CALL FOR PAPERS
ISPS 2025
Performance Science in Practice
October 29 | 01 November 2025
Shanghai | China
The next International Symposium on Performance Science, ISPS 2025, will be hosted by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music on October 29–01 November 2025.
The ISPS 2025 theme, Performance Science in Practice, is intended to encourage discussion and debate on connections between performance, education, science, and society. Specific research topics, fields of study, and methodological approaches have been left open intentionally to encourage interdisciplinary exchange.
Submissions detailing original research are invited from all performance disciplines, offering new perspectives from across the arts and sciences.
We intend to offer both on-site and electronic presentation options, although the former will depend on possible restrictions on public meetings and international travel in place at the time of the event.
IMPORTANT DATES
01 April 2025: Paper/poster abstract submission deadline
15 May 2025: Notification of submission decision
01 June 2025: Article submissions open for ISPS 2025 Research Topic in Frontiers
01 September 2025: End of early registration
29 October 2025: Start of ISPS 2025
31 January 2026: Article submission deadline for ISPS 2025 Research Topic in Frontiers
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions are invited for
- Spoken papers
- Poster presentations
- Symposia
Detailed instructions for submissions are available via the conference website: https://performancescience.org.
Submissions should be made electronically by 01 April 2025.
GRADUATE AWARDS
The Scientific Committee is keen to encourage the attendance of students, as well as established researchers and practitioners.
The ISPS 2025 Graduate Paper Award will be offered to one graduate student to present a keynote paper at the conference.
In addition, at the symposium, delegates will be able to vote for the highest quality poster presentation delivered by a graduate student. The student(s) with the highest vote tally will be given the ISPS 2025 Graduate Poster Award.
REVIEW PROCESS
Each submission will be reviewed anonymously by the Scientific Committee according to its originality, importance, clarity, and interdisciplinarity. Corresponding authors will be notified by email of the Committee's decision by 15 May 2025.
CONFERENCE PUBLICATION
Building on the publication of articles from ISPS 2013, ISPS 2015, ISPS 2017, ISPS 2019, ISPS 2021, and ISPS 2023 in Frontiers in Psychology, the journal is hosting a Research Topic in the specialty section Performance Science for ISPS 2025 presenters. To qualify, the first (or corresponding) author must be a registered presenter at ISPS 2025, and the manuscript should be submitted to the journal for independent peer-review between 01 June 2025 and 31 January 2026.
To learn more about the specialty section Performance Science, see https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/sections/performance-science.
Note. The ISPS 2025 Research Topic replaces the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science. A proceedings volume will not be produced for ISPS 2025; however, published articles from all previous ISPS are freely available at https://performancescience.org.
REGISTRATION
Full and one-day registration options will be available, which also include student discounts and online-only options.
Online registration will open on 15 May 2025.
For further information about the venue, submissions, graduate award, and registration, visit the conference website: https://performancescience.org.
The official language of the conference is English. There is also a special section for English/Chinese bilingual submissions as part of the Third International Forum on Musical Performance Studies (IFMPS 2025) that will be held together with ISPS 2025.
Aaron Williamon, London
Yang Jian, Shanghai
