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ISCApad Archive » 2022 » ISCApad #284 » ISCA News » Message from ISCA president Prof. Sebastian Möller |
ISCApad #284 |
Thursday, February 10, 2022 by Chris Wellekens |
Dear friends of ISCA, The new year 2022 has brought with it a number of challenges which affect our association. The omicron strain of covid is spreading in many countries around the globe, and while it seems to be less deadly, it shows again how vulnerable a scientific organisation, which has the aim of bringing people together, really is. We have again seen malfunctioning and spam attacks on some of our email reflectors. Many of the electronic tools we use get outdated and vulnerable to attack. While we acknowledge that a scientific organisation with no commercial interest and dependent on the dedication of volunteers will always be somehow “unprofessional”, we would like to bring ISCA to a level which provides well-functioning tools – for organising our association life, managing conferences and workshops, and communicating with our members. In response to this aim, we have set up a task force working foremost on our electronic tools. All members who have specific requests or suggestions, are welcome to contribute to this effort, making our association life a little easier. Turning to our flagship conference, we have received a number of high-quality bids for hosting Interspeech 2025. We are currently collecting opinions from our ISCA Advisory Council (IAC), before re-discussing all bids in detail in the board, and voting for one team to organise Interspeech 2025. Having observed the dedication and effort which past teams have invested in the organisation of Interspeech, we intend to provide more support to future organisers by hiring a (part-time) conference coordinator who overlooks the technical aspects of the program from year to year and helps with logistic and administrative tasks which do not necessarily require a local organizer or TPC. A description of the job opening can be found hereunder in this ISCA News section (2.4). We hope that in this way we leave more time to organisers to concentrate on matters which should be unique to each Interspeech. If you happen to know individuals who might be interested in applying for the post of ISCA Conference Coordinator, please email secretary@isca-speech.org. Have a good read! Sebastian Möller ISCA president
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