1. We have money for student travel grants

2. Free registration for students and post-docs (and only $100 for faculty and industry professionals)!

3. We will be awarding prizes for the best presentations

4. We will be publishing proceedings articles

5. No SMPC, ICMPC, or ESCOM in 2020

6. You have opportunities to work closely with experts in emotion (J. Vuoskoski), timbre (S. McAdams), corpus studies (D. Shanahan), pedagogy (L. VanHandel), and rhythm & meter (J. London)

7. Workshops on best current and future methodologies in these areas (emotion, timbre, corpus studies, pedagogy, and rhythm & meter)

8. Opportunity to work closely in small groups and meet others in the field

9. Help contribute to open science and public music theory

10. Music science is fun!

Call for papers due Sunday, 12/15! See the link here!