add initial Mec2027 page

_conferences/2026/01_index.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 title: "Music Encoding Conference 2026"
 subtitle: ""
 venue: "Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan"
-image: conference/2026/banner.jpg
+image: conference/2026/banner.png
 date-start: 2026-05-26
 date-end: 2026-05-29
 redirect_from: /community/conference/

_conferences/2027/01_index.html

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+layout: conference
+sidemenu: conference
+title: "Music Encoding Conference 2027"
+subtitle: ""
+venue: "German Historical Institute, Rome, Italy"
+image: conference/2027/mec2027-banner.png
+date-start: 2027-06-07
+date-end: 2027-06-10
+redirect_from: /community/conference/
+redirect_from: /conference/
+permalink: "/conference/2027/"
+tag: MEC2027
+role: about
+id: about
+---
+
+<img src="/images/conference/2027/mec2027-banner.png" class="img-responsive" style="margin-bottom: 1em" alt="Music Encoding Conference banner">
+
+<div class="mec2027-page">
+
+    <p>The Music Encoding Conference is the annual meeting of the Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) community and all who are interested in the digital representation of music.</p>
+
+    <p>Music encoding is a critical component for fields and areas of study including computational or digital musicology, digital editions, symbolic music information retrieval, and digital libraries. This event brings together enthusiasts from various music research communities, including technologists, librarians, music scholars, and students and provides an opportunity for learning and engaging with and from each other.</p>
+
+    <p>Music Encoding Conference 2027 is hosted by the <a href="https://musica.dhi-roma.it/index.php?id=ma_home&L=24">German Historical Institute in Rome</a> and will take place Monday 7 - Thursday 10 June, 2027.</p>
+
+    <p>All attendees are expected to adhere to the conference <a href="/conference/code-of-conduct.html">Code of Conduct.</a></p>
+
+    <p>More information about the conference, particularly the upcoming Call for Papers, will be announced here <a href="/conference/2027/">on the conference page</a>.</p>
+
+    <p>Questions? Contact Organizing Committee Chair, Vera Grund, or Programme Committee Chair, Johannes Kepper, at conference2027 at music-encoding.org.</p>
+
+
+</div>

_config.yml

@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ menu:
       url: '/conference'
       submenu:
           - id: upcoming
-            label: 'MEC 2026'
-            url: '/2026'
+            label: 'MEC 2027'
+            url: '/2027'
           - id: previous
             label: 'Past Conferences'
             url: '/past.html'

conference/past.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ title: "Past Music Encoding Conferences"
 
 # Past Music Encoding Conferences
 
-{% assign c = site.conferences | where:"role","about" | sort: "date" | reverse %}
+{% assign c = site.conferences | where:"role","about" | sort: "date-start" | reverse %}
 
 {% comment %}
 *  The following line captures the current time (at build time!) into the `now` variable. The `date: '%s'` filter captures the date as a timestamp and `plus: 0` ensures that any string values are cast to integers.