ISPS 2025
Shanghai | China
ISPS 2025
Performance Science in Practice
October 29 | 01 November 2025
Shanghai | China
Convened by
Graduate School
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Centre for Performance Science
Royal College of Music | Imperial College London
Important dates
01 April 2025: Paper/poster abstract submission deadline – CLOSED
15 May 2025: Online registration open – REGISTER HERE »
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
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.
Call for papers
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.
The online submission portal has now closed. Thanks to all authors who submitted abstracts detailing their research.
Further information on the ISPS program will be posted here in June 2025.
Early registration
by 01 September 2025
Full and one-day registration options are available, which also include student discounts and online-only options.
OPTION 1: In-person FULL participation – REGISTER HERE »
October 29 | 01 November 2025
In-person FULL registration includes access to all conference sessions, performances, refreshments (tea/coffee) and lunches on 29, 30, 31 October and 01 November, as well as the conference dinner on 31 October.
Standard 2000 CNY
Student* 1000 CNY
Option 2: Online FULL participation – REGISTER HERE »
October 29 | 01 November 2025
Online FULL registration includes access, via the conference digital platform Fourwaves, to all conference sessions on 29, 30, 31 October and 01 November.
Standard 1200 CNY
Student* 700 CNY
Registration
after 01 September 2025
OPTION 1: In-person FULL participation
October 29 | 01 November 2025
In-person FULL registration includes access to all conference sessions, performances, refreshments (tea/coffee) and lunches on 29, 30, 31 October and 01 November, as well as the conference dinner on 31 October.
Standard 2600 CNY
Student* 1500 CNY
Option 2: Online FULL participation
October 29 | 01 November 2025
Online FULL registration includes access, via the conference digital platform Fourwaves, to all conference sessions on 29, 30, 31 October and 01 November.
Standard 1800 CNY
Student* 1200 CNY
Option 3: In-person 1-DAY participation
29, 30, 31 October or 01 November
In-person 1-DAY registration includes access to all conference sessions and performances, refreshments (tea/coffee), and lunch on the day to which registration applies.
Standard 1800 CNY
Student* 1200 CNY
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* Proof of student status will be required.
Note. Fees are posted in Chinese yuan renminbi (CNY). Daily exchange rates for international currencies are available online. For example, see www.oanda.com/currency-converter
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 Performance Science, see Frontiers »
Note. The ISPS 2025 Research Topic replaces the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science.
Aaron Williamon, co-chair
Royal College of Music, London (UK)
Yang Jian, co-chair
Shanghai Conservatory of Music (China)
Nicholas Cook
University of Cambridge (UK)
Isabelle Cossette
McGill University (Canada)
Baisheng Dai
Macao Polytechnic University (China)
Krzysztof Dąbrowski
Medical University of Warsaw (Poland)
Fuxiao Gao
Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing (China)
Fernando Gualda
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Lei Jiang
East China Normal University, Shanghai (China)
Xiao Kang
China Conservatory of Music, Beijing (China)
Xiaonuo Li
Shanghai Conservatory of Music (China)
Hong Liu
Shanghai Normal University (China)
Raluca Matei
Johns Hopkins University (USA)
Bridget Rennie-Salonen
Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
Wei Zhang
Shanghai Conservatory of Music (China)