From the site: "AVIOS is a not-for-profit professional membership organization founded in 1981. For most of the years since then, the AVIOS annual conference has been the only forum dedicated to practical applications of advanced speech technology (going beyond basic research). The conference recently matured into AVIOS-SpeechTEK Spring Conference though a partnership with AmComm. Having established this strong base, AVIOS is now emphasizing its role as an international professional membership organization."