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`TECHNICAL PROGRAMME
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`I SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE I PROGRAM AT A GLANCE I TRAVEL INFORMATION I
`I REGISTRATION INFORMATION I CONFERENCE INFORMATION I OLYMPICS I EXHIBITION I
`I USEFUL INFORMATION I ABOUT RHODES I SATELLITE EVENTS I
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`ESCA PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
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`It is with great relief and pride that I welcome at this 5th European Conference on Speech Communication and
`Technology, for short EUROSPEECH '97, so many new and old colleagues and friends from all over the world.
`Once the late registration is closed, it may well be that we will go beyond the number of 1,000 participants. This
`growth from some 840 participants in Berlin for Eurospeech '93 and in Madrid for Eurospeech '95 to the present
`figure is impressive. The growth is even more impressive if we take into account the number of abstracts being
`submitted. This grew from 666 in Berlin, to 807 in Madrid and some 1070 this time. Also in terms of number of
`papers accepted, this will be by far the biggest Eurospeech conference, and for that matter also bigger than any
`International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP) or International Congress of Phonetic
`Sciences so far.
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`The Eurospeech International Scientific Committee, that gathered in Athens on March 21 and 22, ultimately
`accepted 726 papers. With only very few withdrawals and some minor changes, the number of papers that
`actually will be presented at the conference, and that will be included in the proceedings, is 717. This implies a
`reject rate of about 30% which, as always, is a compromise between keeping up high standards and the desire to
`accommodate as many participants as possible, given the fact that many administrations only permit conference
`participation with an accepted paper. It is also a compromise between what the conference site can practically
`accommodate, which is quite a lot at the Convention Centre of Rodos Palace Hotel, and what participants can
`actually absorb. People also become more and more reluctant to carry around with them several kilos of
`proceedings books. Also for that reason I am very pleased that now also this Eurospeech Proceedings will be
`available on CD-ROM. We just have to wait for the time that hand-held and intelligent CD-ROM-readers will
`become available. Another compromise is that between plenary keynote presentations and parallel oral and
`poster sessions. Upon studying the advance program in the call for participation or the more detailed information
`on the web-site, you will have seen that there will be 4 oral and 2 poster sessions in parallel each day. This
`makes the program still rather surveyable. The break on Wednesday afternoon with a fine excursion and the
`banquet later that evening, will hopefully also recharge your batteries for the final meeting day of the
`conference.
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`I hope and expect that everybody will find enough of his/her flavor in the scientific program. The diversity may
`also appeal to you to consume some of the less well known. I also strongly advice you to join the plenary
`keynote lectures, this will be excellent presentation on carefully selected themes.
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`Such a major event takes a long time for preparation. More than three years ago ESCA already started collecting
`bids for this year's event, and in the future we may even have to start this process earlier. The ESCA Board
`finally chose for Greece for the Eurospeech conference in 1997. Originally the meeting place was announced to
`be Patras, but for various reasons Professor George Kokkinakis and his organizing committee changed that to
`Rhodes. The beauty and glamour of this holiday island will certainly have brought some extra participants to this
`event. This necessary change in meeting place is just one example of the many circumstances that Eurospeech
`organizers have to face and that sometimes makes the ESCA Board and its president nervous. However, George
`Kokkinakis as the general chairman, George Carayannis as the vice-chairman, Nikos Fakotakis as the secretary
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`and the whole local organizing committee have done a marvelous job with great efficiency and they deserve our
`great gratitude.
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`ESCA is a European-based international membership organization that welcomes everybody active in the broad
`field of Speech Communication. Similarly the biennial Eurospeech conference and its satellite events intend to
`be international events with a European flavour. World-wide participation to Eurospeech is evident although
`certain countries, like from Central and Eastern Europe, are definitely underrepresented. Whenever this is related
`to the unavoidable high costs of registration and/or living, the conference organizers and ESCA try to find a
`solution for that. This year's registration form gave the opportunity to apply for a grant. Over 65 people made
`use of that possibility, and our resources allowed us to (partially) approve some 35 of these requests.
