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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>SLPAT 2013 Registration is now open!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>SLPAT 2013 - 4th annual ACL/ISCA workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SLPAT)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>21 and 22 August 2013, Grenoble France (satellite event of Interspeech 2013).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Register now at - <a href="http://dr11.azur-colloque.cnrs.fr/pre-inscription.php?colloque=106&lang=en">http://dr11.azur-colloque.cnrs.fr/pre-inscription.php?colloque=106&lang=en</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>(Early bird rates up to 4 August)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Full details: <a href="http://slpat.org/slpat2013">http://slpat.org/slpat2013</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Contact: <a href="mailto:slpat2013.workshop@gmail.com">slpat2013.workshop@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> ===================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The preliminary programme has now been posted at <a href="http://www.slpat.org/slpat2013/program.html">http://www.slpat.org/slpat2013/program.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>User Panel:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Following the format of the three previous SLPAT workshops, we will have a unique panel discussion involving not only those working on researching and developing assistive technologies, but also consumers of these technologies. This "user panel" has been a highlight of all previous workshops. Participants will have the unique opportunity to see and listen user interacting with some dedicated technology and to ask questions to this users panel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Smart-home Tour:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>This year we will also have a tour of the "smart home" of the Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble. This smart home, called "DOMUS," is a tool for the researchers working on smart space and ambient intelligence.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>SLPAT 2013 will be co-located with the 1st Workshop on Affective Social Speech Signals (WASSS, <a href="http://wasss-2013.imag.fr/">http://wasss-2013.imag.fr/</a>, which takes place on 22 and 23 August 2013). Participation in both workshops will be facilitated by reduced registration fees for double-registration (rather than registering for both individually), co-ordination of topics on the overlapping day (22 August) to enable participation in both, and common lunch and events combining the two communities.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>We look forward to welcome you in Grenoble!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Organizing Committee, SLPAT13<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Frank Rudzicz, PhD.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> Assistant professor, Department of Computer Science,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> University of Toronto; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> Founder and Chief Science Officer, Thotra Incorporated<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>>> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~frank"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~frank</span></a> </span><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>(personal)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>>> <a href="http://spoclab.ca/"><span style='color:blue'>http://spoclab.ca</span></a> (lab)</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>