Sysmus22-ghent-belgium-7-9-september-2022

We are happy to announce SysMus22 is taking place in Ghent, Belgium! You can attend this edition either physically or virtually.

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS - Submission deadline 1 April 2022
We are now welcoming abstracts for papers and posters. For full details, see the call for papers

DATE AND LOCATION
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Psyche Loui, Mendel Kaelen, Rebecca Schaefer
VENUE: De Krook, Miriam Makebaplein 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. (+online)
DATES: 7-9 September 2022
WEBSITE: https://sysmus22.ugent.be

SUBMISSIONS
Submissions are done via Oxford Abstracts here
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 1 April 2022

REGISTRATION
Registration will open by the end of May. As this is a conference by and for students, we aim to keep the conference fee low. The exact fee is still to be determined (we are actively trying to get more funding!), but should not exceed 120 EUR (in case of physical attendance). We are also actively trying to gather opportunities for additional funding for students who might need a travel grant or alike.

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME (preliminary)
The conference will host several sessions of oral presentations. Oral presentations will consist of allocated slots of 20 minutes, with 12 minutes for the presentation, 5 minutes for discussion, and 3 minutes to prepare for the next talk. These can be given in person, or virtually. Virtual presentations have been added as an option to include potential participants who cannot attend in person due to cost, COVID-related restrictions, or other reasons. Additionally, there will be two poster sessions of 60 minutes. Poster sessions will have designated time slots and presentation spaces that will not overlap with any other activity.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
This year we give the floor to the following internationally renowned researchers working in systematic musicology:
- Psyche Loui, an Associate Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice at Northeastern University, and director of the Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics Laboratory (MIND Lab). She investigates the networks of brain structure that enable musical processes: auditory and multisensory perception, learning and memory of sound structure, sound production, and the human aesthetic and emotional response to sensory stimuli.
- Mendel Kaelen, a neuroscientist and entrepreneur, working on the intersection of neuroscience, music, psychedelics, and technology. Mendel Kaelen studies the therapeutic use of music in psychedelic therapy and is the founder and CEO of Wavepaths, a company researching psychedelic therapy and the development of music as medicine.
- Rebecca Schaefer, a Professor of Health, Medical- and Neuropsychology at Leiden University, and director of the Music, Brain, Health & Technology-group. She mainly focuses on the clinical applications of music and the related neural processes, as well as the possibilities of novel technological advances towards the use of music technology for health.

WORKSHOPS
IPEM – your host – harbors the Art-Science-Interaction-Lab (ASIL) that integrates state-of-the-art technologies. ASIL is an immersive lab consisting of an 80-speaker setup, audio over IP and 7th order ambisonics, which allows for in-depth experimenting with 3D sound and auralisation. Apart from custom sensors, ASIL has an extensive Qualisys Motion Capture system, Barco cinema projector and cinematic screen, wireless VR/AR system, and hyperscanning EEG and fNIRS equipment. We will give a demonstration of the capabilities of ASIL, and give several workshops based on our research in this amazing research facility.

NETWORKING ACTIVITIES
Of course, we will also give you the opportunity to relax a bit while getting to know each other better. We will provide several musical intermezzos with our finest in-house talent, a pub crawl in Ghent’s historical center, and an already legendary jam session where you are all welcome to show that special talent!

ABOUT SYSMUS CONFERENCES
SysMus is a series of international conferences organized annually by young researchers and PhD students in the field of systematic musicology. By being able to present their work to peers in a professional, yet informal setting, students who are still at the beginning of their academic career can share their ideas, and network with peers. SysMus is committed to incorporating a wide range of topics within its conferences, representative of the umbrella term “systematic musicology”. For more information on the SysMus format, previous conferences, and to read some nice blogs, visit the SysMus website.

ORGANIZERS OF SYSMUS22: IPEM
Sysmus22 is organized by PhD students at IPEM. IPEM is a renowned research group in systematic musicology, focusing on embodied music cognition and expressive interaction with music. It holds a special position, as the institute finds its origins in electro-acoustic music production and has been at the forefront of music innovation ever since. Throughout the years, IPEM has not lost touch with these origins, providing its rare position of maintaining a truly interdisciplinary approach where knowledge of empirical research is not solely valued, but the expertise of engineers and artists is additionally seen as invaluable. The resulting in-house interdisciplinary methods – based on music theory, performer-inspired analysis, advanced behavioral and neuroscientific empirical experiments, statistics and computer modeling – are applied in such fields as music education, rehabilitation, sports sciences and the arts.

Besides the knowledge and experience of its people, IPEM harbors the Art-Science-Interaction-Lab (ASIL) that integrates state-of-the-art technologies. ASIL is an immersive lab consisting of an 80-speaker setup, audio over IP and 7th order ambisonics, which allows for in-depth experimenting with 3D sound and auralisation. Apart from custom sensors, ASIL has an extensive Qualisys Motion Capture system, Barco cinema projector and cinematic screen, wireless VR/AR system, and hyperscanning EEG and fNIRS equipment. Next to ASIL, IPEM has an additional lab with a Qualisys Motion Capture system, octophonic speaker set-up, and a historical synthesizer (EMS Synthi 100). Both labs have a flexible infrastructure designed with a “plug-and-play” principle in mind and possess over a wide choice of audio equipment. In short, prepare for some great hands-on workshops!