Dear ISCA members,

This president’s message is again full of exciting news! We have 2 recipients of the ISCA Service Medal, a new ISCA Distinguished Lecturer, and the location of Interspeech 2028 has been decided. And importantly, the ISCA board elections have started and we are waiting for your vote!

ISCA Service Medal

The ISCA Service Medal aims to recognize an ISCA member who has provided extraordinary service to ISCA and/or the Speech Communication community. It is with great pleasure that, on behalf of the ISCA Board, I announce that this year we have 2 recipients of the ISCA Service Medal.

Prof. Mark Hasegawa-Johnson - 'For services furthering diversity and gender equality within the broad speech community.'

 Prof. John Hansen – “For sustained contributions to education in speech technology, diversity of the community and the ISCA organization.”

ISCA Distinguished Lecturer (2025-2026)

Over the past few months, the ISCA Board has sought out nominations for ISCA Distinguished Lecturer (DL). After a nomination and selection procedure, the new DL was chosen. It is with great pleasure that, on behalf of the ISCA Board, I announce that Prof. Mariapaola D’Imperio, Aix-Marseille Université, France, has been elected as ISCA DL. We wish her all the best for her upcoming travels.

The Distinguished Lecturer (DL) programme is an Outreach activity which funds ISCA scientists to undertake lecture tours to parts of the world where our research field is not well represented.

Election of 9 new ISCA board members

The ISCA Board has 15 members. Members are elected to the ISCA Board for four years, and no member may serve for more than two consecutive terms. This year, nine members will be elected for the 2025-2029 term. You should have received an email with a personalised link to vote. Make sure you vote on time!

Interspeech 2028

The Interspeech conference is the flagship conference of ISCA. Twelve years after San Francisco, Interspeech will go back to the US, and will be hosted in San Antonio, Texas. Congratulations to the San Antonio, Texas team for their winning bid!

Odette Scharenborg

ISCA President