Welcome Message by the Plenary/Keynote Chair

Interspeech 2011 is pleased to have the following distinguished keynote speakers to give plenary talks at the conference:

��� ��Prof. Julia Hirschberg, Speaking More Like You: Entrainment in Conversational Speech
��� ��Prof. Tom Mitchell, Neural Representations of Word Meanings
��� ��Prof. Sandy Pentland, Honest Signals
��� ��Prof. Julia Hirschberg, Speaking More Like You: Entrainment in Conversational Speech

This year we host a round-table on the theme of the conference �Speech science and technology for real life�, entitled �Future and Applications of Speech and Language Technologies for the Good Health of Society�. The objective of this plenary session is to foster forward-looking scientific and technological visions and impact on society. Such a vision requires contributions and viewpoints from different disciplines and research communities. The following distinguished keynote speakers will share their research and vision:

��� ��Prof. Gabriele Miceli, Language disorders: viewpoints on a complex object
��� ��Prof. Bj�rn Granstr�m, Speech technology in (re)habilitation of persons with communication disabilities
��� ��Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro, From teleoperated androids to cellphones as surrogates

Giuseppe Riccardi
Interspeech 2011 Plenary/Keynote Chair