AI & Machine Learning

Interspeech 2026

Interspeech 2026 is a four-day international conference focusing on speech, language, artificial intelligence, and related technologies. Attendees can explore the latest research in speech science, hearing science, multilingual communication, and speech technology through keynotes, oral and poster presentations, technology showcases, and networking events. T…

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8Speakers
14Sponsors
8Sessions
19Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Interspeech, in alphabetical order.

Jen Hay
Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, Founder & Director of the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour · University of Canterbury
John HL Hansen
ISCA Scientific Medalist, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Professor of Speech & Hearing, and Distinguished Univ. Chair in Telecommunications at UT Dallas · University of Texas at Dallas
Junichi Yamagishi
Professor at National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan · National Institute of Informatics
Professor Jen Hay
Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, Founder & Director of the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour · University of Canterbury
Professor John HL Hansen
ISCA Scientific Medalist, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Professor of Speech & Hearing, and Distinguished Univ. Chair in Telecommunications at UT Dallas · UT Dallas
Professor Junichi Yamagishi
Professor at National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan · National Institute of Informatics
Professor Steven Bird
Professor at Charles Darwin University, Northern Institute, Director, Top End Language Lab, and Co-founder of Aikuma Project · Charles Darwin University
Steven Bird
Professor at Charles Darwin University, Northern Institute, Director, Top End Language Lab, and Co-founder of Aikuma Project · Charles Darwin University

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Voice ArenaDiamond
GoogleGold
Macquarie UniversityGold
MetaGold
UNSWGold
CUHK-CN SAI (The School of Artificial Intelligence of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)Silver
DataForceSilver
David AISilver
ElevenLabsSilver
SilencioSilver
StepFunSilver
ASSTA
ICMS Australasia
ISCA

Agenda

Selected from 8 sessions.

  • Sunday Tutorials | 27 September 2026 Afternoon

    Conversational Speech Recognition and Analysis- Progress, Challenges, and Emerging Opportunities with Speech Language Models

  • Sunday Tutorials | 27 September 2026 Afternoon

    Forensic Speaker Comparison in Practice - An Introduction

  • Sunday Tutorials | 27 September 2026 Afternoon

    Speaker Modeling beyond Recognition - Foundations, Cross-Task Applications and Responsible Deployment

  • Sunday Tutorials | 27 September 2026 Afternoon

    Speech Large Language Models for Under-Resourced Languages

  • Sunday Tutorials | 27 September 2026 Morning

    Advances in Data-Efficient Multilingual and Crosslingual Speech Recognition Powered by LLMs

  • Sunday Tutorials | 27 September 2026 Morning

    Deploying Speech Technologies for Linguistic and Clinical Research

  • Sunday Tutorials | 27 September 2026 Morning

    On the Landscape of Spoken Language Models

  • Sunday Tutorials | 27 September 2026 Morning

    Towards inclusive, personalised and empathetic spoken language systems

Company intelligence

An audience of 19 companies, parsed from the program.

Nineteen companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
14Sponsoringsponsor only
5Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

50% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner450%
  • Other roles450%

Of 8 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ASSTASponsor-
2CUHK-CN SAI (The School of Artificial Intelligence of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)Sponsor · Silver-
3DataforceSponsor · Silver-
4David AISponsor · Silver-
5ElevenLabsSponsor · Silver-
6GoogleSponsor · Gold-
7ICMS AustralasiaSponsor-
8ISCASponsor-
9Macquarie UniversitySponsor · Gold-
10MetaSponsor · Gold-
11SilencioSponsor · Silver-
12StepFunSponsor · Silver-
13UNSWSponsor · Gold-
14Voice ArenaSponsor · Diamond-
Sponsors by tier
diamond1
7% of 14
gold4
29% of 14
silver6
43% of 14
unspecified3
21% of 14
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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