The Speech Prosody 2026 organizing committee is excited to welcome attendees both in-person in Philadelphia and on-line. Because the conference will be in a hybrid format, we have worked hard to devise ways for both in-person and virtual participants to experience all spoken and poster presentations. For the process to go as smoothly as possible, presenters should make to submit the requested files and, in some cases, fill out a form with required information, as soon as possible before the deadline, May 11 2026. The sections below contain detailed information for the four different types of presentations: oral presentations for in-person presenters, oral presentations for virtual presenters, poster presentations for in-person presenters and poster presentations for virtual presenters.


1. Oral presentations for in-person presenters:


If your submission was accepted for an oral presentation and you have indicated that you will be presenting in person, you do not need to submit any file. Your talk will be live-streamed in real-time for virtual participants and available to the in-person audience.


2. Oral presentations for virtual presenters:


We will project a pre-recorded video of your oral presentation for the in-person audience and stream it over Zoom for virtual participants to attend in real-time. You are expected to join the Zoom meeting and answer questions in the Q&A session in real-time. Please submit a 12-minute video of your talk by uploading it at

the following URL: https://upenn.app.box.com/f/c73ce4193aa542799be64f6ad2c7cf07.


The deadline for submitting the file with your pre-recorded oral presentation video is May 11, 2026.


You are free to use any software you wish to create your recording. Zoom is a good option as it allows yourself to share your screen, thereby displaying slides, and to record your presentation. Please make sure that your file is in mp4 format, no longer than 12 minutes exactly, and no larger than 300 MB.


The name of your file should adhere to the following format:


VirtualPaper_{paperID}_{PresenterLastName}_{PresentationDay}_{PresentationPeriod}.mp4


Fields between { } are variables, as explained below:



Example: VirtualPaper_300_Smith_TUES_AM.mp4


3. Poster presentations for in-person presenters:


Printed posters should be no larger than 48 inches (width) by 36 inches (height). Although in-person participants will have the opportunities to stop by your poster during your session, we want to give your presentation as much exposure as possible, including to virtual participants. To this end, we will make your poster available to all registered participants. Please submit a digital version of your poster, in PDF format, before May 11, at the following URL:


https://upenn.app.box.com/f/c73ce4193aa542799be64f6ad2c7cf07.


The deadline for submitting the file with a digital version of your poster is May 11, 2026.


The name of your file should adhere to the following format:


InPersonPoster_{paperID}_{PresenterLastName}_{PresentationDay}.pdf


Fields between { } are variables, as explained below:



Example: InPersonPoster_500_Smith_TUES.pdf


4. Poster presentations for virtual presenters:


To give your poster presentation as much exposure to all participants as possible, we will make an online version of your poster available to all participants. Please submit a version of your poster, in PDF format, at the following URL:


https://upenn.app.box.com/f/c73ce4193aa542799be64f6ad2c7cf07.


The deadline for submitting the file with a digital version of your poster is May 11, 2026.


The name of your file should adhere to the following format:


VirtualPoster_{paperID}_{PresenterLastName}_{PresentationDay}.pdf


Fields between { } are variables, as explained below:



Example: VirtualPoster_600_Smith_WED.pdf


We also offer you the option to allow in-person attendees to participate in your poster session in real-time by providing a Zoom link to a video conference. Poster presenters who opt for this option commit to being

present in their Zoom room during the entire poster session (local, Philadelphia time, Eastern

Daylight Time (EDT), UTC/GMT -4 hours).


Finally, we offer virtual poster presenters the opportunity to promote their poster by submitting a 1-minute lighting talk. The videos of those presenters who will have opted to make one available will be displayed to all conference participants before the poster session. We ask that you fill out this Google Form as soon as possible and before May 11, 2026. There, you will specify your paper ID, title, authors and their affiliations. You will also indicate whether you wish to promote your poster with a lightning talk and whether you will have a Zoom room open during your poster session (and if so, to provide the Zoom room link). If you choose to submit a lightning talk, please submit a 1-minute video of that talk by uploading it at the following URL:


https://upenn.app.box.com/f/c73ce4193aa542799be64f6ad2c7cf07.


The deadline for submitting the file with a video recording of the 1-minute lightning talk is May 11, 2026.


You are free to use any software you wish to create your recording. Zoom is a good option as it allows yourself to share your screen, thereby displaying a slide or two, and to record your talk. Please make sure that your file is in mp4 format, no longer than 1 minute exactly, no larger than 30 MB.


The name of the file should adhere to the following format:


VirtualPoster_{paperID}_{PresenterLastName}_{PresentationDay}.mp4


Fields between { } are variables, as explained below:



Example: VirtualPoster_600_Smith_WED.mp4