[Anna E. Kijas]

The Organizing and Program Committees along with the MEI Board would like to announce that we will hold a lighter version of this conference in a virtual setting. There will be no charge for the virtual conference. Details for the virtual conference are still being determined and will be shared in the next few weeks via email and on the conference website, https://music-encoding.org/conference/2020/. Please note that the MEC will resume as an in-person conference in succeeding years.

We will refund all registration fees that have been paid. We ask that registered participants, including students who were awarded bursaries, send an email to conference2020@music-encoding.org indicating whether they would like to

• Receive a full reimbursement;
• Receive a credit towards next year’s MEC;
• Contribute your registration fee to a fund for student bursaries in succeeding years.

Due to the cancellation of the in-person conference, student bursaries will not be awarded this year.  We are currently exploring the following formats for the virtual conference via Zoom and Slack:

• Keynote presentations;
• Short session with papers and posters presented as 3-minute lightning talks;
• Longer session for discussion of papers and posters via Slack channels;
• Spaces to facilitate community work (e.g. interest group meetings, spontaneous user groups);
• Moderated town hall;
• Workshops

The Program Committee Chair will reach out to individuals with accepted papers, posters, and workshops to ask if they are interested in participating in a virtual conference and to identify next steps. As plans solidify for the virtual conference, we will share updates and instructions for joining the virtual conference on the Music Encoding Conference website and through other channels. Please stay tuned.

Anna E. Kijas, Chair, Organizing Committee

Richard Freedman, Chair, Program Committee

Elsa De Luca, MEI Board

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