Awareness-raising Activities

Activities organised by researchers in the network in order to spread their knowledge on accessibility to society. The goal is to raise awareness on how important it is for everyone to have access to communication and information, as well as to offer innovative solutions.

Past Activities

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  • Time:
    10:00
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    13:00
  • Place:

    Barcelona

A day dedicated to knowledge transfer in the field of education. Xavier Rubio (DIDPATRI) participates in a roundtable discussion in which he will talk about the design of transformative and accessible video games. An event by the Faculty of Education (University of Barcelona).

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  • Place:

    Cavtat, Croatia

Researchers Geraint Paul Rees, Blanca Arias-Badia, Elisenda Bernal, and Sergi Torner are participating in the 21st EURALEX International Congress Lexicography and Semantics with a workshop on accessibility for dictionary creators, linguistic software developers, and lexicography researchers.

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  • Place:

    Barcelona

The Catalan School of Public Administration organises a day of dialogue and reflection on effective and transparent communication between the administration and society. Horacio Saggion (TALN, UPF) participates with a presentation titled "Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Service of Text Simplification".

Activity open to the general public

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  • Place:

    CosmoCaixa Barcelona

AccessCat and seven groups from the network participate in the 2024 edition of the European Research Night. The researchers participate in various spaces with a range of activities, from workshops to dynamic shows, all aimed at raising awareness and showcasing research on accessibility.