The 14th International Conference on Advances in Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research

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History of 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. In 2019, the AQL returned to America for the 13th meeting in Montreal, Canada. In 2021, for the very first time, we will held the conference in South America with Colombia as a host.

Previous AQL Locations

AQL	Year	Format	Location	Chair(s)
1st	1996	Research Workshop	Erlangen, Germany	Ulrich Eysholdt, MD, PhD, University Hospital Erlangen
2nd	1997	Research Workshop	Erlangen, Germany	Ulrich Eysholdt, MD, PhD, University Hospital Erlangen
3rd	1998	Research Workshop	Aachen, Germany	Jan Spitzer, PhD, RWTH Aachen University of Technology
4th	2000	Research Workshop	Jena, Germany	Thomas Braunschweig, PhD, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
5th	2001	International Conference	Groningen, Netherlands	Harm Schutte, MD, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen Donald Miller, PhD, University of Groningen
6th	2003	International Conference	Hamburg, Germany	Markus Hess, MD, University Medical Center of Hamburg-Eppendorf
7th	2006	International Conference	Groningen, Netherlands	Harm Schutte, MD, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen
8th	2008	International Conference	Stockholm, Sweden	Per-Åke Lindestad, MD, Karolinska University
9th	2010	International Conference & Workshops	Erlangen, Germany	Michael Döllinger, PhD, University Hospital Erlangen Malte Kob, PhD, University of Music Detmold Ulrich Eysholdt, MD, PhD, University Hospital Erlangen
10^th	2013	International Conference & Workshops	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Dimitar Deliyski, PhD Cincinnati Children’s Hostpital Suzanne Boyce, PhD University of Cincinnati Sid Khosla, MD University of Cincinnati Lisa Kelchner, PhD University of Cincinnati Alessandro de Alarcon, MD Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
11^th	2015	International Conference & Workshops	London, UK	Ruth Epstein, PhD The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospita & University College London Guri Sandhu, MD The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospita & University College London
12^th	2017	International Conference & Workshops	Hong Kong	Estella Ma, PhD, The University of Hong Kong Edwin Yiu, PhD, The University of Hong Kong
13^th	2019	International Conference & Workshops	Montreal, Canada	Luc Mongea, PhD McGill University Nicole Li-Jessen, PhD McGill University
14^th	2021	International Conference & Workshops	Bogota, Colombia	Lady Catherine Cantor Cutiva, PhD Universidad Nacional de Colombia

AQL INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Suzanne Boyce, PhD, USA		Daryush Mehta, PhD, USA
Alessandro de Alarcon, MD, MPH, USA		Luc Mongeau, PhD, Canada
Dimitar Deliyski, PhD, USA		Robert Orlikoff, PhD, USA
Michael Doellinger, PhD, Germany		John Rubin, MD, UK
Ruth Epstein, PhD, UK		Ronald Scherer, PhD, USA
Hanspeter Herzel, PhD, Germany		Rahul Shrivastav, PhD, USA
Robert Hillman, PhD, USA		Jan Svec, PhD, Czech Republic
Shigeru Hirano, MD, PhD, Japan		Ichiro Tateya, MD, PhD, Japan
Jack Jiang, PhD, USA		Susan Thibeault, PhD, USA
Sid Khosla, MD, USA		Scott Thomson, PhD, USA
Yo Kishimoto, MD, PhD, Japan		Ingo Titze, PhD, USA
Seong Keun Kwon, MD, PhD, Korea		Wen Xu, MD, China
Byung-Joo Lee, MD, PhD, Korea		Edwin Yiu, PhD, Hong Kong
Nicole Li-Jessen, PhD, Canada		Matias Zanartu, PhD, Chile
Anders Löfqvist, PhD, USA/Sweden		Zhaoyan Zhang, PhD, USA
Estella Ma, PhD, Hong Kong

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