SIEC USA announces its first Keynote Speaker for the 2024 SIEC ISBE International Conference to be held July 29-Aug 2 at Illinois State University. 

Keynote speaker on July 30, 2024

Dr. Roy Magnuson is an Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition in the School of Music at Illinois State University.  His music has been performed throughout the United States and Europe and is recorded on Albany, NAXOS, and Tonsehen Records.  Dr. Magnuson also researches virtual and augmented reality applications and is the creator of the virtual reality software solsticeVR, and the co-creator of the virtual reality conducting pedagogy RibbonsVR:  Virtual Reality Assisted Conducting.

This year, Roy is serving as a Provost Fellow in the Office of Academic Affairs at ISU where his charge is to assist the University in its response to disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual, augmented, and mixed reality devices and spatial computing.

SIEC-ISBE is excited for Dr. Magnuson to speak with us about the various disruptive technologies.  Due to the changing nature of disruptive technologies, a more complete description of his talk will be provided on the day of the keynote address.  

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