Follow the links below for abstracts. The video archive is accessible here.
Timetable at a Glance
| Los Angeles | Orlando | London | Central Europe | Auckland +1 | Day 1 (June 12, 2025) |
| 05:45 | 08:45 | 13:45 | 14:45 | 00:45 | Welcome! |
| 06:00 | 09:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 01:00 | Session 1: Drawn to Life – Transmedia |
| 07:30 | 10:30 | 15:30 | 16:30 | 02:30 | Break |
| 08:00 | 11:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 03:00 | Session 2: Timekeepers – Musical Histories |
| 09:00 | 12:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 04:00 | Break |
| 10:00 | 13:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 05:00 | Session 3: Space Rangers – Sonic Environments |
| 11:00 | 14:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 06:00 | Short Break |
| 11:15 | 14:15 | 19:15 | 20:15 | 06:15 | Keynote: Luke Nickel: No Limits: Roller Coaster Simulator as Score and Instrument |
| 12:15 | 15:15 | 20:15 | 21:15 | 07:15 | End |
| Los Angeles | Orlando | London | Central Europe | Auckland +1 | Day 2 (June 13, 2025) |
| 06:30 | 09:30 | 14:30 | 15:30 | 01:30 | Session 4: Videopolis – Theme Parks, Video Games and Anime |
| 08:00 | 11:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 03:00 | Break |
| 08:30 | 11:30 | 16:30 | 17:30 | 03:30 | Session 5: Carousels of Progress? – Variations on Themes |
| 10:00 | 13:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 05:00 | Break |
| 11:00 | 14:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 06:00 | Session 6: Dreamflights/ Droomvluchts – Experiencing Theme Park Music |
| 12:00 | 15:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 07:00 | General Discussion |
| 12:15 | 15:15 | 20:15 | 21:15 | 07:15 | End |
Thursday 12th June
| Welcome! | |
| Session 1: Drawn to Life Transmedia Chair: Carissa Baker | |
| Rebecca Williams | From Theme Park to Theatre (and Back Again): Spatial Transmedia and the Disney Musical |
| Dan White | More Magical Music: Epic Universe’s Ministry of Magic as an Extension of an Existing Musical Register |
| Clair Nguyen | Part of that World: Sound-coded Seeing and Being in Theme Park Experiences |
| Break | |
| Session 2: Timekeepers Musical Histories Chair: Bobby Schweizer | |
| Sarah Caissie Provost | The Musical History of Humans at the Zoo |
| David Miller | Disney, Copland, and Lincoln |
| Break | |
| Session 3: Space Rangers Sonic Environments Chair: Will Ayers | |
| Scott A. Lukas | Problematizing the Sonic Constructs of Theme Parks: Toward a Postmodernist Ethnographic Methodology and Anthropocene-Infused Reformulation of Space |
| Kate A. Galloway | Placemaking and Soundscaping Practices in the Nested Acoustic Environments of Disney Theme Parks |
| Short Break | |
| Keynote address: Luke Nickel No Limits: Roller Coaster Simulator as Score and Instrument | |
Friday 13th June
| Session 4: Videopolis Theme Parks, Video Games, and Anime Chair: Julianne Grasso | |
| Matt Lawson | Playing the Parks – Music, Sound, and the Virtual Guest Experience in Theme Park Video Games |
| James Heazlewood-Dale | Swinging in the Queue: Reimagining Nintendo’s Cues in the Super Nintendo World Theme Parks |
| Thomas B. Yee | Kingdom of Dreams and Magic: Musical Representations of Theme Parks in Japanese Media |
| Break | |
| Session 5: Carousels of Progress? Variations on Themes Chair: Alex Bádue | |
| Maria Schreurs | The Everlasting Dance of Death: The Legacy of Saint-Seäns’s Danse Macabre in De Efteling |
| Amy Hatch | Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Transformation: “Queue” the Variations of Theme & Variations |
| James Bohn | The Main Street Electrical Parade as a Travelling Harmonic Theme and Variations |
| Break | |
| Session 6: Dreamflights/Droomvluchts Experiencing Theme Park Music Chair: Tim Summers | |
| Carissa Baker | What Story Will You Find? – The Role of Music in Tokyo DisneySea’s Fantasy Springs |
| Gregory Camp | Where Nostalgia Meets Frisson: Music for Disney Fireworks |
| General Discussion | |
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