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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2020, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK. DEADLINE FRIDAY 24<sup>TH</sup> JANUARY<br>
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We would like to invite you to be part of NIME 2020 – The International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. We welcome submissions of original research, both scientific and artistic. A non-exhaustive list of NIME-related topics is found below.<br>
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Original contributions are encouraged in, but not limited to, the following topics:<br>
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Musical interfaces designed by/with disabled/neurodiverse musicians<br>
Musical interfaces in/as education<br>
Increasing musical choices for disabled musicians through new accessible interfaces<br>
Easier/cheaper approaches to the design of bespoke accessible instruments (that can be adapted to a user’s requirements), in a world dominated by mass production<br>
Strategies that improve the reach and replicability of one-off accessible instrument projects, particularly those that are unlikely to have full commercial potential<br>
Musical interfaces tailored to formally trained musicians<br>
Novel controllers, interfaces or instruments for musical expression<br>
Augmented, embedded and hyper instruments<br>
Technologies or systems for collaborative music-making<br>
Mobile music-making<br>
Music-related human-computer interaction and mapping strategies<br>
Sensor and actuator technologies, including haptics and force feedback devices<br>
Explorations of relationships between motion, gesture and music<br>
Evaluation and user studies of new interfaces for musical expression or commercially available “off the shelf” interfaces<br>
Musical robotics<br>
Interactive sound art and installations<br>
Performance rendering and generative algorithms<br>
Machine learning in musical performance<br>
Artificial intelligence and new interfaces for musical expression<br>
Web-based and/or telematic music performance<br>
Software frameworks, interface protocols, and data formats, for supporting musical interaction<br>
Historical, theoretical or philosophical discussions about designing or performing with new interfaces<br>
Supporting cultural diversity through musical interfaces<br>
Discussions about the artistic, cultural, and social impact of new interfaces<br>
Pedagogical perspectives or reports on student projects in the framework of NIME-related courses<br>
Practice-based research approaches/methodologies/criticism relating to the use of musical interfaces<br>
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Submissions can be made through the NIME submission portal: </span><a href="https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/NIME2020/Submission/Index"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/NIME2020/Submission/Index</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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24 January 2020: Paper, Poster, Music, Installation and Workshops submission deadline<br>
31 January 2020: Final submission upload deadline (no extension)<br>
15-22 March 2020: Notification of acceptances/rejections<br>
22 March 2020: Early Bird Registration Opens<br>
10 April 2020: Non-Paper Demo submission deadline<br>
15 April 2020: Camera-ready submission and presenter registration deadline<br>
30 April 2020: Early-bird registration deadline<br>
21 July 2020: Pre-conference workshops<br>
22-24 July 2020: The conference<br>
25 July 2020: The unconference<br>
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More information about the conference can be found at </span><a href="http://nime2020.bcu.ac.uk/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">nime2020.bcu.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
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NIME 2020 Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Organising Committee</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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