-conference workshops<BR>- 19-21 May 2015: Conference</FONT><BR><BR><FONT
color=#000000>If you have any questions, please e-mail
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style='href: "mailto:conference2015@music-encoding.org"'><FONT
style="COLOR: #0000ff" color=#000000
face="Times New Roman">conference2015@music-encoding.org</FONT></A></FONT></FONT><FONT
style="COLOR: #0000ff" face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000><FONT color=#000000><FONT
color=#000000>.<BR></FONT><BR></FONT>Program Committee<BR><BR>- Stephen Downie,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<BR>- Richard Freedman, Haverford
College, Haverford, PA<BR>- Franz Kelnreiter, Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum
Salzburg<BR>- Christine Siegert, Universität der Künste Berlin (chair)<BR>- Axel
Teich Geertinger, The Royal Library, Copenhagen<BR><BR>Organizing Committee
(might be extended):<BR><BR>- Johannes Kepper, Universität Paderborn<BR>-
Federica Riva, IAML Italia<BR>- Perry Roland, University of
Virginia</FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000">Prof. Dr.
Christine Siegert<BR>Universität der Künste Berlin<BR>Fakultät Musik,
Musikwissenschaft<BR>Fasanenstraße 1B<BR>D-10623 Berlin<BR><BR>Tel.: +49 (0)30
3185 2318<BR>siegert@udk-berlin.de</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>