Chiodos, A Skylit Drive, Dance Gavin Dance, Brand New, Hawthorne Heights, The Used, Taking Back Sunday, Underoath, The Front Bottoms
Maybe some of these aren’t technically Midwest emo but I don’t care
The mid-to-late-90s corpus of "Midwest" angsty suburbs emo is pretty massive and you don't really need to worry about running out of this style of music IMO. My personal favorite in and around the genre though is actually from New Jersey – Chris Leo (brother of Ted) delivers the characteristic tone of bittersweet/oblique-nostalgia-of-the-recent-and-hyperspecific-past with unique (and truly underappreciated) bookish sprechgesang vocals, Television-level guitar interplay, and politely epic chiming breakdowns.
Refused- The Shape of Punk to Come (Post-Hardcore)
Cursive's Domestica (Post-Hardcore)
Engine Down- Demure (Post-Hardcore)
The Associates- Hi, How Can I Help You? (Indie Rock)
Swirlies- They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons (Shoegaze)
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40- Bachata Rosa (Bachata/Merengue)
Gisselle y Sergio Vargas- Juntos (Latin)
The Newfound Interest in Connecticut- Tell Me About the Long Dark Path Home (Midwest Emo/Post Rock)
Cap'n Jazz- Shmap'n Shmazz (2nd Wave Emo)
Babytooth- Babytooth (Indie Rock)
Elvis Depressedly- Holo Pleasures/California Dreamin' (Indie Pop/Lo-Fi)
Amoeba Arena- Absolutely (Midwest Emo)
Rival Schools- United by Fate (Post-Hardcore)
Oh, you wanted me to do this enormous task in an impossible amount of time? No u didn’t :) I’m actually not gonna do that, and good luck finding someone who will :-)
Especially a smaller conference with your professional and academic peers where everyone else is as passionate about your niche nerdy topic as you are. People will be super cool and supportive and excited to hear what you’ve been up to. And in the best of cases you’ll get to hear good feedback from well established and respected scientists!