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`Next to the biennial Eurospeech conference every odd year, ESCA by now is also quite well-known for its
`workshops (ESCA Tutorial and Research Workshops, ETRWs) on specialized topics, of which some 2 to 4 take
`place every year. This year two of them are satellite events of Eurospeech '97. One on "Intonation: Theory,
`Models and Applications", that will take place in Athens (Sept. 18-20), the other on "Audio-visual speech
`processing", that will take place in Rhodes (Sept. 27-28). It also became a tradition that the EU Speech Projects
`Day precedes the main conference on Monday morning (Sept. 22), whereas Cocosda will meet after the main
`event, most probably in conjunction with a COST workshop. Earlier this year two more, highly successful,
`ETRWs took place, one on "Robust speech recognition for unknown communication channels" in Pont-a(cid:173)
`Mousson (April 17- 18), the other in Marseille on "Larynx" (June 18-20). Each time Proceedings are available at
`the start of the workshop and additional copies can be ordered from the ESCA secretariat as long as the stock
`lasts. Also for 1998 several workshops are being planned. For more information see our NESCA newsletter, the
`esca-list, the ESCA web-site, or the announcements in the international journal Speech Communication.
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`After the regular all-day Eurospeech sessions on Tuesday Sept. 23, the ESCA General Assembly will take place.
`On that occasion the newly elected Board members will be installed and we will say farewell to some long(cid:173)
`standing Board members that served our association for the maximum period of 8 years. First and foremost this
`will be our past president Joseph Mariani, who served ESCA and the speech community so eminently, as well as
`Jens Blauert, who always acted as our financial conscience, and Bjorn Granstom, who made the ESCA
`workshops to such a great success. I will also myself resign from the Board and gladfully hand over the
`presidency to one of the new team. Elections took place this spring on the basis of a list of candidates proposed
`by the present Board. Regular ESCA members had a chance to propose additional candidates, although nobody
`made use of that possibility. This implies that (in alphabetic order) Gerrit Bloothooft, Rolf Carlsson, Wolfgang
`Hess, and George Kokkinakis will complete the Board, next to the sitting members Christian Benoit, Roberto
`Billi, Paul Dalsgaard, Roger Moore, and Isabel Trancoso. Maria Gosy, furthermore, will act as a non-European(cid:173)
`Union observer in the Board.
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`Although the news has been announced already in NESCA 18 at the end of 1996, many of you may not yet
`know where Eurospeech in the year 1999 will take place. It is with great pleasure that I can express here again
`that Hungary has accepted our invitation and that Eurospeech '99 will most probably take place from Sept. 6 to
`9, 1999 in the Congress Centre Liget in Budapest. The General Chairman of the Organizing Committee will be
`Professor Geza Gordos, with Professor Maria Gosy as the vice-chairman and Dr. Geza Nemeth as the secretary.
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`Traditionally I have one last pleasant announcement to make and this concerns the ESCA medal. Since 1989 this
`has been offered to Gunnar Fant, Jim Flanagan, Adrian Fourcin, and Ken Stevens, respectively. This time the
`distinguished Professor Mario Rossi from the Institute of Phonetics in Aix-en-Provence will receive this medal.
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`I wish you all a successful conference and a wonderful stay in a sunny Rhodes.
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`Professor Dr. Louis C. W. Pols
`ESCA President
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`On behalf of the Organizing Committee of Eurospeech '97, I am glad to welcome you to this biennial event of
`the European Speech Communication Association (ESCA) and to the beautiful Greek island of Rhodes.
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`Ancient Greeks used to challenge everybody who boasted to be able to perform an exceptional achievement by
`saying "Eaiy y Niiafo, eai:y eae 01 ol>ayia", which means literally "Here is Rhodes, here you jump", or
`metaphorically "Prove right now what you pretend to be". This utterance which apparently originated when a
`boaster claimed that if he were in Rhodes he could make an enormous jump, acquires a special meaning for our
`conference. As scientists and engineers working in one of the most challenging areas of research and technology,
`that of man-machine communication by voice, we have to prove that we are able to carry out this endeavour
`successfully. Eurospeech on the other hand has to prove that it makes substantial progress from event to event so
`that it is able to efficiently promote the work of its audience in a steadily improving way.
