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Call for contributions

We are pleased to announce that the call for contributions for the 1st International Conference on Music and Sleep is now open!

We are inviting abstracts for poster sessions and oral presentations. The submission deadline is 1st of December 2025. Abstracts of maximum 400 words should be submitted via this link: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79428/submitter

The abstracts will be reviewed by our Scientific Committee and notification of acceptance will be given early February.

General Information about the conference and its structure

The Music and Sleep conference brings together research and methods at the intersection of music and sleep. The conference welcomes contributions from all relevant disciplines including, but not limited to, musicology, music technology, music therapy, psychology, neuroscience, and sleep medicine.

What can be submitted

You may submit an abstract for an oral presentation or a poster presentation. If you are open to either format, please select ‘Either’ in the submission form.

Submissions are welcome on any topic related to music and sleep, including (but not limited to): Lullabies, Sleep Music Analysis, Auditory Perception during Sleep, Auditory Stimulation of Sleep Slow Waves, Sleep Music Neuroscience, Sleep Sonification, Music as a Sleep Aid, Audio Design for Sleep, Sleep Music Composition, and Computational and Technological Approaches to Sleep and Music.

Format

Abstracts should be a maximum of 400 words, excluding references and keywords. 

The following structure is suggested (but not required):

  • Background and Aims
  • Methods
  • Results / Expected Results
  • Conclusions / Perspectives
  • References

Submission

Abstract should be submitted via Oxford Abstracts accessible through the following link: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79428/submitter

Deadlines

  • Submission deadline is 1st of December 2025.
  • Notification of acceptance will be given early February 2026.