The Interspeech 2017's organization committee is very proud to announce that we already have a record number of 1845 conference participants, including 1650 regular registrations. The high number of participants raises some inevitable logistics issues that we are dealing with and here is some information on how we will handle the situation:

For the opening ceremony, there will be two overflow lecture halls for streaming of the ceremony from Aula Magna

The plenary sessions will be recorded and streamed to an additional lecture hall with two-way communication (participants in the overflow hall will be able to ask questions and will appear on the main screen, just as for those sitting in Aula Magna)

On Monday, August 21, Interspeech 2017 attendees are invited by Stockholm City to a reception at the City Hall. However, for security reasons, there is an absolute maximum of 1200 persons allowed in the building and therefore a parallel reception organized by Interspeech will be offered to the conference attendees in excess of the 1200 limit for the City Hall reception.

Because a detailed guest list must be provided to the City Hall before the reception, all participants who signed up for the welcome reception will receive an e-mail confirmation stating whether they are included in the City Hall's guest list or in the guest list for the parallel reception organized by Interspeech. Attendees who are included in the City Hall guest list but cannot attend the reception or would rather be in the parallel Interspeech reception are kindly requested to contact the Interspeech registration so that their place in the City Hall guest list can be given to other attendees.

The location for the parallel Interspeech reception is currently being negotiated and will be announced as soon as possible.

To extend the space and capacity for the Interspeech banquet, additional places for the dinner will be provided by the Ethnographic Museum, face-to-face with the Technology Museum.

Please note that due to the large number of registered participants, some of the conference materials may not be available to late registrants.

We look forward to welcome you in Stockholm!

Francisco Lacerda

General chair