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`Well, established in 1989 in Paris, Eurospeech enjoyed a spectacular increase in submitted papers and attendees
`at the events that followed in Genoa (1991), Berlin (1993) and Madrid (1995). This year the number of proposed
`papers surpassed every expectation jumping from 807 in Madrid to 1,076 and that of papers accommodated in
`the program from 535 to 717. The number of participants is expected to approach 1,100 from 840, an impressive
`"jump" indeed. I would like to thank all the researchers around the world who submitted their contribution to
`Eurospeech '97 and the members of the international scientific committee who performed the enormous task of
`reviewing them in a very short time.
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`The technical program includes a large spectrum of novel contributions by authors from 49 countries, arranged
`in 44 oral and 22 poster sessions. Four oral and two poster sessions will run in parallel. Included in the above are
`two special sessions: One on "Education for Language and Speech Communication" organized by Gerrit
`Bloothooft and another on "Robust Speech Recognition: Review and Perspectives" organized by Jean-Claude
`Junqua. In addition, there will be five plenary sessions in which seven distinguished scientists will give keynote
`speeches: On Monday afternoon, just after the opening ceremony, Mario Rossi will speak on "Is Syntactic
`Structure Prosodically Recoverable?". On Tuesday and Wednesday morning, Victor Zue and Jan van Santen will
`speak on "Conversational Interfaces: Advances and Challenges" and "Prosodic Modelling in Text-to-Speech
`Synthesis", correspondingly. On Thursday morning in a plenary session on: "Robust Speech Recognition:
`Review and Perspectives", Jean-Claude Junqua will speak on "Impact of the Unknown Communication Channel
`on Automatic Speech Recognition: A Review", Jerome Bellegarda on "Statistical Techniques for Robust ASR:
`Review and Perspectives" and Richard Lippmann on "Using Missing Feature Theory to Actively Select Features
`for Robust Speech Recognition with Interruptions, Filtering and Noise". Finally, at the closing ceremony on
`Thursday afternoon, Wolfgang Hess will give a review speech entitled: "Perspectives of Speech Technology
`Research Highlighted in Eurospeech '97".
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`As in previous Eurospeech conferences an accompanying industrial and scientific exhibition of products, books,
`services and scientific results shown by known firms and institutes, will run from Monday afternoon to Thursday
`afternoon. A novelty this year is the group presentation of EU-supported projects organized by the EU-project
`LINGLINK: Promotion and Support for the Application of Language Engineering in Europe. Last but not least,
`six workshops just before and after the conference including the traditional EU speech projects day, will provide
`valuable information on recent developments in specific areas.
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`We are proud that Eurospeech '97 features a series of innovations and additional offerings to the delegates
`included in the registration fees which have been kept to similar levels to those in the recent past:
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`• CD-ROM proceedings including the papers and audio files in addition to the usual hard copies which have
`increased to five volumes.
`• Mailing of the hard-copy proceedings well before the conference.
`• A hard-copy program including the paper abstracts in addition to the pocket program.
`• A bus service from Rhodes Airport to the venue and back to the airport on the day before and after the
`conference.
`• A half-day excursion to the famous archeological site and the village ofLindos.
`• Three lunches at Rodos Palace Hotel.
`• An ESCA membership of one year for non-ESCA members.
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`• Twenty grants to students and young scientists in addition to those offered by ESCA.
`• A contest for the best student papers and a competition between man-machine dialogue systems over the
`telephone network named "Olympics" and organized by ELSNET/ELRA.
`
`Apart from the already mentioned excursion to Lindos, other outstanding events of the conference are the
`opening ceremony, the welcome reception, the banquet and the closing ceremony. In the opening ceremony the
`Minister of Development Mrs Vasso Papandreou and the Minister of the Aegean, Mrs Elizabeth Papazoi, who
`have taken Eurospeech '97 under the auspices of their ministries, and the Mayor of Rhodes Mr George
`Giannopoulos have been invited to give addresses. Furthermore, a multivision show: "The Dodecanese: A
`journey in space and time" will be presented by the author Mr Nikos Kasseris and the ESCA medal will be
`awarded to Mario Rossi by the ESCA president Louis Pols.
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`The welcome reception will be held by the Mayor of Rhodes at the magnificent Palace of the Grand Masters, the
`residence of the supreme commanders of the Knights of Saint John's order, who ruled in Rhodes from 1309 to
`1522 AD.
