2008年第20届国际实验美学大会在美国芝加哥市的橡树园区（Oak Park District）召开，有160多名来自全世界（包括中国大陆、香港、台湾）的专家参加了会议。
一、以下是会议内容简介：
International Association of Empirical Aesthetics 20 Biannual Congress on Empirical Aesthetics－"Psychology and Aesthetics into the Future"
August 19-22, 2008
Chicago, Illinois, USA
The International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA) is an organization whose members investigate the underlying factors that contribute to an aesthetic experience, as well as aesthetic behaviors, using scientific methods. Currently we have members in 20 countries. Although the majority of members are psychologists, our membership includes sociologists, musicologists, philosophers, and researchers who specialize in the study of painting, sculpture, literature, film, museum visitor behavior, and so forth. For more information about the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics and the 20 Annual Congress visit our the Web site at http://www.science-of-aesthetics.org/index.html日程：
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Sir Francis Galton Award and Address6-7
General Poster Session....7-12
Symposium I: Visual Behavior and the Aesthetic Evaluative Process......12-13
Paper Session: Cognition and Visual Art.....13-14
Paper Session: Creativity I..14-15
Paper Session: Museology...15-16
Paper Session: Music Perception.16-17
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Paper Session:: Aesthetic Experience and Structure I......18-19
Paper Session: Art Education......19-20
Paper Session: Creativity II.20-22
Artists on Their Art I.......22-23
Paper Session: Aesthetic Experience and Emotion..23-24
Paper Session: Individual Differences.24-26
Gustav Theodor Fechner Award and Address......26-27
Art Exhibit......27-30
Symposium II: Wave-Like Processes in Art and Culture.31-32

Thursday, August 21, 2008
Symposium III: Neurocognitive Approaches to the Psychology of Aesthetics.....32-33
Paper Session: Aesthetic Experience and Structure II......33-34
Paper Session: Cognition and Literature......34-35
Symposium IV: The Use of Architectural Models for Studying Visual Perception......36-37
Artists on Their Art II......37-38
Paper Session: Aesthetic Experience and Appreciation...38-39
Artists on Their Art III....40-41
Paper Session: Structure of Visual Art41-42
Symposium V: Museology..42-43

Friday, August 22, 2008
Paper Session: Art and Culture....43-45
Paper Session:: Structure and Literature.......45-46
Symposium VI: Means and Devices of Art: Theory and Measurements..46-47
Presidential Address48
Closing Address......48
IAEA Business Meeting..49
Farewell Reception..
The purpose of the Congress is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information relating to various topics involving empirical aesthetics. Congress topics may include: Aesthetic Appreciation, Aesthetic Experience, Visual Perception and Art, Auditory Perception and Art, Psychology of Music, Appreciation of Art, Music and Literature, Culture and Media, Cinema, Festivals, Museology, and Art Education.
The official language of the Congress will be English.