<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear MEI-L,</span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are pleased to announce that </span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">REGISTRATION</span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for MEC 2021 in Alicante / Online is now open at <a href="https://music-encoding.org/conference/2021/register" class="">https://music-encoding.org/conference/2021/register</a>. </span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recall that at least one author of accepted submissions must register to the conference.</span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You can find information about the possible workshops to enroll </span></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> at </span></font><font face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://music-encoding.org/conference/2021/program/" class="">https://music-encoding.org/conference/2021/</a></span></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://music-encoding.org/conference/2021/program/" class="">program/</a></span></font><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Arial;" class="">. In the following days the complete program will be published.</span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">We are proud to announce our keynote speakers:</span></font></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span class=""><div class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Pip Willcox, Head of Research, The National Archives (UK)<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">• </span>Álvaro Torrente<span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, Professor of Music History, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and Director, Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musicales, Spain. Didone Project) - </span><a href="https://didone.eu" class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;">https://didone.eu</a></div></span></font></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></font></div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Although the conference mode remains hybrid, </span></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">most presenters will join only online, so the entire scientific program has been planned for this mode. Nonetheless, some attendees have confirmed their physical attendance, and</span> </font><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">we are happy to welcome and host anyone who can travel here to Alicante . For current travel procedures visit </span><a href="https://music-encoding.org/conference/2021/travel/" class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://music-encoding.org/conference/2021/travel/</a><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">. For information about COVID-19 protection measures in Alicante, please </span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">check</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><a href="https://music-encoding.org/conference/2021/covid-19/" class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://music-encoding.org/conference/2021/covid-19/</a><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></font><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Looking forward to seeing you either online or physically. </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">For the program and organizing committees,</span></font></div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Stefan Münnich</span><br class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">David Rizo</span></font><div class=""><font color="#000000" face="Arial" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="B4E9C545-3013-4260-9B3B-13BBB9DFAF6F" src="cid:7328C8BD-CACF-43AF-A001-6ECE759F33AC" class=""></div></div></body></html>