The 13th International Conference on Advances in Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research
Montreal, Quebec, Canada | McGill University | June 2 - 4, 2019
Local Organizing Committee
Co-Chairs
Luc Mongeau, PhD
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
McGill University
Nicole Li-Jessen, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders McGill University
Local Committee members
Isabelle Cossette, PhD, The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, McGill University
Denise Klein, PhD, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
Karen Kost, MD, Department of Otolaryngology, McGill University
Lucie Ménard, PhD, Department of Linguistics, Université du Québec à Montréal
Isabelle Peretz, PhD, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
Pascale Tremblay, PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Université Laval
Ingrid Verduyckt, PhD, Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Université de Montréal
The AQL2019 conference is generously supported by:
Organizers
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
The contemporary furniture in the conference and the Expert Forum is sponsored by BoConcept, a Denmark's Designer Furniture and Living Store.
Bronze Sponsors
AQL International Advisory Board
Suzanne Boyce, PhD, USA
Alessandro de Alarcon, MD, MPH, USA
Dimitar Deliyski, PhD, USA
Michael Doellinger, PhD, Germany
Ruth Epstein, PhD, UK
Hanspeter Herzel, PhD, Germany
Robert Hillman, PhD, USA
Shigeru Hirano, MD, PhD, Japan
Jack Jiang, PhD, USA
Sid Khosla, MD, USA
Yo Kishimoto, MD, PhD, Japan
Seong Keun Kwon, MD, PhD, Korea
Byung-Joo Lee, MD, PhD, Korea
Nicole Li-Jessen, PhD, Canada
Anders Löfqvist, PhD, USA/Sweden
Estella Ma, PhD, Hong Kong
Daryush Mehta, PhD, USA
Luc Mongeau, PhD, Canada
Robert Orlikoff, PhD, USA
John Rubin, MD, UK
Ronald Scherer, PhD, USA
Rahul Shrivastav, PhD, USA
Jan Svec, PhD, Czech Republic
Ichiro Tateya, MD, PhD, Japan
Susan Thibeault, PhD, USA
Scott Thomson, PhD, USA
Ingo Titze, PhD, USA
Wen Xu, MD, China
Edwin Yiu, PhD, Hong Kong
Matias Zanartu, PhD, Chile
Zhaoyan Zhang, PhD, USA
History of the AQL
The first AQL meeting took place in Erlangen, Germany in 1996. The collaborative workshop forum was first intended to be venue where voice laboratories in Europe (mainly from Germany), could meet annually to provide updates on their progress on different aspects of quantitative assessment of laryngeal functions, voice and speech, and to set new goals. This collaborative effort was funded by member laboratories, and the German Research Foundation (DFG), in conjunction with other European funding agencies, the laboratories’ institutional funding mechanisms, and/or through grants from private industry. The first four AQL meetings were thus collaborative workshops between European member-laboratories, producing progress reports (see the table below). Non-member participants from other laboratories and nationalities were also involved.
Over the next four years (1996-2000), the AQL initiative grew very quickly and gained the respect and recognition of the international voice community. The meeting quickly expanded from 15 to 50 participants. Since its 5th tenure, the AQL 2001 Conference in Groningen, the Netherlands, the conference became international with worldwide participation and over 70 attendees. The following AQL International Conferences were held in Hamburg, Germany (2003); in Groningen, the Netherlands (2006); in Stockholm, Sweden (2008); and in Erlangen, Germany (2010). These international scientific meetings had a strong impact on voice research, through the publication of proceeding materials. Since the 9th AQL 2010, in Erlangen, Germany, student workshops aimed at disseminating voice science have been added to the scope. Funding for the student summer school was initially obtained from the COST Action 2103 “Advanced voice function assessment,” for dissemination of scientific knowledge among scientists and students from the participating European nations. In July 2012, another voice conference, the 8th International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics, was similarly organized in cooperation with the COST Action 2103.
The AQL was first held outside Europe in 2013. The 10th AQL Conference, in Cincinnati, Ohio, further broadened the scope and outreach of the previous AQL conferences. The AQL returned to Europe in London, the United Kingdom, in 2015 where it was held in conjunction with the 4th International Occupational Voice Symposium. The 12th AQL was held in Hong Kong, the first AQL conference to be held around the Asia-Pacific Rim. The return of AQL to America for the 13th meeting in Montreal, Canada, closes a loop and establishes a pattern of rotation around the world for future conference locations.
