SPaMEC 2026: San Pietro a Majella Electroacoustic Conference
Theme: SOUND · CROSSING · COMMUNITIES
Naples, Italy | May 15-16, 2026

- Deadline: 20 March 2026
- Format: Hybrid (both online and in-person participation allowed)
- Publication: Accepted works will be published in the official proceedings with an ISBN
- Submit:https://forms.gle/rEUAXNZoqhwHG1UR8

The "San Pietro a Majella" Music Conservatory of Naples, through the Department of New Technologies and Musical Languages (Electronic Music area), in collaboration with Napoli Totale Elettronica, is pleased to announce the first edition of the International Conference S.P.aM.E.C.

SPaMEC 2026 interrogates the reticular complexity of Sonic Arts in a context where electroacoustic production transcends the aesthetic object to become a relational process. The conference solicits contributions on co-creation processes capable of affirming a true sonic agency, inviting submissions that exhibit the aesthetics of co-becoming: a system in which technology intervenes as an actant of an expanded relationality.

CONFERENCE THEMATIC AREAS

- Improvisation: Agency, Listening, and Relationship
- Composition: Collective Strategies and Common Languages
- Media: Web Reappropriation and Sonic Communities
- Lutherie: Contemporary Organology and DIT Hardware

We also encourage and welcome contributions related to:

Acoustic Ecology and Field Recording
Spatial Audio and Ambisonics
Artificial Intelligence and Generative Systems
Networked Music Performance and Telematic Practices
Live Coding and Algorithmic Composition
Sound Installations and Site-Specific Interventions
Philosophy of Technology and Media Theory
Artistic Research and Praxis Analysis

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
We invite researchers and artists to submit original contributions in Italian or English in one of the following categories:

Long Papers (6-8 pages): Complete and original research with comprehensive methodologies and consolidated results.

Short Papers (2-4 pages): Reports on works in progress, preliminary studies, technical solutions, or theoretical reflections.

THE COMMITTEE STRONGLY ENCOURAGES AUTHORS TO CONSIDER THE SHORT PAPER FORMAT EVEN FOR PRESENTING CONSOLIDATED RESEARCH.

All works will undergo a Double-Blind Peer Review process. Accepted works will be published in the official proceedings within a special issue of "I Quaderni del San Pietro a Majella," equipped with an ISBN.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline: March 20, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: March 30, 2026
Registration Opens: April 10, 2026
Camera-Ready Version Due: April 20, 2026
Registration Closes: April 30, 2026
Conference Dates: May 15-16, 2026

HOW TO SUBMIT
Submissions must be made exclusively through the official form:
https://forms.gle/rEUAXNZoqhwHG1UR8

FULL CFP
Please see our official documents here for the complete call for papers, templates, and references.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t1OACulZ53S7rTbyVmxV3ZCuLr5Vr8Wd/view