The Advisory Board of SProSIG, the Speech Prosody Special Interest Group, invites bids from sites interested in hosting its flagship conference, Speech Prosody, in 2018. 

The bid process will proceed as follows:

(1) Optional: Groups interested in hosting a bid are invited to express interest in an e-mail to the current SProSIG Secretary and/or President (e.g., by replying to this e-mail).

(2) Optional: Each group interested in hosting the conference is invited to give a presentation on June 1, 2016 at the Speech Prosody 2016 conference in Boston.

(3) Required: Each bid should then be formalized in a written document, mailed to the secretary of SProSIG by June 15, 2016.  These documents will be posted on the SProSIG web page for all SProSIG members to read.

(4) Selection of the site for Speech Prosody 2018 will then be conducted using an on-line ballot.  Each current member of SProSIG will be allowed to vote.

Bids to host Speech Prosody 2018 should include the following information:

(a) Names and affiliations of members of the organizing committee.

(b) Information about institutional support for the conference if any.

(c) Tentative location of the conference (city and, if possible, venue).  Oral and written presentation of the bid should highlight attributes that make both city and site suitable for hosting an international conference, including transportation to/from and within the city, lodging and dining options near the proposed venue, facilities in the proposed venue for a 300-person oral session and a 40-poster poster session, and any other attributes likely to be of interest to the members of SProSIG.

(d) Tentative dates of the proposed conference (typically four days in late May 2018)

(e) Proposed theme of the conference and/or proposed new session topics that will be included, along with existing session topics of the Speech Prosody conference, in the Conference Call for Papers.