Dear ISCA members,

on the behalf of the ISCA board, I wish you and yours a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

New Year is always a time to look back and keep good memories of past events like the successful INTERSPEECH 2013 event in Lyon, and to look ahead for example to the next INTERSPEECH 2014 taking place in Singapore. The full paper submission deadline is approaching on March 24 2014 and we all very much hope to see you in Singapore in September 2014!

As you may have noticed, we try to establish a new tradition, i.e. a monthly message from ISCA 

Board Members to actively seeking your opinions on various issues and activities of ISCA. 

Last month we had a message from Kate Knill, ISCA Board Member with responsibility for Fellows seeking for your nominations for the ISCA Fellows Program. This month we will have a message from Martin Cooke, ISCA Board Member with responsibilities for Publications and ISCA Archive asking for your opinions about the merits and drawbacks of open access.

With this the ISCA Board would like to encourage you to get actively engaged in the various discussions on how to further improve our association.

My best wishes for a wonderful year 2014,

Tanja Schultz, ISCA President