Connectionists: Interspeech 2025: Call for Proposals for special sessions

[Grzegorz Chrupała]

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Interspeech 2025
17 - 21 August, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
https://www.interspeech2025.org/
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Call for Special Sessions Proposals
https://www.interspeech2025.org/call-for-special-sessions
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Important Dates
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Proposals of special sessions due: 8 November 2024
Notification of pre-selection for special sessions: 18 November 2024
Final list of special sessions: 14 May 2025

Submissions for special session proposals are invited for Interspeech
2025  https://interspeech2025.org/.

Special Sessions should cover interdisciplinary topics and/or
important new emerging areas in speech communication. Submissions
related to the special focus of the conference's theme, Fair and
Inclusive Speech Science and Technology, are particularly welcome.
Proposals should describe why the topic is relevant to the conference
regular topics, and if applicable, to the conference's theme.

Each special session proposal must contain the following information:
* Special session title
* Names and affiliations of the organizers (including contact
information and a brief biography for each organizer)
* Up to five bullet points on what makes the session special
* A summary (up to one page) stating the importance of the session's
topic and objectives. The summary should also explain why the topic is
not properly covered by regular conference sessions.
* A tentative list of authors who could contribute papers to the
session. Note that with an approximate 50% acceptance rate for
Interspeech papers, special sessions should have a minimum of 12
anticipated submissions, unless their format allocates time to other
formats than paper presentations.
* Special sessions may have a different format from regular sessions,
e.g., panel discussion, longer summary talks, or a mix thereof. The
proposal's session format should be clearly defined (panel, oral,
posters, etc.).
* Additional or non-standard resources (e.g., data, equipment, poster
stands, etc.) needed for organizing the special session.

Proposals will be evaluated by the organizing committee in
consultation with the ISCA Technical Committee for relevance and
significance to the conference.

Papers for approved Special Sessions must be submitted according to
the same schedule and procedure as used for regular papers. Papers
will undergo the same review process by anonymous and independent
reviewers. Special Session organizers may suggest reviewers.

Note that the ISCA board has decided that special sessions can run for
a maximum of three years in total. If this rule makes your proposal
ineligible, we encourage you to organize your event as an Interspeech
Satellite Workshop instead.

Proposals as well as any questions should be submitted to the Special
Session Chairs: Rob van Son (Netherlands Cancer Institute, the
Netherlands) and Heysem Kaya (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) at
specialsessions at interspeech2025.org.