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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Music Encoding Conference 2017 Call for Proposals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">You are cordially invited by the Music Encoding Initiative community to participate in the Music Encoding Conference, which will be held
16-17 May 2017 (with pre-conference workshops on 15 May and an ‘un-conference’ day on 18 May) in Tours, France, in cooperation with the
<a href="http://cesr.univ-tours.fr/"><span style="color:#248CC8">Centre d’Études Supérieures de la Renaissance (CESR)</span></a> based at the
<a href="http://www.univ-tours.fr/"><span style="color:#248CC8">Université François-Rabelais Tours</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Music encoding is a critical component of the emerging fields of digital musicology, digital editions, symbolic music information retrieval,
and others. At the centre of these fields, the Music Encoding Conference has emerged as an important cross-disciplinary venue for theorists, musicologists, librarians, and technologists to meet and discuss new advances in their fields. The Music Encoding Conference
is the annual focal point for the Music Encoding Initiative community (<a href="http://music-encoding.org/"><span style="color:#248CC8">http://music-encoding.org</span></a>), but members from all encoding and analysis communities are welcome to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Authors are invited to upload their submission for review to our Conftool website:
<a href="https://www.conftool.net/music-encoding2017"><span style="color:#248CC8">https://www.conftool.net/music-encoding2017</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Proposals for papers, posters, panel discussions, and pre-conference workshops are encouraged. Suggested topics include, but are not limited
to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:19.2pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FCFCFC">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">music encoding as a theoretical approach for research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">methodologies for encoding, music editing, description and analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">rendering of symbolic music data in audio and graphical forms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">relationships between symbolic music data, encoded text, and facsimile images<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">capture, interchange, and re-purposing of music data and metadata<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">music encoding and symbolic music information retrieval<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ontologies, authority files, and linked data in music encoding and description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">additional topics relevant to music encoding, editing, and description</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The deadline for all submissions is
<b>4 November 2016 (midnight UK time)</b>. Conftool accepts PDF files only. The submission to Conftool must include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">name(s) of author(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">title<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">abstract<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">current or most recent institutional affiliation of author(s) and e-mail address<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">proposal type: paper, poster, panel session, or workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">All identifying information must be provided in the corresponding fields of Conftool only, while the submitted
PDF must anonymize the author’s details. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">For
<b>paper </b>and <b>poster </b>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Panel discussion
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">proposals, describing the topic and nature of the discussion and including short biographies of the participants, must be no
longer than 2000 words. Panel discussions are not expected to be a set of papers which could otherwise be submitted as individual papers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Proposals for half- or full-day pre-conference
<b>workshops</b>, to be held on May 15th, should include the workshop’s proposed duration, as well as its logistical and technical requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Friday is planned as an
<b>un-conference day</b>, self-organized by the participants and open for anyone who wants to initiate a discussion on a topic mentioned above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Additional details regarding registration, accommodation, etc. will be announced on the conference web page (<a href="http://music-encoding.org/community/conference/"><span style="color:#248CC8">http://music-encoding.org/community/conference</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Important Dates</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">4 November 2016</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">:
Deadline for abstract submissions<br>
<b>2 December 2016</b>: Notification of acceptance of submissions<br>
<b>15 May 2017</b>: Pre-conference workshops<br>
<b>16-17 May 2017</b>: Conference<br>
<b>18 May 2017</b>: ‘Un-conference’ Day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">If you have any questions, please e-mail
<a href="mailto:conference2017@music-encoding.org"><span style="color:#248CC8">conference2017@music-encoding.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Programme Committee</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FCFCFC"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">– Richard Chesser (British Library), chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FCFCFC"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">– Karen Desmond (Brandeis University)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FCFCFC"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">– Laurent Pugin (RISM Switzerland)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FCFCFC"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">– John Rink (University of Cambridge)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FCFCFC"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">– David Rizo Valero (University of Alicante / ISEA.CV)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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