Linux Audio Conference 2011

The Open Source Music and Audio Software Conference

Fancy a trip to Ireland? It's a nice place, wonderful people, and they're hosting a conference next year.

Over the weekend we received an email announcing this conference which will take place next May. Here are the details we were sent:

Dear Linux Audio developer, user, composer, musician, philosopher and anyone else interested, you are invited to the...

Linux Audio Conference 2011
The Open Source Music and Audio Software Conference

May 6-8 2011
Music Department, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Maynooth, Co.Kildare, Ireland
http://music.nuim.ie

As in previous years, we will have a full programme of talks, workshops and music.
Two calls will be issued, a Call for Papers (see below) and Call for Music (soon to be announced).

================ CALL FOR PAPERS =================

Papers on the following categories (but not limited to them) are now invited for submission:

* Ambisonics
* Education
* Live performance
* Audio Hardware Support
* Signal Processing
* Music Composition
* Audio Languages
* Sound Synthesis
* Audio Plugins
* MIDI
* Music Production
* Linux Kernel
* Physical Computing
* Interface Design
* Linux Distributions
* Networked Audio
* Video
* Games
* Media Art
* Licensing

We very much welcome practical papers resp. software demos ("how I use Linux Audio applications to create my music/media art").

Paper length: 4-8 pages, with abstract (50-100 words) and up to 5 keywords.
Language: English.
The copyright of the paper remains with the author, but we reserve the right to create printed proceedings from all submitted (and accepted) papers.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission deadline: 15/January 2011
Notification of acceptance: 7/March 2011
Camera-ready papers: 1/April 2011

Queries: Victor Lazzarini, NUI Maynnooth (victor.lazzarini@nuim.ie)