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The Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) organizes the Music Encoding Conference (MEC), an annual event that brings together the community working on encoding musical documents in machine-readable form. The music-encoding.org site maintains a dedicated Conference section covering upcoming meetings, past conferences, published proceedings, awards, and hosting information. If you want to attend, present, or bid to host a future MEC, that section is the starting point.
Upcoming conference: MEC 2027
According to the site's news listing, MEC 2027 will take place 7–10 June 2027 in Rome, Italy, at the German Historical Institute (Deutsches Historisches Institut). The Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra is acting as a partner and provides an additional venue.
The news item is dated Aug 25, 2026, so details such as the call for papers, registration, and program are likely to be added closer to the event. Check the Conference section rather than relying on the news post alone for logistics.
What the Conference section contains
The site groups conference-related material into several areas:
| Area | What it provides |
|---|---|
| MEC 2027 | Information on the next conference (Rome, 7–10 June 2027) |
| Past Conferences | Records of previous MEC meetings |
| Proceedings | Published papers and outputs from past conferences |
| MEC Awards | Recognition associated with the conference |
| Hosting Guidelines | Requirements and process for proposing to host a future MEC |
| MOU Template | Memorandum of understanding template for hosting arrangements |
Using past conferences and proceedings
If your goal is research rather than attendance, the Past Conferences and Proceedings pages are the most useful entries. Proceedings let you see the kind of work presented at MEC and cite it directly; past conference pages give you the venues, dates, and scope of earlier meetings, which helps you judge whether a future edition fits your topic.
Proposing to host
Institutions interested in hosting a future MEC should read the Hosting Guidelines first, then use the MOU Template when formalizing an arrangement. These two documents define the expectations on both sides, so review them before approaching the MEI Board.
Related community channels
Conference activity sits within the broader MEI community structure, which also includes Community Contacts, Community Forums, Interest Groups, the Technical Team, and the MEI Board. For announcements and discussion around MEC, the News/Events listings and the community forums are the places to watch.