The Music Encoding Conference is the annual meeting of the Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) community and all who are interested in the digital representation of music.

Music encoding is a critical component for fields and areas of study including computational or digital musicology, digital editions, symbolic music information retrieval, and digital libraries. This event brings together enthusiasts from various music research communities, including technologists, librarians, music scholars, and students and provides an opportunity for learning and engaging with and from each other.

Music Encoding Conference 2026 is hosted by Tokyo University of Science and will take place Tuesday 26 - Friday 29 May, 2026.

All attendees are expected to adhere to the conference Code of Conduct.

Questions? Contact Organizing Committee Chairs, Eita Nakamura and Satoru Fukayama, or Programme Committee Chair, David Lewis, at conference2026 at music-encoding.org.