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`The banquet will take place in the Gardens of the Rodos Palace Hotel by the swimming pool organized as a
`Greek night and will include Greek specialities and wine, barbecue and an orchestra that will play modem and
`folk music. The highlight of the night will be the ballet performance by the "Nafsika Dance Theatre" consisting
`of dance pieces from the well known films "Zorba the Greek" and "Never on a Sunday" choreographed by Sofia
`Smailou.
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`In the closing ceremony, apart from Wolfgang Hess's review speech and the usual farewell addresses, the awards
`will be handed to the winners of the ELSNET/ELRA Olympics.
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`I would like to thank all the members of the organizing committee, especially the secretary Nikos Fakotakis and
`Evangelos Dermatas, the personnel and the graduate students ofWCL, especially Kyriakos Sgarbas, Dimitris
`Galanis, Despina Krana, Panagiota Bobolas, Sofia Antonakopoulou and Jeanette Smith, the commercial
`organizer CPR and its director Loukia Simonoviki, the ESCA board and especially its president Louis Pols, who
`has assisted us in every step, for their tireless efforts to bring this conference to a successful end. Without them,
`Eurospeech '97 would not have materialized. Furthermore, I would like to extend my best thanks to the many
`sponsors and supporters of Eurospeech '97:
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`• The University of Patras and WCL in particular.
`• The European Commission.
`• ESCA.
`• The Ministries of Development, Culture, Education and the Aegean.
`• The City of Rodos.
`• The Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE).
`• The firms ERICSSON SA, INTRAKOM SA, SIEMENS SA, STAT SA, ANKO SA
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`We feel that Eurospeech '97 in Rhodes will be a memorable event and we look forward to sharing it with you.
`
`Professor George Kokkinakis
`General Chairman
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`LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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`General Chairman
`George Kokkinakis (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 991 722
`gkokkin@wcl.ee.ugatras.gr
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`Publicity/Hotel Accommodation
`Sofia Antonakopoulou (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 991 722
`sofia@wcl.ee.ugatras.gr
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`Co-Chairman
`George Carayannis (ILSP)
`Tel. + 30 1 671 2250
`gcara@ilsp ... gr
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`Exhibition
`Panagiota Bobolas (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 997 303
`bobola@wcl.ee.uP-atras.gr
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`Secretary
`Nikos Fakotakis (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 997 336
`fakotaki@wcl.ee.uP-atras.gr
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`Scientific Program
`George Kokkinakis (WCL)
`Tel+ 30 61 991 722
`gkokkin@wcl.ee.uP-atras.gr
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`Nikos Fakotakis (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 997 336
`fakotaki@wcl.ee.uP-atras.gr
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`Social Activities
`Vassilis Stylianakis (WCL)
`Tel +30 61996166
`~cy.lian@wcl.ee.uP-atras.gr
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`Audio Visual Equipment
`John Mourjopoulos (WCL )
`Tel +30 61 997 336
`mourjQP-.@wcl.ee.uP-atras.gr
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`Oral Sessions
`Stelios Bakamidis (ILSP)
`Tel. +30 1 671 2250
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`Proceedings
`Evangelos Dermatas (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 991 722
`dermatas@george.wcl2.ee.uP-atras.gr
`Poster Sessions
`Dimitris Galanis (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 991 722
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`Vassilis Darsinos (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 991 722
`darsinos@wcl.ee.uP-atras.gr
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`Michael Logothetis (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 996 166
`m-logQ.@wcl.ee.uP-atras.gr
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`Kyriakos Sgarbas (WCL)
`Tel. +30 61 991 722
`_sgarbas@wcl.ee. UP-atras.gr
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`Registration/Finances
`Panagiota Bobolas (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 997 303
`bobola@wcl.ee.uP-atras.gr
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`Despina Krana (WCL)
`Tel. +30 61 991 722
`krana@wcl.ee.uP-atras.gr
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`Gregory Steinhauer (ILSP)
`Tel. +30 1 671 2250
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`Sponsors
`Dimitris Lymberopoulos (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 997 287
`dly.nmero@wcl.ee.uP-atras.gr
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`Local Committee
`Wire Communications Laboratory
`University of Patras
`26110 Rion, Patras, GREECE
`Tel: +30 61 991722
`Fax: 30 61 991855
`EurosP-eech97@wcl.ee. UP-atras.gr
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`CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
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`CPR Conferences-Public Relations
`50, King George Sq.
