VOICE and EMOTIONS
XV Annual Pacific Voice Conference and First International Pacific Voice & Speech Foundation /
PIXAR Animation Studios Conference on Voice Quality and Emotions

Location and Dates:
PIXAR Animations Studios, Emeryville, California, USA - Directions
March 11-13, 2005

Purpose:
The purpose of this conference is to discuss production/perception of emotions contained in the human voice and technological applications. The conference focuses on how vocal emotions are produced and perceived, what are the minimal cues defining specific vocal emotions, how are these emotions produced by live and virtual actors, what is the impact of vocal emotions (i.e. of cartoon voices) on listeners in a cross-cultural, gender and age context, and how production of expected vocal emotions is hindered by disease and by technological constraints. A wide and complex area, but how exciting of a project!

Topics:
Analysis and synthesis of voice quality
Modeling of voice quality and emotions
Perception and recognition of vocal emotions
Correlating voice with movement
Matching of vocal and visual signals
Disruptions in production in perception of emotions
Virtual and artificial production of emotions
Age related influences on production and perception of vocal emotions
Cross cultural recognition of vocal emotions
Localization of vocal emotions in diverse linguistic groups
Other topics

Organizing Bodies

Cooperating Institutions:
Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Otolaryngology, Head And Neck Surgery
Palo Alto, California

University of Wisconsin - Madison, Wisconsin
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Robert Zeek Laryngeal and Voice Research

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Department of Otolaryngology
3000 Leuven, Belgium

Continuing Education Units Offered

The Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for 1.5 CEUs (Advanced level, Professional area). ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.

Pacific Voice and Speech Foundation is a non-profit organization promoting knowledge and care of the human voice. For further information please contact PVSF at kizdebski@pvsf.com