Submission Guidelines

Abstract

A submission should consist of a zipped folder containing:

• The paper abstract in English (maximum 1,500 words), headed with author name(s), organization affiliation (if any), contact address, telephone, and email address in PDF.
• A curriculum vitae (2 pages maximum) in PDF.
• A list of publications (2 pages maximum) in PDF.
• A brief bio (150 words) in PDF.

Submission are to be made directly on the website.

A program containing the paper abstracts will be made available on the website.

Submissions from students and early-career postdoctoral researchers are particularly encouraged.

Presentation guidelines:

• Each paper presentation will be 20 minutes (plus a 5 minute question period).
• Papers are to be given in English.
• Presentations with visual support are strongly encouraged. Standard presentation equipment will be provided including a video projector and stereo sound system. Please bring your own device with VGA or HDMI connector and, for sound examples, a mini-jack audio output.

The full paper must be submitted at the beginning of 2026. A template in Word format will be available soon.

Work

All submitted files sent must be anonymous.

Each composer may present only one work per category, with a maximum duration of 10 minutes.

All registered candidates in each category must send a compressed file named with Title of Work, which contains:

• Stereo sound file in WAV or AIF format
• Description of work, instructions and technical specifications in PDF
• Score in PDF

* Candidates registered in two or three categories are requested to send separate compressed files, one for each category.

* IMPORTANT: the absence of any of the required documents will render a registration null and void.

Submissions and the reviewing process are managed through scienceconf.

Contact

Contact: ems2025 [at] ems-network [dot] org

Submission period will open soon