What Makes Us Musical? Genes, babies, and AI

Musicality Genomics Consortium (MusicGens) and University of Iceland Linguistics Institute invite you to an open meeting on the genetics of music, human musicality and artificial intelligence on Wednesday, September 23rd at 16:30–18:00, in the Main Building (Aðalbygging) of the University of Iceland.

The event is held in conjunction with the MusicGens annual meeting and will be conducted in English. All are welcome, and no registration is required.

WEDNESDAY, September 23, 16:30 - 18:00

University of Iceland Main Building, Saemundargata 2, 102 Reykjavik

What Makes Us Musical? Genes, babies, and AI

• 16:30 Welcome and introduction to MusicGens
  Rósa Signý Gísladóttir, Associate Professor of Linguistics at University of Iceland
• 16:35 What our genes can tell us about musicality and language
  Simon Fisher, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and Professor of Language and Genetics at Radboud university
• 17:00 Why we are musical: Evidence from infancy and evolution
  Helga Rut Guðmundsdóttir, Professor of Music Education at University of Iceland and founder of Tónagull
• 17:15 Embodied music and generative AI
  Þórhallur (Thor) Magnússon, Research Professor at University of Iceland and Professor in Future Music at the University of Sussex
• 17:30 Discussion and Q&A

More information on the MusicGens consortium can be found at MusicGens.org.