Experimental Scent Summit
Presented as part of an ongoing collaboration between The Institute for Art and Olfaction and Smell Lab, the Experimental Scent Summit is an annual gathering where invited speakers share research and ideas in an informal, friendly setting.
CALL FOR SPEAKERS
Do you want to present your ideas at ESS 2025? Now is the time to send in your proposal!
We are limiting the slide shows this year to five slides only (not counting the introductory slide), and the presentations to ten minutes.
We are interested in the following proposals:
Overview of personal or academic research
Overview of a personal or historic arts practice
Overview of a technology-based project
An experimental performative approach
Surprise us!
What we are not looking for:
Promotional presentations of self or company
We encourage people to bring scents to share with the audience, but we cannot accommodate larger scent broadcasting systems like HVAC or etc.
DUE DATES
Submissions for ESS are due by March 20, by 11:59pm Pacific Time (GMT-8). We will inform speakers of their status by the end of the day Pacific Time on March 25, 2025.
BEFORE YOU SUBMIT
If you are accepted as a speaker, please understand that it requires you to attend, in person: There are no virtual sessions. Be committed to coming to Los Angeles for the event. All ESS speakers will be invited to attend the Art and Olfaction Awards on May 29, as well as other Scent Week festivities. There is no remuneration for ESS talks - the program is produced in the spirit of community knowledge sharing, and is a not-for-profit venture.
ESS will be broadcast over Instagram live on the @artandolfaction Instagram channel.
Submissions for ESS are due by March 20, by 11:59pm PT (GMT-8).
“[ESS is] part of [the Institute for Art and Olfaction’s] mission to build mutual support and a sense of community for this broad ranging group of creatives who may work at the margins of the fragrance industry, deep within it, or completely outside of it.”’
– Women’s Wear Daily
LOCATION
The downtown Los Angeles location will be shared upon registration.
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