Interspeech 2026

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interspeech2026.org 27 September – 1 October, ICC, Sydney, Australia 'Speaking Together' Proudly hosted by the Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA) and the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA).

The the right, image of seated audience members from behind. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Interspeech 2026 programme'.
To the right, close-up map of Australia in yellow with grey outline on a globe, with a red pushpin placed in the centre. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Plan your travel', with Interspeech2026 logo above and website www.interspeech20206.org below.
To the right, foreground has sandstone rocks with water gently splashing over them, with blue water of Sydney harbour behind, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House shown against clear blue sky. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Register now', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
To the right, image of Sydney harbour with blue water, green trees on an island, and the Sydney Opera House and high-rise buildings in the background, against a blue sky with white clouds, with a plane in the sky, shown from underside. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Travel grants closing soon!', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
On the right, graphic of a sound wave coloured pink, purple and blue. On the left, a dark blue background with white text "Early Bird Registration!", with Interspeech2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
To the right, a koala sitting on a tree branch and looking at the camera. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Koala Competition - Vote by May 15th!', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech.org below.
Dark blue background; to the right, a pair of hands typing on a laptop. To the left, white text 'Paper rebuttals due by May 1st', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
To the right, partial profile of a man sitting at a table and typing on a laptop, which shows a document on the screen. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Reminder: Submission deadline approaching!', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech2026.org below.
Dark blue background, with raised hand appearing from the bottom of the image, holding a white speech bubble with black text 'Tutorial Proposals Extended to 6th March'. In the top-left, Interspeech 2026 logo, and in the bottom-right, website interspeech2026.org.
To the right, three seated people: a man with a raised hand, a woman typing on a tablet, and a woman writing in a notebook. To the left, a dark blue background with the text 'Call for Tutorials', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech.org below.
To the right, image of people wearing conference lanyards standing around tables in a hall. To the left, white text on navy blue background saying 'Call for Satellite Workshop', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
Dark blue background. To the right, two rainbow lorikeets nuzzling each other, with white text 'interspeecg2026.org' above. To the left, white text 'We Love a Deadline', with Interspeech 2026 logo above.
To the right, a koala sitting on a tree branch and looking at the camera. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Enter the Koala Competition!', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech.org below.
To the right, partial profile of a man sitting at a table and typing on a laptop, which shows a document on the screen. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Reminder: Submission deadline approaching!', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech2026.org below.
To the right, partial image of person in blue shirt holding smartphone, with pastel rainbow-coloured waveform graphic and microphone icon hovering above. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Speech AI for All: Challenging Deficit-based Approaches to Speech Science and Technology', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
To the right, black background with stylised blue outline of human jawline, mouth, neck, shoulders, and trachea, with horizontal red waveform across neck. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Methods and data for vocal tract and articulation analysis', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech2026.org below.
To the right, a microphone resting on a small Pride flag. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Queer and Trans Speech Science and Technology', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech2026.org below.
Dark blue background; to the right, Special Session logo consisting of blue circular graphic with stylised waves and a waveform, and rainbow text 'Pacific' above blue text 'Voices 2026'. To the left, white text 'Speech Science and Technology for Languages of the Pacific', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
A baby in blue clothing crawling on the tan carpeted floor and holding a car, and another baby in pink clothing crawling behind. In the background, two women smiling and watching. To the left, dark blue background with text 'CHILDSPACE – Child Home Interaction & Language Dynamics', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech2026.org below.
To the right, stylised 3D waveform graphic in light blue tones over white waveform, with vertical strings of 1s and 0s in the background. To the left, white text 'Post-Training of Speech Foundation Models', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech.org below.
To the right, a laptop screen showing stereo audio track in orange on black background, with a microphone in the foreground. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Challenges in Speech Data Collection, Curation, and Annotation', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech2026.org below
To the left, composite image in blue/grey tones showing side profile of person holding smartphone to their mouth, with a waveform and Ai and text bubble icons hovering above the phone. To the left, dark blue background with text 'Explainability for Compliance and Trust in Speech AI', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech.org below.
To the right, the back of the head of a man wearing headphones, sitting in front of a monitor with a blue waveform displayed. To the left, a dark blue background with white text 'Safeguarding Synthetic Speech: Ethical, Technical and Legal Perspectives', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech.org below.
Dark blue background; to the right, Special Session logo of circular graphic with block colours and waveform through the middle, on white square. To the left, white text 'Indigenous Voices in Speech Sciences and Technology', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech2026.org below.
To the right, image of people wearing conference lanyards standing around tables in a hall. To the left, white text on navy blue background saying 'Call for Satellite Workshop', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
To the right, close-up image of a screen with black background and blue waveform. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Unsupervised Speech in the Wild Challenge', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech2026.org below.
