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`EUROSPEECH'97
`TECHNICAL PROGRAMME
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`| SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE | PROGRAM AT A GLANCE | TRAVEL INFORMATION |
`| REGISTRATION INFORMATION | CONFERENCE INFORMATION | OLYMPICS | EXHIBITION |
`| USEFUL INFORMATION | ABOUT RHODES | SATELLITE EVENTS |
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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.
`
`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.
`
`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
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`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 and
`the whole local organizing committee have done a marvelous job with great efficiency and they
`deserve our great gratitude.
`
`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.
`
`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-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.
`
`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-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 Granstöm, 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-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.
`
`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.
`
`Professor Dr. Louis C. W. Pols
`ESCA President
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`GENERAL CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE
`
`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.
`
`Ancient Greeks used to challenge everybody who boasted to be able to perform an exceptional
`achievement by saying "Éäïý ç Ñüäïò, éäïý êáé ôï ðÞäçìá", 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.
`
`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 of Lindos.
`Three lunches at Rodos Palace Hotel.
`An ESCA membership of one year for non-ESCA members.
`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.
`
`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 modern 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.
`
`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.
`
`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 of WCL, 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.upatras.gr
`Co-Chairman
`George Carayannis (ILSP)
`Tel. + 30 1 671 2250
`gcara@ilsp.gr
`Secretary
`Nikos Fakotakis (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 997 336
`fakotaki@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
`Scientific Program
`George Kokkinakis (WCL)
`Tel + 30 61 991 722
`gkokkin@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
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`Nikos Fakotakis (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 997 336
`fakotaki@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
`Proceedings
`Evangelos Dermatas (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 991 722
`dermatas@george.wcl2.ee.upatras.gr
`
`Michael Logothetis (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 996 166
`m-logo@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
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`Kyriakos Sgarbas (WCL)
`Tel. +30 61 991 722
`sgarbas@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
`Registration/Finances
`Panagiota Bobolas (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 997 303
`bobola@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
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`Despina Krana (WCL)
`Tel. +30 61 991 722
`krana@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
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`Publicity/Hotel Accommodation
`Sofia Antonakopoulou (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 991 722
`sofia@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
`Exhibition
`Panagiota Bobolas (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 997 303
`bobola@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
`Social Activities
`Vassilis Stylianakis (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 996 166
`stylian@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
`Audio Visual Equipment
`John Mourjopoulos (WCL )
`Tel +30 61 997 336
`mourjop@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
`Oral Sessions
`Stelios Bakamidis (ILSP)
`Tel. +30 1 671 2250
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`Vassilis Darsinos (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 991 722
`darsinos@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
`Poster Sessions
`Dimitris Galanis (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 991 722
`galanis@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
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`Gregory Steinhauer (ILSP)
`Tel. +30 1 671 2250
`Sponsors
`Dimitris Lymberopoulos (WCL)
`Tel +30 61 997 287
`dlympero@wcl.ee.upatras.gr
`Local Committee
`Wire Communications Laboratory
`University of Patras
`26110 Rion, Patras, GREECE
`Tel: +30 61 991722
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`CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
`
`CPR Conferences-Public Relations
`50, King George Sq.
`26221 Patras, GREECE
`Tel: 30 61 270388
`Fax: 30 61223 335
`E-mail: cpr@pat.forthnet.gr
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`INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
`B. Atal, AT&T Bell Lab., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
`C. Benoit, ICP, Université 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. Granström, 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:
`Sponsors
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`The University of Patras, Greece
`The European Commission
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`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
`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
`Outstanding Events
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`Opening 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 Reception
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`Monday 22, 19:30
`Drinks and hors d'oeuvres, offered by the Mayor of Rodos at the Grand Masters Palace
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`Banquet
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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 of Lindos
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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
`Sessions
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`Plenary keynote sessions: 5
`Oral sessions: (including 2 Special Sessions): 44
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`Poster sessions: 22 Total: 71
`Papers
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`Keynote papers: 7
`Oral session papers: 264
`Poster session papers: 453
`Total: 724
`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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`PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
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`VENUE
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`EUROSPEECH '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 modern 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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`Admission to the scientific programme and exhibition
`Transportation(1)
`Hard-copy Proceedings
`CD-ROM Proceedings
`Welcome Reception
`Three Lunches
`Banquet
`Coffee and refreshments
`Half day excursion to Lindos
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`Non student Student Non student Student
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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).
`Advance Registration
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`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.
`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.
`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
`Language
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`The official language of EUROSPEECH’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 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.
`Welcome Reception
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`On Monday September 22, attendants will be offered a Welcome Reception by the Mayor of Rodos 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.
`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 Rodos 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 modern 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.
`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 Rodos 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 appr