Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Call for Special Track Papers on Accessible Digital Music =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=94_?=EAI ArtsIT 2026 From: Emma Frid <emma.m.frid@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 11:52:48 +0200--0000000000003cc1860656025be3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Auditory list, Please note that the deadline for the ArtsIT 2026 Special Track on Accessible Digital Music has been extended to 1 August 2026. A Late Paper Track will also be announced at a later stage. For more information, please visit the conference website: https://artsit.eai-conferences.org/2026/accessible-digital-music/ Best wishes, Emma Frid On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 6:08=E2=80=AFPM Emma Frid <emma.m.frid@xxxxxxxx> w= rote: > ArtsIT Interactivity & Game Creation - Special Track: Accessible Digital > Music for Education and Therapy > > We invite researchers, designers, educators, therapists, and technologist= s > to contribute to a dedicated track on Accessible Digital Music for > Education and Therapy. This track aims to bring together interdisciplinar= y > perspectives on how digital musical tools can support inclusive learning, > rehabilitation, wellbeing, and creative empowerment across diverse > populations. We are particularly interested in work that bridges artistic > practice, human-computer interaction, music technology, and health > sciences. The last decade has seen major advances in gesture-based > interaction, browser-native music systems, adaptive interfaces, AI-driven > musical expression, multimodal feedback systems, and low-cost and > open-source digital instruments. However, accessibility remains unevenly > addressed. Many tools still assume normative bodies, neurotypical > cognition, or traditional musical training. This track seeks to foregroun= d > research that challenges these assumptions and expands who can meaningful= ly > participate in digital music-making. > > We welcome submissions that explore, but are not limited to: > > - Accessible Digital Musical Instruments (ADMIs) > - Gesture-based or touch-free musical interaction > - Music technologies for special education > - Digital tools for motor, cognitive, or sensory rehabilitation > - Inclusive design methodologies for music technology > - AI-augmented accessibility in musical expression > - Participatory design with disabled musicians or learners > - Case studies from classrooms, clinics, and community settings > - Cross-disciplinary frameworks connecting arts, therapy, and HCI > - Ethical, cultural, and social dimensions of accessible music tech > > We encourage submissions that offer: > > - Empirical studies > - Design frameworks > - Technological prototypes > - Artistic explorations > - Theoretical or methodological contributions > - Evaluations in educational or therapeutic contexts > > Both completed research and well-grounded work-in-progress are welcome. > > Full paper submission deadline: 1 July 2026. However, there will also be = a > late paper track (please reach out to me or Elena Partesotti, > epartesotti@xxxxxxxx, for further information about possible late > submission)! > > More info and submission portal: > https://artsit.eai-conferences.org/2026/accessible-digital-music/ > > Location: The ArtsIT conference will be hybrid and organized 2-4 December > in Bratislava, Slovakia. Venue: > https://artsit.eai-conferences.org/2026/venue/ > > Publication: > All accepted and registered papers will be submitted for publishing by > Springer in the LNICST series (https://www.springer.com/series/8197) and > made available through SpringerLink Digital Library - ArtsIT Conference > Proceedings (https://link.springer.com/conference/artsit). The series is > indexed in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, > Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec and > Zentralblatt MATH. > > All accepted authors are also eligible to submit an extended version in a > fast track of: > > - EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies: > https://publications.eai.eu/index.php/ct > - EAI Endorsed Transactions on Broadcasting Technologies: > https://publications.eai.eu/index.php/bt > > Authors have the opportunity to publish their articles in the EAI Endorse= d > Transactions journal selected by the conference (Scopus, Ei-indexed, > ESCI-WoS, Compendex) by paying an additional $250, discounted from the > standard $400 rate for conference authors. > > Publication costs: At least one author must be registered for an accepted > paper. There is a 50% discount if you publish a second paper. The > conference registration fees will be published after the notification > deadline. Please note that registration fees may vary significantly from > one ArtsIT edition to another depending on the conference location, local > costs, sponsorships, and overall event budget (the previous edition in > Dubai, see https://artsit.eai-conferences.org/2025/registration/, had > relatively high operating costs and no sponsorship support, which > contributed to higher registration fees). > > Best, > Emma Frid > on behalf of the ADMN committee: > https://sites.google.com/view/accessibledm/ > --0000000000003cc1860656025be3 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Dear Auditory list,<br><br>Please note that the deadline f= or the ArtsIT 2026 Special Track on Accessible Digital Music has been exten= ded to 1 August 2026. A Late Paper Track will also be announced at a later = stage.