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Sound and Music Computing Sweden - SAC seminar

SAC ACTIVITY SEMINAR: MUSIC INTERACTION FOR HEALTH

Novel Methods for Using Music Interaction to Address Wellbeing and Health Improvement in Training and in Leisure

Tuesday 11th October 2016 at KTH in Stockholm

The symposium brings together researchers working with sound and music interaction in health or therapy settings, but from different perspectives. Among the invited lectures is Professor Rumi Hiraga from the National Technical University Tsukuba, and the symposium is arranged as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Alumni Activity (SAC). In addition to the academic program, there will be a welcome note from JSPS Director, Prof. Tadaharu Tsumoto.

Music Interaction for Health is organized by the KTH Sound and Music Computing group. Contact the organizer: Kjetil Falkenberg Hansen.

Program

The program is subject to change

LOCATION: PMiL Lab, KTH. Map.
12:00-12:55 Registration
12:55-13:00 JSPS Stockholm
 Video: JSPS Supports Science
13:00-13:05 Kjetil Falkenberg Hansen
 Welcome note & program
13:05-13:15 Tadaharu Tsumoto
 Introduction of JSPS program and activities
13:15-13:35 Martin Ljungdahl-Eriksson
 Sound design for health purposes
13:40-14:00 Rumi Hiraga
 Working with music and hearing impaired students
14:05-14:25 Sten Ternström
 The singing voice and novel uses of voice metrics
14:30-14:50 Andreas Almqvist Gref
 Sonifying manual wheelchair operation for training in sports and everyday life
14:50-15:30 Coffee break
LOCATION: VIC Studio, KTH. Map.
15:30-15:50 Håkan Lidbo
 Music interaction and the public room
15:55-16:15 Roberto Bresin
 The potential and challenges of sonification
16:20-16:40 Jakob Clason
 Sound feedback to movements in clinical exposure-based treatment of kinesiophobia (fear of movement)
16:45-17:05 Ann-Sofie Paulander
 Music and Mental training
17:05-17:20 PAUS
17:20-17:40 Karin Palmqvist
 How we work with sound, music and vibrations at a multi sensory center
17:45-18:05 Ilias Bergström
 Sonification and Somaesthetic Appreciation Design
18:30-21:00 Mingle and student demos

Registration

The symposium is open to the public and free to attend. Due to space restrictions, we kindly ask you to register your attendance by email. Since the deadline has passed, we will admit on a first-serve basis.

Sponsors

Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences. JSPS Stockholm Office offers financial support to seminars organized by members of the JSPS Alumni Club in Sweden (SAC).

Medieteknik och Interaktionsdesign, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan