1. ISCA http://www.isca-speech.org

2. Goal "to promote Speech Communication Science and Technology, both in the industry and Academic areas“ Coverage: all the aspects of Speech Communication (Acoustics, Phonetics, Phonology, Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, etc.)

3. Organization 1357 members (as of September 2000) in 55 countries –Established 1988 –ESCA  ISCA in 1999 International board of 14: –President, Roger Moore ISCAPad published electronically each month Sponsors EUROSPEECH and ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshops

6. Special Interest Groups Speech Synthesis - SynSig Audio Visual Speech -AVISA Speech And Language Technology for MInority Languages - SALTMIL Integration of Speech Technology in (Language) Learning - InSTIL SPeaker and Language Characterization - SpLC Education in the field of speech communication - EduSIG Speech Prosody - SProSIG Groupe Francophone de l Communication Parlée - GFCP

7. Grants To allow young researchers and students to attend conferences Christian Benoit Mentoring Scheme