Call for Special Sessions

Submissions of Special Session proposals are encouraged for the upcoming conference, covering interdisciplinary topics and/or important new emerging areas of interest related to the main conference topics.

Prospective organizers are invited to submit a proposal to ss@interspeech2010.org before January 22, 2010. Each special session proposal should contain the following information:

• Title of the proposed Session
• Names/affiliation of organizers (including brief bio and contact information)
• An introduction (maximum 2 pages) stating the importance of the topic and the objectives of the proposed Session
• Tentative/confirmed list of papers
  (titles/affiliations/authors) to be submitted to the proposed Session (optional)

Proposals should clearly describe the topic and explain why the topic cannot be covered appropriately in regular sessions.

Papers for approved Special Sessions should be submitted following the same schedule/procedure as for regular papers, and will undergo the same reviewing process by anonymous and independent reviewers as regular papers.

Proposals will be evaluated by the Organizing Committee based on the relevance/significance of the topic and potential interest to the conference attendees. Notification of acceptance of proposals is scheduled for February 22, 2010.