Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard is Obel Professor of Music and head of the Music and Sound Knowledge Group (MaSK) at Aalborg University, Denmark. He has published widely across subjects as diverse as sound, biofeedback in computer games, presence, virtuality, the Uncanny Valley, and IT systems and also writes free, open source software for virtual research environments (WIKINDX). Mark is series editor for the Palgrave Macmillan series Studies in Sound, and his books include the anthologies Game Sound Technology & Player Interaction (2011) and The Oxford Handbook of Virtuality (OUP 2014) and, with co-author Tom Garner, a monograph entitled Sonic Virtuality (OUP 2015).

Mads Walther-Hansen is Associate Professor and head of the Music Programme at Aalborg University, Denmark. He writes on music listening, music production, sound technology, and sound analysis, and he has published several articles, chapters, and conference papers on cognition and language in relation to music production which examine the conceptualization of sound and the effect of recording technology on the listening experience.

Martin Knakkergaard is Senior Lecturer in the Music Programme at Aaborg University, Denmark. He is currently the leader of the Obel Music Project and was former head of the Music Programme at Aalborg University for more than 12 years. His research interests are primarily within the field of Music Technology. Martin has in recent years turned towards the study of musicological questions of a more fundamental nature. He is also the editor of the Danish Dictionary of Music, Gads Musikleksikon (2003 and 2005) and editor of the music periodical Col Legno (1993-1999), and the music journal Danish Musicology Online (2010-2015).

Erkin Asutay, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University

Freya Bailes, Academic Fellow, University of Leeds

Søren Bech, Director Research, Bang & Olufsen a/s and Professor, Aalborg University

Lars Ole Bonde, Professor in Music Therapy, Aalborg University; Professor in Music and Health, Center for Research in Music and Health, The Norwegian Academy of Music

John M. Carvalho, Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University

Justin Christensen, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Saskatchewan

Anne Danielsen, Professor, RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, University of Oslo

Jason R. D'Aoust, Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Musical Studies, Oberlin College and Conservatory

Marc Duby, Research Professor in Musicology, University of South Africa

Hauke Egermann, Assistant Professor, York Music Psychology Group, University of York

Simon Emmerson, Professor of Music, Technology and Innovation, Leicester Media School, De Montfort University

Jon Francombe, Senior Research and Development Engineer, BBC Research and Development

Rolf Inge Godøy, Professor, Department of Musicology and the RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, University of Oslo

Theodore Gracyk, Professor of Philosophy, Minnesota State University Moorhead

Andrea R. Halpern, Professor of Psychology, Bucknell University

Andy Hamilton, Professor of Philosophy, Durham University

Bennett Hogg, Senior Lecturer, International Centre for Music Studies, Newcastle University

Martin Knakkergaard, Senior Lecturer, Aalborg University

David Meredith, Associate Professor, Aalborg University

Adam Ockelford, Professor of Music and Director of the Applied Music Research Centre, University of Roehampton

Katie Overy, Senior Lecturer in Music, University of Edinburgh

Bryan J. Parkhurst, Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Philosophy, Oberlin College and Conservatory

Daniël Ploeger, Research Fellow, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

Janna K. Saslaw, Professor of Music Theory, Loyola University New Orleans

Jan Schacher, Research Associate, Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology, Zurich University of the Arts

Ulrik Schmidt, Associate Professor, Roskilde University

Henrik Sinding-Larsen, Researcher, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo

Erik Steinskog, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen

Mickey Vallee, Tier II Canada Research Chair in Community, Identity and Digital Media, Athabasca University

Salomé Voegelin, Reader in Sound Arts, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London

Daniel Västfjäll, Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University

James P. Walsh, Adjunct Instructor of Music, Loyola University New Orleans

Jonathan Weinel, Visiting Research Fellow, Aalborg University

W. Luke Windsor, Professor of Music Psychology, School of Music, University of Leeds

Clemens Wöllner, Professor of Systematic Musicology, Universität Hamburg