Our original goal in organizing SMC2011 was to contribute to the growth of our conference. Over the years, SMC has defined its own identity: a compact and selective conference, which aims at representing the whole spectrum of Sound and Music Computing research, looks for participation especially from young and emerging researchers, believes in interdisciplinary exchanges, grants open access to its contents. We are convinced that all these facets of the "SMC identity" have been well represented this year.
The Summer School included lectures and group projects around the topic of interaction and embodiment in sound and music. The Rencon Workshop has taken place for the second time in Europe and for the first time in Italy, and has been a special event of this year's SMC.
We received 136 submissions for the Technical Program, from which 30 were presented as oral communications and 43 as posters. Accepted papers are published under a Creative Commons license and are available on the smcnetwork portal. For the Music Program, our concert curators selected 16 works among 77 music submissions. Contributions were sent from 37 countries and 5 continents, which shows that our conference is no longer a EU-centered event and is becoming a worldwide reference. We have been very pleased to have philosopher Roberto Casati as our Keynote Speaker. His keynote address has reached its original goal of stimulating a reflection and a lively discussion around the concept of creativity.
Thanks to all contributors and to our >160 participants for making SMC2011 a succesful event. Stay tuned on our news and our social page for post-conference updates, including pictures and videos. 

Federico Avanzini
SMC2011 General Chair