Dear Interspeech participants, dear speech community, 

We are announcing that Interspeech 2021 will take place in HYBRID FORM - the conference will happen both physically in Brno and virtually, giving the opportunity to connect to all of you that won?t be able to make it to Brno. 

May we ask 

• those of you who have not yet registered, please do not forget the early registration deadline on June 25th. 

• those of you who change your registration based on this information from virtual to physical, to do so as early as possible, especially in case you are a paper presenter - the session building needs to take this into account. Do this by emailing the conference secretariat at  info@interspeech2021.org. 

Let us remind you however that the COVID-19 crisis is not over, and that:

• It is your responsibility to check that you are allowed to travel to Brno - this includes your country regulations, Czech regulations https://www.interspeech2021.org/covid-19-travel-policy and your employer rules for business travel and/or reimbursement of costs. 

• In Brno, we will have to respect the Czech Government COVID regulations, see for example https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/coronavirus-update-june-15-2021 for the current status. While the measures are being gradually relaxed, we need to count on checking COVID-19 tests or vaccinations at the conference, and we might need to wear face-masks when inside. These conditions are dynamically evolving and, as the organizers, we are not in a position to change them. 

Details and instructions for both physical and remote paper presentations will follow soon.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Brno or virtually in August/September!

Hynek He?manský - General Chair  
Honza ?ernocký - General Chair