Conferences | 2008 Conference
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Abstracts - New
The abstracts for the papers can now be download as one PDF file which contains all abstracts. Please note that the file is approximately 1 MB. To obtain the abstracts click this link.
Registration and Reception - New
Registration will open in the Mövenpick Hotel Lausanne (see map below) at 16:00 on Sunday July 20th. It will be continued on Monday morning at the Centre Général Guisan from 8:30 to 9:00. Delegates who are paying in cash are requested to pay the exact amount of money in Swiss francs (CHF).
Welcome Reception - New
A social gathering including a small buffet and welcome drinks will begin on Sunday evening at 19:00 at the Mövenpick Hotel Lausanne.
Maps - New
Mövenpick Hotel, 4 Avenue de Rhodanie, 1006 Lausanne (located at cross in center of map)
Centre Général Guisan (located at cross in center of map)
Lunch - New
This year 28 presentations will take place during two and half days. Consequently, lunch time is short at only one hour each day. There will not be enough time to go to the restaurants at Lausanne-Ouchy.
Therefore, the organising committee of the IAFPA 2008 Conference proposes lunch at the Centre Général Guisan conference venue from 13:00 to 14:00 every day. Since lunches have not been included in the registration fee, they have to be payed for in cash by participants during the registration sessions on Sunday and Monday. We would be very grateful if you could pay the exact amount of money in Swiss francs (Monday Lunch: 32.50 CHF, Tuesday Lunch: 32.50 CHF).
The lunch on Wednesday will be organised by the Federal Office of Migration. A payment method will be announced during the conference.
The menu for three days is as follows:
Monday July 21st
- Vittelo Tonato & Vittelo de tomate basilica
- Antipasti de la mer 3 sortes
- Antipasti pour végétarien 3 sortes
- Taboulé
- Suprême de poulet chaud & sa ratatouille
- Nouilles
- Boule de glace vanille & son raisin à la Lie
Tuesday July 22nd
- Saumon tranché sur lit de salade
- Tomate Mozzarella
- Salade de Champignon fraiche pour végétarien
- Nems & brochettes de Yakitori & mini-quiche fromage
- Framboises froide & leur sirop de Menthe cannelle
Wednesday July 23rd
- Carpaccio de boeuf & parmesan
- Salade de Ruccola
- Légumes dips pour végétarien
- Filets de perche en friture
- Pommes & persil
- Meringues crème & Corbeille de fruit
Bus Travel Information - New
Bus 8 goes from the City of Lausanne to the Centre Gneral Guisan and stops at the "Tour Haldimand" bus stop just in front of the centre. If go to the centre from the Lausanne railway station, take either bus 1 or 5, then change at "Georgett" and take bus 8 to Verrire then stop at "Tour Haldimand" (Public Transport Network Map, Bus 08 Time Table).
Conference Dinner - New
The Dinner is included in the registration fee. It will be held at the Mövenpick Hotel Lausanne from 19:00 to 23:30 on Tuesday July 22nd.
Last Minute Information - New
Last minute information will be published on this web site so please check it regularly.
Conference Programme - New
The Conference Programme has now been added to the conference pages.
General Information
The 2008 IAFPA Annual Conference is hosted by the Speech Processing and Biometrics Group (GTPB) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and the Forensic Science Institute at the University of Lausanne. The conference will be held in the Centre Général Guisan in Lausanne, which is at the Lake of Geneva shore, near the Olympic Museum. The centre is a comfortable walking distance from the Lausanne-Ouchy downtown area, where hotels and restaurants are located.
The conference program will begin in the morning of Monday 21st July and end around lunchtime on Wednesday 23rd July. A social gathering including a small buffet and welcome drinks is planned for Sunday evening beginning around 7 pm.
Following the 2008 IAFPA conference, the scientific unit LINGUA within the Swiss Federal Office for Migration (FOM) has organised a Workshop on linguistic analyses within the asylum procedure at the Centre Général Guisan on Wednesday afternoon 23rd July and Thursday 24th July. A call for papers will be opened soon. For more information, please see the FOM Website. Please contact LINGUA with any questions: Lingua@bfm.admin.ch or +41 31 325 14 44.
Important Dates
| June 1st: | Extended final date for abstracts (see Abstract Format) |
| June 20th: | Notification of acceptance |
| July 1st: | Final date informing of intention to attend before higher fees apply |
| July 20th: | Conference registration and evening buffet |
Conference Organiser
Dr Andrzej Drygajlo: andrzej.drygajlo@epfl.ch
Speech Processing and Biometrics Group (GTPB)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEL)
School of Engineering (STI)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Address: EPFL-STI-IEL-LIDIAP
ELE 233, Station 11
CH-1015 Lausanne
Phone: +41 21 693 43 28
Fax: +41 21 693 52 63