`26221 Patras, GREECE
`Tel: 30 61 270388
`Fax: 30 61223 335
`E-mail: .QP..I@P-at.forthnet.gr
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`B. Atal, AT&T Bell Lab., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
`C. Benoit, ICP, Universite Stendhal, Grenoble, France
`R. Billi, CSELT, Torino, Italy
`J. Blauert, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
`L. Boves, Nijmegen University, The Netherlands
`A. Bradley, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
`G. Carayannis, Technical University of Athens, Greece
`P. Dalsgaard, University of Aalborg, Denmark
`V. Digalakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
`N. Fakotakis, WCL, University of Patras, Greece
`K. Fellbaum, Techn. University of Cottbus, Germany
`H. Fujisaki, Science University of Tokyo, Japan
`S. Furui, NTT, Tokyo, Japan
`B. Granstrom, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
`M. Jack, University of Edinburgh, UK
`F. Jelinek, Johns Hopkins Univ. , Baltimore, MD, USA
`G. Kokkinakis, WCL, University of Patras, Greece
`Y. Kosarev, Russian Acad. of Scien. St Petersbg, Russia
`J. Llisterri, Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
`H. Mangold, Daimler Benz, Ulm, Germany
`J. Mariani, LIMSI-CNSR, Orsay, France
`R. Moore, RSRE-DRA, Malvern, UK
`J. Mourjopoulos, WCL, University of Patras, Greece
`H. Ney, RWTH, Aachen, Germany
`J. Ohala, University of California, Berkeley, USA
`D. O'Shaughnessy, INSR-Tel. Univ. of Quebec, Canada
`J. Pardo, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
`L. Pols, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
`C. Sorin, CNET, Lannion, France
`I. Trancoso, INESC, Lisboa, Portugal
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`SPONSORSHIP
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`EUROSPEECH '97 has been sponsored and supported by the following companies and authorities:
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`Sponsors
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`The University of Patras, Greece
`The European Commission
`The Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE), Greece
`The Ministry of Education, Greece
`The Ministry of the Aegean, Greece
`The City of Rodos, Greece
`ERICSSON SA, Greece
`INTRAKOM SA, Greece
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`Supporters
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`The Ministry of Culture, Greece
`The Ministry of Development, Greece (The General Secretariat of Science & Technology)
`ESCA
`SIEMENS SA, Greece
`STAT SA, Greece
`ANKO SA, Greece
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`Outstanding Events
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`OP-ening CeremonY.
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`Monday 22, 14:30
`Plenary event at Rodos Palace Jupiter Hall with welcome addresses, ESCA medal Award, Invited speech,
`Mutlivision Show.
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`Welcome ReceP-tion
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`Monday 22, 19:30
`Drinks and hors d'oeuvres, offered by the Mayor ofRodos at the Grand Masters Palace
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`Wednesday 24, 21 :00
`Greek Night at Rodos Palace Gardens with Greek specialities, wine barbecue, orchestra, ballet
`performance
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`Lunches
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`Tues. 22, Wed. 23, Thurs. 24, 13:30-15:00
`Regular participant and student menus offered at the "AMBROSIA" and "CASTELLANIA" Restaurants
`of Rodos Palace, correspondingly
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`Excursion to Lindos
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`Wednesday 24, 15:00
`Guided tour to the archeological site and the village ofLindos
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`Closing ceremonY.