<br><br>For more information, please visit the conference website: <a= href=3D"https://artsit.eai-conferences.org/2026/accessible-digital-music/"= >https://artsit.eai-conferences.org/2026/accessible-digital-music/</a><br><= br>Best wishes,<br><br>Emma Frid</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_q= uote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 = at 6:08=E2=80=AFPM Emma Frid <<a href=3D"mailto:emma.m.frid@xxxxxxxx">e= mma.m.frid@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo= te" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204= );padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">ArtsIT Interactivity & Game Creati= on - Special Track: Accessible Digital Music for Education and Therapy<br><= br>We invite researchers, designers, educators, therapists, and technologis= ts to contribute to a dedicated track on Accessible Digital Music for Educa= tion and Therapy. This track aims to bring together interdisciplinary persp= ectives on how digital musical tools can support inclusive learning, rehabi= litation, wellbeing, and creative empowerment across diverse populations. W= e are particularly interested in work that bridges artistic practice, human= -computer interaction, music technology, and health sciences. The last deca= de has seen major advances in gesture-based interaction, browser-native mus= ic systems, adaptive interfaces, AI-driven musical expression, multimodal f= eedback systems, and low-cost and open-source digital instruments. However,= accessibility remains unevenly addressed. Many tools still assume normativ= e bodies, neurotypical cognition, or traditional musical training. This tra= ck seeks to foreground research that challenges these assumptions and expan= ds who can meaningfully participate in digital music-making.<br><br>We welc= ome submissions that explore, but are not limited to:<br><br>- Accessible D= igital Musical Instruments (ADMIs)<br>- Gesture-based or touch-free musical= interaction<br>- Music technologies for special education<br>- Digital too= ls for motor, cognitive, or sensory rehabilitation<br>- Inclusive design me= thodologies for music technology<br>- AI-augmented accessibility in musical= expression<br>- Participatory design with disabled musicians or learners<b= r>- Case studies from classrooms, clinics, and community settings<br>- Cros= s-disciplinary frameworks connecting arts, therapy, and HCI<br>- Ethical, c= ultural, and social dimensions of accessible music tech<br><br>We encourage= submissions that offer:<br><br>- Empirical studies<br>- Design frameworks<= br>- Technological prototypes<br>- Artistic explorations<br>- Theoretical o= r methodological contributions<br>- Evaluations in educational or therapeut= ic contexts<br><br>Both completed research and well-grounded work-in-progre= ss are welcome.<br><br>Full paper submission deadline: 1 July 2026. However= , there will also be a late paper track (please reach out to me or Elena Pa= rtesotti, <a href=3D"mailto:epartesotti@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">epartesot= ti@xxxxxxxx</a>, for further information about possible late submission)!<br>= <br>More info and submission portal: <a href=3D"https://artsit.eai-conferen= ces.org/2026/accessible-digital-music/" target=3D"_blank">https://artsit.ea= i-conferences.org/2026/accessible-digital-music/</a><br><br>Location: The A= rtsIT conference will be hybrid and organized 2-4 December in Bratislava, S= lovakia. Venue: <a href=3D"https://artsit.eai-conferences.org/2026/venue/" = target=3D"_blank">https://artsit.eai-conferences.org/2026/venue/</a><br><br= >Publication:<br>All accepted and registered papers will be submitted for p= ublishing by Springer in the LNICST series (<a href=3D"https://www.springer= .com/series/8197" target=3D"_blank">https://www.springer.com/series/8197</a= >) and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library - ArtsIT Confere= nce Proceedings (<a href=3D"https://link.springer.com/conference/artsit" ta= rget=3D"_blank">https://link.springer.com/conference/artsit</a>). The serie= s is indexed in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compende= x, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec and Zentra= lblatt MATH.<br><br>All accepted authors are also eligible to submit an ext= ended version in a fast track of:<br><br>- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Cre= ative Technologies: <a href=3D"https://publications.eai.eu/index.php/ct" ta= rget=3D"_blank">https://publications.eai.eu/index.php/ct</a><br>- EAI Endor= sed Transactions on Broadcasting Technologies: <a href=3D"https://publicati= ons.eai.eu/index.php/bt" target=3D"_blank">https://publications.eai.eu/inde= x.php/bt</a><br><br>Authors have the opportunity to publish their articles = in the EAI Endorsed Transactions journal selected by the conference (Scopus= , Ei-indexed, ESCI-WoS, Compendex) by paying an additional $250, discounted= from the standard $400 rate for conference authors.<br><br>Publication cos= ts: At least one author must be registered for an accepted paper. There is = a 50% discount if you publish a second paper. The conference registration f= ees will be published after the notification deadline. Please note that reg= istration fees may vary significantly from one ArtsIT edition to another de= pending on the conference location, local costs, sponsorships, and overall = event budget (the previous edition in Dubai, see <a href=3D"https://artsit.= eai-conferences.org/2025/registration/" target=3D"_blank">https://artsit.ea= i-conferences.org/2025/registration/</a>, had relatively high operating cos= ts and no sponsorship support, which contributed to higher registration fee= s).<br><br>Best,<br>Emma Frid<br>on behalf of the ADMN committee: <a href= =3D"https://sites.google.com/view/accessibledm/" target=3D"_blank">https://= sites.google.com/view/accessibledm/</a></div> </blockquote></div> --0000000000003cc1860656025be3--