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International EPG Symposium Home
29th - 30th September 2005, Edinburgh
We are pleased to invite you to the 4th International EPG
symposium 2005 held in the historic city of Edinburgh, which
is one of the top ten travel destinations in the world and
offers a wide range of cultural, scenic and leisure activities
that you will enjoy.
This symposium is an interdisciplinary forum for electropalatography
and its applications in phonetic research, technology, speech/communication
disorders, and language acquisition.
Symposium Venue:
Edinburgh Conference Centre, located in the Heriot-Watt University. The University is close to the city centre of Edinburgh.
Thematic sessions
This symposium gathers researchers, clinicians in the areas
of speech science, phonetics, linguistics, speech and language
therapy, who are involved in using EPG and who plan to do
so in the future. The theme of the symposium is 'New Developments
in EPG' since the previous symposium held in 1998. The 4th
Symposium will allow delegates from around the world to exchange
new ideas, advance new techniques and extend our understanding
of the techniques in both phonetic and clinical research.
Topics will include the following:
- Non-clinical phonetic investigation of speech using EPG
- Data reduction and extraction in EPG
- Clinical investigation of disordered speech using EPG
- Technical developments in EPG
- Multi-channel approaches to speech
- EPG as a therapy technique
- EPG beginners' Tutorial/Workshop
Techincal Programme
Please click to download the technical programme.
- Duration of oral presentation: 20 minutes with 10 minutes for discussion
- Poster Size: 1.2m x 1.6m
Registration
Registration includes conference program, symposium, workshop,
lunch, coffees and teas.
| Prices in £ (GBP) |
Before 30 Jul
|
After 30 Jul
|
| 1-day (29th or 30th) |
50
|
60
|
| 2-day |
90
|
120
|
- Please complete the
Registration form and return with full payment to Alice
Lee via email (ALee@qmu.ac.uk) or by post:
Department of Speech and Language Sciences
Queen Margaret University College
Clerwood Terrace
Edinburgh EH12 8TS
United Kingdom
- Please note that we are unable to process forms without
payment. Registration forms must be received by 30 July
2005 for reduced rates. The closing date for registration
is 29 August 2005.
- Delegates can pay by cheque or credit card, or alternatively
may pay by bank transfer (although the charges associated
with this method are high, so please check in advance about
this). Please use the following bank details if paying directly
to our bank account
Royal Bank of Scotland
West End Branch
142 - 144 Princes Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4EQ
Account Number 00244979
Sort Code 835100
Swift Code RBOSGB2L
IBAN GB98 RBOS83510000244979
Please ensure to use your name as a reference and quote Code
XD477.
- Cheques should be payable to 'Queen Margaret University
College'.
- We accept most cards: Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, Electron,
Switch, Solo and JCB (but not Diners Club). We need name
of cardholder, card number, issue and expiry date. If you
do not wish to include this information on an email form
or send it through the post, an alternative is to speak
to Alice Lee and provide these details over the phone (44
(0) 131 317 3687).
- Please do not send cash through the post.
- We are happy to issue receipts for payment, please let
us know if you require this.
Important Dates
| Deadline for receipt of
abstracts: |
18th March 2005 |
| Notification of acceptance: |
1st April 2005 |
| Deadline for early Registration: |
30th July 2005 |
| Deadline for late Registration: |
29th August 2005 |
General Information
Travel Information
The Heriot Watt Conference Centre is accessible by buses and
taxis. At the Edinburgh airport, you can take a taxi straight
to the venue at about 6 pounds in about 10 minutes; or alternatively,
take an AirLink to the Edinburgh city centre and then bus
No. 25 or 34 on Princes Street to the venue.
Please click here for information on transport
going to the campus, road map
and the conference
venue.
For bus schedule, please go to
Lothian Buses.
Accommodation Information
Edinburgh has a range of accommodation to choose from at
Visit Scotland. An on-site accommodation at
Heriot-Watt University Conference Centre is also available
for mostly single en-suite rooms with a limited number of
double rooms. Delegates are advised to make early arrangements.
Tourist Information
Information about the city of
Edinburgh, and
Scotland can be found here.
Further Information
We look forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh and hope that
you will find the 2005 symposium an exciting and enlightening
experience.
- Fiona Gibbon
- Alice Lee
- Ivan Yuen
Organising Committee
- Fiona Gibbon
- Bill Hardcastle
- Jim Scobbie
- Alice Lee
- Ivan Yuen
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