Dark blue background. To the right, logo for the Audio Reasoning Challenge, which features cartoon illustration of a blue speech bubble wearing headphones, with a frowning face, in a boxing ring with a yellow audio speaker, also with a frowning face. The figures are wearing red boxing gloves and striking one another. To the left, white text 'Audio Reasoning Challenge', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website www.interspeech.org below.
To the right, image of laptop with waveforms for a stereo track displayed on the screen. To the left, dark blue background with text 'IqraEval.2: Arabic Pronunciation Learning Challenge', with Interspeech 2026 logo above, and website interspeech2026.org below.
To the right, graphic of sound wave against backdrop of green 1s and 0s; to the left, dark blue background with white text 'Audio Encoder Capability Challenge for Large Audio Language Models', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
Dark blue background. To the right, Challenge logo consisting of stylised blue and yellow figures with sound waves going between their heads. To the left, white text 'Transfer of Pragmatic Intent in Speech-to-Speech Translation', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
Dark blue background; to the left, illustrated side profile of human with sound waves coming out of mouth and into tech-looking graphic with lots of small screens, from which characters from various alphabets are falling down. Above, white text 'TidyVoice Challenge: Cross-Lingual Speaker Verification', and website interspeech2026.org.
To the right, lower half of woman's face while speaking. To the left, dark blue background with text 'NeckVibe Challenge: Voice Disorder Detection via Real-World Monitoring of Neck-Surface Vibration', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
To the right, image of people wearing conference lanyards standing around tables in a hall. To the left, white text on navy blue background saying 'Call for Satellite Workshop', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
Against a dark blue background, to the right, a cockatoo in front of microphone. Above is the website interspeech2026.org. To the left, white text saying 'Paper Submission Now Open', with the Interspeech 2026 logo above.
To the right, three seated people: a man with a raised hand, a woman typing on a tablet, and a woman writing in a notebook. To the left, a dark blue background with the text 'Call for Tutorials', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech.org below.
To the right, a woman with dark hair and glasses sitting at a desk, typing on a laptop with one hand and holding a pen in the other. To the left, a dark blue background with white text 'Author resources now available', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech.org below.
To the right, collage of 15 images of different mouths talking. To the left, dark blue background with white text 'Speaking Together', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech.org below.
Dark blue background, with six puzzle pieces on the right in various shades of blue. On the left, the text 'Interspeech Challenges' in white, with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech.org below.
On the right, a koala wearing a suit and sitting at a desk with a laptop. On the left, a dark blue background with the text 'Partnership', with the Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech.org below.
To the right, a toy koala wearing a lanyard and sitting on a lectern in front of a projector screen. To the left, a dark blue background with text 'Special Session Announcement', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech.org below.
On the right, image of the Sydney Harbour bridge. On the left, dark blue background with text 'See you in Sydney', with Interspeech logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
On the right, a kangaroo standing in grassland drinking a cup of tea. On the left, text on navy background saying 'Call for Papers', with Interspeech 2026 logo above and website interspeech2026.org below.
Stack of nine wooden building blocks, one with an image of a lightbulb and another with the text 'make it happen', and the rest with an image of a bow and arrow. Text above says 'Call for Challenge Proposals due 3 November 2025'
Hand holding speech bubble shape with text "Call for Special Session Proposals due 3 November 2025", against dark blue background.
Hand holding speech bubble shape with text "Call for Special Session Proposals due 3 November 2025", against dark blue background.
Stack of nine wooden building blocks, one with an image of a lightbulb and another with the text 'make it happen', and the rest with an image of a bow and arrow. Text above says 'Call for Challenge Proposals due 3 November 2025'
Hand holding speech bubble shape with text "Call for Special Session Proposals due 3 November 2025", against dark blue background.
Stack of nine wooden building blocks, one with an image of a lightbulb and another with the text 'make it happen', and the rest with an image of a bow and arrow. Text above says 'Call for Challenge Proposals due 3 November 2025'
Sydney opera house with night-time Sydney city skyline behind. Main text is 'Sign up for Interspeech 2026' #interspeech2026 interspeech2026.org, with sponsor logos below image.
Roger Moore is being introduced by Odette Scharenborg.
A woman and a man welcoming delegates.
interspeech2025.org see you next week!
speech science festival logo with hackathon robot
image of large LED screen on side of building, lots of people flocking towards it, "speech science festival in collaboration with interspeech"
speech science festival logo
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interspeech2025.org tutorial Invited Tutorial: Creating sound with Praat Paul Boersma (author of praat)