The joint ΙCMC|SMC|2014 Conference will be hosted in Athens, from 14 to 20 September 2014, bringing together for the first time two well established events: the International Computer Music Conference (40th ICMC) and the Sound & Music Computing conference (11th SMC).

According to the Conference’s official site, Athens is a location with deep cultural roots which keeps the remembrance (anámnêsis) of the origins of Music (Mousikē) and Philosophy.

Both events are considered as the most important conferences of their kind, which are organized annually to celebrate the latest developments in the art of computer music.

The main theme of the conference is “Music Technology meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos”. The main objective of this event focuses on the redefinition of the digital echos (sound) from different philosophical approaches in computer music and interactive music systems, on the origins of sound and music computing, as also on the pedagogy and the anthropology of music technology. Regarding the virtual ethos, the main focus will be on the impact of technology in contemporary composition and education, as well as in musicology (historical musicology, systematic musicology, ethnomusicology and archeomusicology) in order to reach out the society and provide wider and more direct access to knowledge, creative learning and cultural heritage.

The organizers invite researchers in music and sound computing, composers, musicologists and philosophers for a fruitful dialogue on related topics in order to redefine the past, present and future of computer music and sound computing.

The ICMC|smc|2014 Joint Conference is organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Department of Music Studiesand Department of Informatics and Telecommunications), the Onassis Cultural Center and the Institute for Research on Music and Acoustics.

The conference program includes scientific sessions, installations, workshops and concerts.