Subject: [AUDITORY] BCEM Conference - Happened Online From: Amir-Homayoun Javadi <a.h.javadi@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:52:27 +0100--000000000000a1409305a85132be Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear all We held the international online conference entitled Brain, Cognition, Emotion, and Music (BCEM) on May 20th and 21st, exploring the effects of music on people and the human connection with music, bringing in research and expertise from a number of fields including Psychology, Musicology, and Ethology. Despite original plans being interrupted by Covid-19, we moved the conference online with great success, seeing over 600 attendees. Five keynote speakers from the top of their fields gave interesting and innovative talks around the four topics of BCEM and the links between them. Talk titles included =E2=80=98How Does Expectation Influence Aesthetic Expe= rience of Music?=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98Emotion: Insights from Ethology=E2=80=99, and = =E2=80=98Brain Correlates of Music-evoked Emotions=E2=80=99. - Prof David Huron, The Ohio State University, USA - Prof Stefan Koelsch, University of Bergen, Norway - Prof Joydeep Bhattacharya, Goldsmiths University of London, UK - Prof Andrea Halpern, Bucknell University, USA - Dr Marcus Pearce, Queen Mary University of London, UK A further five talks were presented by students and/or early career academics on an array of interesting topics including music and speech perception, harmony perception in different cultures and the emotive effects of music video watching. Over 40 posters were also included online from students, early academics, and established researchers on a wide range of topics including clinical applications, influence of musical training, and cognitive and perceptual mechanisms. Despite the challenges of moving the conference online at the last minute, BCEM ran smoothly using recent digital technologies allowing attendees to watch and interact with speakers live. Although being online may have reduced the usual networking and social elements of a conference, it also allowed people to attend from all over the world, with recorded attendees from the UK, other European countries, North America, Asia, and Oceania. Overall, BCEM received overwhelmingly positive feedback, with attendees and speakers appreciating the conference as a refreshing and stimulating forum in the current uncertain and stressful times. For further information and to watch the lectures please visit http://bcem.uk/ Co-organisers Amir-Homayoun Javadi Amelia Turrell Andrea Halpern ____________________________________________________________ *Amir-Homayoun Javadi | Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience | University of Kent* School of Psychology, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NP, UK *T:* +44 (0)1227 82 7770 | *E:* a.h.javadi@xxxxxxxx | *W:* www.javadilab.com | *T:* @xxxxxxxx <https://twitter.com/ahjavadi> --000000000000a1409305a85132be Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Dear all<br><br>We held the international online conferenc= e entitled Brain, Cognition, Emotion, and Music (BCEM) on May 20th and 21st= , exploring the effects of music on people and the human connection with mu= sic, bringing in research and expertise from a number of fields including P= sychology, Musicology, and Ethology. Despite original plans being interrupt= ed by Covid-19, we moved the conference online with great success, seeing o= ver 600 attendees. <br><br>Five keynote speakers from the top of their fiel= ds gave interesting and innovative talks around the four topics of BCEM and= the links between them. Talk titles included =E2=80=98How Does Expectation= Influence Aesthetic Experience of Music?=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98Emotion: Insig= hts from Ethology=E2=80=99, and =E2=80=98Brain Correlates of Music-evoked E= motions=E2=80=99. <br>- Prof David Huron, The Ohio State University, USA<br= >- Prof Stefan Koelsch, University of Bergen, Norway<br>- Prof Joydeep Bhat= tacharya, Goldsmiths University of London, UK<br>- Prof Andrea Halpern, Buc= knell University, USA<br>- Dr Marcus Pearce, Queen Mary University of Londo= n, UK<br><br>A further five talks were presented by students and/or early c= areer academics on an array of interesting topics including music and speec= h perception, harmony perception in different cultures and the emotive effe= cts of music video watching. Over 40 posters were also included online from= students, early academics, and established researchers on a wide range of = topics including clinical applications, influence of musical training, and = cognitive and perceptual mechanisms.<br><br>Despite the challenges of movin= g the conference online at the last minute, BCEM ran smoothly using recent = digital technologies allowing attendees to watch and interact with speakers= live. Although being online may have reduced the usual networking and soci= al elements of a conference, it also allowed people to attend from all over= the world, with recorded attendees from the UK, other European countries, = North America, Asia, and Oceania. Overall, BCEM received overwhelmingly pos= itive feedback, with attendees and speakers appreciating the conference as = a refreshing and stimulating forum in the current uncertain and stressful t= imes. <br><br>For further information and to watch the lectures please visi= t <a href=3D"http://bcem.uk/">http://bcem.uk/</a> <br><br>Co-organisers<br>= Amir-Homayoun Javadi<br>Amelia Turrell<br>Andrea Halpern<br><div><div dir= =3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div = dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">= ______</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:tahoma,sans-se= rif;font-size:13.3333px">__</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(31,73,125);font-= family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">_________</span><span style=3D"col= or:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">___________= ___________________</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:t= ahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">_____________</span><br></div><div><div st= yle=3D"font-size:12.8px"><p style=3D"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt= ;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><b style= =3D"color:rgb(32,18,77);font-size:12.8px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-s= erif"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Amir-Homayoun Javadi | Senior=C2=A0<= /span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience |= University of Kent</span></b><br></p></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px"= ><font color=3D"#20124d"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">School of Psychol= ogy,=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Keynes College,=C2=A0</sp= an><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">University of Kent, Canterbury,=C2=A0</= span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">CT2 7NP,</span><span style=3D"font-si= ze:12.8px">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">UK</span></font></= div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><b style=3D"color:rgb(32,18,77);font-si= ze:12.8px">T:</b><span style=3D"color:rgb(32,18,77);font-size:12.8px">=C2= =A0+44 (0)1227 82 7770 |=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(32,18,77);fon= t-size:12.8px"><b>E:</b>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"mailto:a.h.javadi@xxxxxxxx= k" style=3D"font-size:12.8px" target=3D"_blank">a.h.javadi@xxxxxxxx</a><s= pan style=3D"color:rgb(32,18,77);font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0|=C2=A0</span><b s= tyle=3D"color:rgb(32,18,77);font-size:12.8px">W:</b><span style=3D"color:rg= b(32,18,77);font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.javadilab.= com/" style=3D"font-size:12.8px" target=3D"_blank">www.javadilab.com</a><sp= an style=3D"color:rgb(32,18,77)">=C2=A0|=C2=A0</span><b style=3D"color:rgb(= 32,18,77)">T:</b><span style=3D"color:rgb(32,18,77)">=C2=A0</span><a href= =3D"https://twitter.com/ahjavadi" target=3D"_blank">@xxxxxxxx</a></div></di= v><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><= /div></div> --000000000000a1409305a85132be--