AIMS: AI Music Summit at Berklee convenes musicians, educators, researchers, and industry experts to explore how AI is changing music creation, production, performance, and learning. Building on 2024's AI and the Musician symposium, AIMS brings together keynotes, demos, conversations, and live experiences to center practical workflows and artist impact, while asking the hard questions about ethics and the future of creative work.
Join us in Boston, June 3–5, 2026 for the conference and June 6–7, 2026 for a Hackathon.
Programming details, keynotes, panelists and performers will be announced soon.
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What to Expect
AIMS is designed to be equal parts ideas, applied practice, and real-world community. More details will be available soon, but participants can expect keynotes and featured conversations, demos and applied sessions, research-to-practice talks and posters, performances and showcases, and workshops and hands-on sessions from organizations including:
- Berklee College of Music
- Adobe
- Warner Music Group
- Splice
- Ableton
- Water and Music
- MIT Media Lab
AIMS Focus Areas
AIMS will organize sessions across several thematic threads (final track list coming soon):
- Creative Workflows: composition, cowriting, production, and iterative creation
- Audio and Production Tech: separation, restoration, mixing, mastering, and evaluation
- Voice and Instrument Systems: performance, expressivity, controllability, and realism
- Education and Creative Practice: curriculum, pedagogy, and student tool fluency
- Ethics, IP Rights, and Attribution: consent, licensing, provenance, and transparency
- Industry and Artist Impact: careers, economics, distribution, and audience trust
Sponsors and Partners
AIMS welcomes partners who want to support an artist-centered, evidence-informed convening at the intersection of music and AI. Sponsorships opportunities still available contact beatl+sponsorship@berklee.edu for more information.
Diamond Sponsor: Adobe
We are proud to recognize Adobe as the Diamond Sponsor of the Berklee AI Music Summit, supporting innovation at the intersection of creativity, technology, and music.
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
To be announced
Silver Sponsors
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Wednesday Night Reception Sponsor
Coffee Sponsors
To be announced
Sponsorship contact: beatl+sponsorship@berklee.edu
Registration
Early registration is now open with pricing tiers for students, faculty, and other categories. Note separate registration is required for the conference and the hackathon.
Hosted at Berklee
AIMS is hosted at Berklee in Boston, Massachusetts, and organized in collaboration with BEATL (Berklee Emerging Artistic Technology Lab).
Building on Berklee’s leadership in music, technology, and education, AIMS brings together global voices shaping the next era of music creation.
Hackathon Cohosted with Music Hack Space
Dates: June 6–7, 2026
Location: Berklee College of Music, Boston
- Practical, hands-on complement to the AIMS conference
- Challenges by industry partners
- Prizes and opportunities post-weekend
- Full IP ownership to the team
- No coding experience necessary
Logistics
- Dates: June 3–5, 2026
- Location: Berklee College of Music, Boston
- Schedule: Full schedule and venue details coming soon.
- Accessibility: We are committed to accessibility; details and resources will be posted.
- Travel: Hotel and travel guidance coming soon.
Call for Submissions: Now Closed
The call for submissions ran from the end of January to March 2. Proposal categories included:
- Tutorials: Educational sessions led by one or two experts to cover basic principles and common practices, requiring no prior knowledge from the audience.
- Workshops: Interactive sessions focus on the practical application emphasizing audience engagement and hands-on techniques over theoretical discussion. May include demonstrations of technology to support the presentation (see commercial guidelines in submission form)
- Master Classes: Led by a recognized expert these high-level sessions offer deep dives into advanced applications.
- Panels: Typically integrated into the workshop format, panels involve a group of experts discussing current topics and applications and usually include audience involvement via Q&A.
- Papers/Posters: Provide a platform for authors to present late-breaking research or technical developments through concise oral summaries and interactive visual poster displays.
We’re especially interested in work that is:
- Artist-centered and practically grounded (not just theoretical)
- Honest about tradeoffs (bias, limitations, unintended consequences)
- Clear about evaluation (what “better” means and for whom)
- Connected to real creative practice (musicianship, storytelling, craft)
Important dates:
- Submissions open: End of January
- Submission deadline: March 2, 2026
- Notifications: March 16, 2026
AIMS Committee Members
- Conference Chair: Jonathan Wyner
- Program Chairs: Jonathan Wyner and Cherie Hu
- Conference Administrator: Kaytlyn Hope
- Facilities Chairs: Brian Sears and Christina Quarles
- Conference Support: Mark Ethier, Scott Simon, Greg Cahill
Code of Conduct
Berklee is committed to a welcoming, inclusive, and respectful environment. A code of conduct will be posted prior to registration opening.
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- Contact: beatl@berklee.edu
- Social: #AIMSBerklee
- Press/media inquiries: mediarelations@berklee.edu