Election of members for the Board of ISCA (2019-2023)

The ISCA Board currently has 14 members from 8 countries (see full list below). Members are elected to the Board for a period of four years and no member may serve on the Board f or more than two consecutive terms. The following Board member will have se rved for two consecutive terms in August, Satoshi Nakamura, and thus will b e retiring. John Hansen, Sebastian Möller and Torbjørn Svendsen are standing for re-election, Lori Lamel may stand and Kay Berkling is not standing for re-election.

According to the ISCA by-law s, elections to the Board will take place in April-May 2019. We invite nomi nations from the ISCA membership. Each nomination requires the support of t hree members of the Association and agreement from the candidate (e.g., by email). The ISCA statutes specify a maximum of three Board members from any one country. Each ISCA member will be asked to cast a anonymous ballot in the election, via a survey website.

Members elected to the Board will be expected to have one of the areas of responsibility listed below, to commit time to furthering the work of ISCA in their area, to attend the two-day Board meetings that take place at each annual INTERSPEECH conferenc e and to participate in additional virtual meetings during the year (teleco nferences). All candidates should be aware of these obligations and commit themselves to fulfilling them before agreeing to be nominated.

The Board will accept nominations either from proposers or self-nominations, as long as indicatio n of support is provided. Please send your nomination(s) to the ISCA Secret ariat secretariat@isca-speech.org BEFORE March 1st, 2019 ( Friday) with the following information:

Full Name and Title:
Position and Institution:
Research area:
Indication of willingness to serve if elected:
E-mail:
URL:
Short biography (one paragraph)
Short statement (one paragraph, describing the work they would intend to do on the Board)
Names and emails of three proposers (ISCA members).

Please provide a photo, for posting on the ballot.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require further information about the nomination proc ess or about duties of ISCA Board members.

Best regards,
Kate Knill (ISCA Secretary) secretariat@isca-speech.org