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`Thursday 25, 18:45
`Plenary event at Rodos Palace Jupiter Hall with Farewell addresses, "Olympics Contests" Awards,
`Eurospeech '97 Review Speech
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`Sessions
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`Plenary keynote sessions: 5
`Oral sessions: (including 2 Special Sessions): 44
`Poster sessions: 22 Total: 71
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`Papers
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`Keynote papers: 7
`Oral session papers: 264
`Poster session papers: 453
`Total: 724
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`Programs - Proceedings
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`Pocket program: One booklet, 175 pages
`Abstracts program: One volume, approx. 180 pages (in preparation)
`Hard-copy proceedings: Five volumes, 3,256 pages
`CD-ROM proceedings: One CD
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`VENUE
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`EURO SPEECH '97 will be held at the International Convention Centre of Rodos Palace Hotel, the largest and
`best equipped conference venue in Greece. Rodos Palace is a 5-star hotel complex by the sea, 12 km from the
`international airport and near the city of Rodos. Set on a 30-acre site, it includes an elegant tower building, vast
`gardens and excellent sport facilities. The tower building includes deluxe rooms and suites offering an
`unparalleled panoramic view of the island and the blue Aegean. Situated within the Hotel's picturesque gardens
`lie spacious apartments and bungalows for those seeking a touch of privacy and relaxation. Adjacent to the tower
`stands the new 7-storey executive wing, fully designed for the demanding needs of today's executive travelers
`and conference delegates. All 780 rooms of the complex offer private balcony or patio, private bath, colour TV
`with satellite programs, 5 channel music, air conditioning and direct dial telephones.
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`The address of the Rodos Palace Hotel is :
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`Rodos Palace
`Trianton Ave., Ixia
`851 00 Rodos, Greece
`Tel: +30 241 / 25 222 or 26 222
`Telex : 29222-213
`Fax:+ 30 241 / 25350
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`RHODES
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`Rodos (Rhodes), the Isle of the Roses, is the largest of the Dodecanese complex and the third largest of the
`Greek islands. Situated in the South Aegean in the Mediterranean, at the cross-roads of two continents, Rodos
`combines the worldliness of Europe and the mystery of the Orient in an atmosphere that is truly fascinating.
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`Discovering Rodos you discover Greece. Ancient cities, a medieval town with its own castle, small villages,
`sun-drenched beaches are all found on Rodos. But Rodos is more than that. It is one of the most developed
`islands in the Mediterranean and it provides its visitors with every holiday amenity including large and modem
`hotels of international standards, yachting harbour, entertaining night life, casino, sports facilities and duty-free
`shopping.
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`TRAVEL INFORMATION
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`You can reach Rodos by plane, by daily boat services from Piraeus and by hydrofoil service from other islands.
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`There are daily jet services directly to Rodos from Athens and most major European cities. There may be a
`direct flight from your country/city to Rodos. Olympic Airways (tel. : +30 1 9666 66 66) links Rodos with
`Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Karpathos, Kassos, Kos, Megisti, Mykonos and Santorini.
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`If you will fly to Rhodes via Athens, book your flight as early as possible, September is still high season in
`Rhodes and demand almost always exceeds supply. The Athens Hellinikon International Airport consists of the
`West Airport Terminal, used exclusively for domestic or international Olympic Airways flights, and the East
`Airport Terminal, used by all other international airlines. In case you reach Athens by an international flight to
`the East Terminal, you need to take the airport bus or a taxi to the West Terminal for your domestic flight to
`Rodos via Olympic Airways. Taxi rates are approx. DRA 1,800 (USD 6.5).
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`Rodos Airport is 12 km from the Rodos Palace Hotel. A bus service for the transportation of the participants
`from the airport to the venue and back to the airport will be established, the day before and after the conference.
`Another possibility is to hire a taxi just at the airport exit. The fare to the Rodos Palace Hotel is approx. DRA
`2,200 (USD 8).
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`There are also Olympic Airways buses and public buses that run between airport and Rodos with a stop in front
`of Rodos Palace. The waiting time depends on the hour of the day.
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`There are daily car ferries between Rodos and Piraeus. Either way the departure is at 17:00 and arrival is at
`06:00 the next morning. First class tickets are about DRA 34,000 (USD 120), round trip. For information on ship
`routes to and from Piraeus contact the Piraeus harbour master (tel. : +30 1 422 6000).
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`ACCOMMODATION
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`Accommodation is offered in the Rodos Palace Hotel and in other hotels of various categories at special rates.
`All hotels are situated along the sea shore and in a distance up to 1km from Rodos Palace. Please book your
`hotel room with the enclosed registration form as early as possible in order to secure a room at Rodos Palace
`Hotel or in nearby hotels. Should you have any questions concerning the hotel reservations please contact the
`Conference Secretariat.
