Schedule
Friday, November 20th, 2026 (EST)
The Phoenix Craft House and Grill, McMaster University
7 PM - Close
Evening Reception and Jam Session
Saturday, November 21st, 2026 (EST)
Lecture Hall Room 147, Burke Science Building (BSB), McMaster University
8:30 – 9:15 AM
Registration and continental breakfast
9:15– 9:30 am
Opening Welcome
Dr. John Iversen and Dr. Graham Scott
9:30 – 10:10 AM
Beyond the Beat: Flexible Interpersonal Synchrony
Dr. Ilanit Gordon
10:10 - 10:30 AM
Competing objectives can drive the (de)synchronized cycles of rhythmic clapping
Ya-Ning Wu
10:30 – 10:50 AM
How does very-low frequency bass drive movement on the dancefloor?
Tienchee Liu and Dr. Daniel Cameron
10:50 – 11:10 AM
How audiences affect performers in live concerts
Dr. Emily Wood
11:10 – 11:45 AM
Coffee break
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Keynote Address: Studying concerts, shaping concerts: from stage to lab to stage at the University of Oslo
Dr. Alexander Refsum Jensenius Professor of Music Technology, University of Oslo
CIBC Hall, 3rd floor McMaster University Student Centre
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 – 2:15 PM
Flash poster videos
2:15 – 3:30 PM
Poster Session #1 [Odd]
3:30 – 4:45 PM
Poster Session #2 [Even]
Dinner break (on your own)
LIVELab, Psychology Complex, 2nd Floor
8:30 PM - Close
Folk innovators reimagining the Western string quartet
Medusa Quartet, Science Snapshot by Dr. Lauren Fink