Conference Sounds of the Metaverse

CONFERENCE PROGRAM (.pdf)

10:00–10:20 Welcome. Conference opening
dr Przemek Danowski (Chopin University of Music)

10:20–11:00 Keynote Speech: Three Perspectives on Music AI
dr inż. Mateusz Modrzejewski (Warsaw University of Technology)

11:00–11:30 Presentation and live act: Generative Algorithms as an Extension of Primitive Sounds
Gniewomir Tomczyk

11:30–12:00 Presentation: Artists + Algorithms: Co-Creating Responsible AI in Music
mgr, inż. Wojciech Hazanowicz (muzaic.ai)

12:00–12:30 Presentation: Upscaling HRTFs with generative AI
dr inż. Paula Pietrzak (Warsaw University of Technology)

12:30–13:30 LUNCH BREAK

13:30–14:30 Listening session 
Presentation of the award-winning entries from the 9th edition of the Student 3D Audio Production Competition (S3DAPC).

14:30–15:00 Presentation: What is ZAIKS Lab and how can it help you? 
Agnieszka Cichocka (ZAIKS)

15:00–15:30 Presentation: Future Fragments
mgr Marcin Nowicki (Noviki Studio)

15:30–16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00–16:30 Presentation: Detecting deepfake speech with convolutional neural networks 
mgr inż. Mateusz Zych (Warsaw University of Technology)

16:30–17:00 Presentation: The use of AI in working with dialogues in movies
dr Iwona Ejsmund, mgr Anna Balcewicz, mgr Michał Jakubiak (Chopin University of Music, The Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz)

17:00–17:30 Presentation: Can deep neural networks recognize emotions from Polish speech? 
inż. Katarzyna Stec (Warsaw University of Technology)

17:30–18:30 Workshop: Generative Audio Modelling with Transformers 
Daniel Faronbi (Music and Audio Research Laboratory, New York University)

18:30–18:45 Conference closing
 

All Conference attendees are required to register via the online form, available at the following link: https://forms.office.com, or on the day of the Conference at the reception desk. The online registration deadline for passive participants is November 26, 2025, at 9:00 AM.

Regulations of passive participation in  the "SOUNDS OF THE METAVERSE" Conference

1.    The organizer of the "SOUNDS OF THE METAVERSE" Conference, hereinafter referred to as the Conference, is the Department of Music Acoustics and Multimedia, run by the Faculty of Sound Directing of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, hereinafter referred to as the Department.

2.    The aim of the Conference is to deepen scientific and research interests, exchange opinions, experiences and points of view.

3.    The conference is addressed to all people interested in issues related to its topic, and in particular to students of first- and second-cycle studies, students of doctoral schools and researchers and research workers of  universities.

4.    The scientific supervisor of the Conference is ad. Przemysław Danowski, PhD. The Organizing Committee consists of Dr. Przemysław Danowski and Dr. Marta Gospodarek.

5.    The conference will be held on November 26, 2025 in the Karol Szymanowski Auditorium and Cinema Hall at 2 Okólnik Street in Warsaw, according to the Conference schedule available on the chopin.edu.pl. website.

6.    Passive participation includes participation in conference panels as a listener and access to digital conference materials.

7.    Participation in the conference is free of charge.

8.    All participants of the Conference are required to register via the online form or on the day of the Conference at the reception point. The address of the registration form will be made available in the information about the Conference on the website of chopin.edu.pl.

9.    The deadline for registration of passive participants via the online form is November 26, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.

10.   The language of the Conference is English.

11.  Any questions regarding the Conference should be sent by e-mail to: umfcvr@chopin.edu.pl

12.  At the time of submitting the completed application form, participants:

a. consent to the taking of photographs and audiovisual recordings during the Conference, their recording, processing and reproduction, and their use in accordance with the letter b below, without the need to approve them each time,

b. grant the UMFC the right to repeatedly process and disseminate their image recorded on audiovisual recordings and photographs taken during the Conference, free of charge, to the extent of use for the statutory purposes of the UMFC, in particular for promotional and archiving purposes, including the m.in of disseminating the performance for broadcasting, rebroadcasting and reproduction, as well as making it available to the public on selected websites, without time limits, and Territorial.

c. undertake to comply with the provisions of these Terms and Conditions.

d. consent to the processing of personal data by the Conference Organizer in accordance with the Act of 10 May 2018 on the protection of personal data (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1000) and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (Journal of Laws of 2018 No. 119,  p. 1 of późn.zm.) necessary to participate in the Conference, and declare that they have been informed that:

a) the administrator of the data contained in the application form is the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music with its registered office in Warsaw at 2 Okólnik Street, 00-368 Warsaw, represented by the Rector of the University (hereinafter referred to as UMFC), 2 Okólnik Street, 00-368 Warsaw, chopin.edu.pl

b) contact with the Data Protection Officer in matters related to data processing in the UMFC is carried out via the e-mail address: iod@chopin.edu.pl,

c) personal data contained in the application form will be processed only for purposes related to the organization of the Conference and will not be made available to other entities,

d) providing data is voluntary, but refusal to provide them is tantamount to the inability to apply for participation in the Conference,

e) have the right to access the content of the data and their rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, the right to object to processing, the right to transfer data, and in the case of processing based on consent, to withdraw it at any time and without giving a reason, subject to the lawfulness of the processing before the withdrawal of consent,

f) exercising the rights referred to in point (1) of the Act. e is possible via the info@chopin.edu.pl e-mail address and/or iod@chopin.edu.pl, as well as by sending a written request or request to the address of the UMFC's registered office,

g) personal data will be stored for the period necessary to complete the Conference and activities related to it. In the case of consent to receive messages about scientific and artistic events organized by the Department, personal data will be processed until the consent is withdrawn;

h) in the event that the processing is carried out in violation of the law, they have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority – the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection with its registered office in Warsaw at 1A Moniuszki Street.

i) the permission to disseminate the image may be withdrawn before the beginning of the Conference – for this purpose, information in this regard should be sent by e-mail to the following address: umfcvr@chopin.edu.pl or iod@chopin.edu.pl

14. The participants of the Conference are obliged to comply with the internal acts and instructions in force in the UMFC building regarding security and organizational issues and to comply with the recommendations issued in this regard by authorized persons from the UMFC.

15. UMFC is not responsible for property brought to the UMFC by the participants of the Conference, including property left by them.

16. UMFC shall not be liable for damages incurred in connection with participation in the Conference, except for damages caused by UMFC.

17. The Organizer reserves the right to make changes to the Regulations. Changes Regulations will be published each time on the University's website Fryderyk Chopin Musical Festival: chopin.edu.pl.

18. The Organizer reserves the right to cancel the Conference for important reasons, the Participants are not entitled to any claims against UMFC in this regard.

Warsaw, November 7, 2025