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`REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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`Registration Fees Full and limited registration options for ESCA members, non-ESCA members and students are
`offered. These registration options include the following services as packages, and are fully covered by the
`corresponding fees.
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`REGISTRATION
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`Non student Student Non student Student
`Full
`Limited
`Full
`Limited
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`Yes
`Yes
`Yes
`Yes
`Admission to the scientific programme and exhibition
`Transportation(l)
`Yes
`Yes
`Yes
`Yes
`Yes
`Yes
`Hard-copy Proceedings
`CD-ROM Proceedings
`Yes
`Yes
`Yes
`Yes
`Welcome Reception
`Yes
`Yes(2)
`Three Lunches
`Banquet
`Yes
`Yes
`Yes
`Yes
`Coffee and refreshments
`Yes
`Yes
`Half day excursion to Lindos
`
`Yes
`Yes
`Yes
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`Yes
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`Yes
`Yes
`Yes(2)
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`Yes
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`(1) Bus service between Airport and Conference Venue (Sept 21 and Sept 26).
`(2) Student lunches.
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`In addition, the fee for Non-ESCA members includes an ESCA membership for one year (1997). The Special
`Package includes an ESCA membership for two years (1997, 1998).
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`Advance Registration
`
`Attendants should fill in the attached Registration form and mail it with included payment ( credit card or bank
`transfer) to the Conference Secretariat (CPR). Please take care to bring to the conference your confirmation of
`registration or a bank transfer receipt for payment of the conference fee.
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`On-Site Registration
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`Registration at the Conference will take place on Sunday, 21 September from 16:00 to 20:00 and on Monday, 22
`September from 8:30 to 18:00. The Registration and Information Desk will also be open on Tuesday, 23
`September, Wednesday, 24 September and Thursday, 25 September from 8:30 to 13:30 and from 14:30 to 19:00.
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`At the Registration Desk, only DRA, Visa, Mastercard or American Express cards can be accepted to pay for
`registration fees.
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`A name badge will be included in the conference bag handed over at the registration desk. Please always wear
`your badge while in the Conference Centre.
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`Cancellation of Participation
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`Cancellation of participation must be made in writing to the Conference Secretariat (CPR). For cancellations
`received by August 15, 1997 80% of the total amount will be reimbursed. After that date, no refund can be
`made, but the Conference Proceedings will be sent.
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`CONFERENCE INFORMATION
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`Language
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`The official language ofEUROSPEECH'97 is English.
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`Opening Ceremony
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`The Opening Ceremony will take place on Monday 22, Rodos Palace Hotel, 14:30.
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`The Minister of Development Mrs.Vasso Papandreou, the Minister of the Aegean Mrs. Elisabeth Papajoi and the
`Mayor of Rhodes Mr. George Giannopoulos have been invited to give addresses. Furthermore, a multivision
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`show: "The Dodecanese: A journey in space and time" will be presented and the ESCA medal will be awarded
`to Prof. Mario Rossi, by the ESCA President Prof. Louis Pols.
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`Welcome Reception
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`On Monday September 22, attendants will be offered a Welcome Reception by the Mayor of Rodas Mr George
`Giannopoulos from 19:30 to 21 :30 at the Palace of the Grand Masters. It is the most impressive building of the
`Knights of St John built around 1350.
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`Banquet
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`The official Dinner of the Conference will take place on Wednesday September 24, 21 :00 in the Gardens of the
`Rodas Palace Hotel by the swimming pool organized as a Greek night. It will include Greek specialities and
`wine, barbecue and an orchestra that will play modem and folk music. The highlight of the night will be the
`ballet performance by the "Nafsika Dance Theatre" consisting of dance pieces from the well known films "Zorba
`the Greek" and "Never on a Sunday" choreographed by Sofia Smailou.
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`Lunches - Dinners
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`Lunches included in the fees will be offered Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 13:30 and 15:00 at the
`Rodas Palace Hotel. Additional tickets are offered for accompanying persons at reduced prices.
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`For dining, the «taverna», the classic Greek eating-place is the most appropriate choice. The cuisine