The 2005 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression is the 5th conference on new musical interface design and follows the initial NIME workshop at CHI 2001. Since then, international conferences have been held in Dublin, Montreal and Hamamatsu.

This year, the conference is hosted at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada from May 26 to 28. The conference consists of a three full-day event where research papers, demos and performances will be presented on the state-of-the-art concerning new interfaces for musical expression. Don Buchla will be giving the keynote speech. There will also be invited talks given by Bill Buxton and Golan Levin during the conference.