The AccessCat Network and its members organise and participate in different types of activities and actions.
Some activities are addressed to the public—such as awareness-raising activities, demonstrations, showcases, and some training activities—and some actions are carried out within the research groups—such as international missions or standardisation 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.
Activities abroad in which members of the network participate to promote the valorisation and transfer of their solutions and knowledge on an international scale.
Researchers in the network participate in drafting regulations, standards, or high-level documents in European and international bodies (ISO, UNE, ITU, CEN, EBU…) to ensure accessibility is taken into account in public policies.
Capsules or training sessions on accessibility to information and communication geared towards companies, institutions, and entities. There is also training for researchers in the network on how to evaluate and transfer research results.
Contest addressed to researchers in the network to fund and support innovative proposals that find solutions to issues related to accessibility to communication and information.
Activities held by researchers in the network at fairs, congresses and conferences to show the technologies and services created by the research groups.
UPF’s Poblenou Campus (Roc Boronat, 138, Barcelona)
An open seminar for the general public exploring the intersection of audiovisual translation and accessibility through innovative projects and research with social impact. The network’s GETLIHC, TraDiLex and TransMedia Catalonia research groups will take part. The event will be held in English, with simultaneous interpreting.
Hub Social (Girona, 34, Barcelona).
The AccessCat Network will bring together research groups, affiliated entities, companies, and institutions interested in communicative accessibility in the 2nd AccessCat Innovation Day. A day of transfer, innovation, and networking on accessibility.
Brno, Czech Republic
Researchers Estel·la Oncins and Sarah McDonagh, from the TransMedia Catalonia group (UAB), are taking part in this year’s edition of ICCHP, an international conference on digital inclusion and accessibility, with a presentation on user-centred design in artificial intelligence and digital environments.
Geneva, Switzerland
The TransMedia Catalonia research group will take part as experts in communicative accessibility in various events of the AI for Good congress, a global forum dedicated to AI with social impact.
Geneva, Switzerland
Researchers Anna Matamala, Pilar Orero and Estel·la Oncins (TransMedia Catalonia) are participating in Working Group 21, within Question 1/21. This meeting will enable progress on the work items the group is collaborating on, relating to standards in sign language and accessibility terminology. They have also collaborated with the affiliated organisations 3Cat and SWISSTxt.
Geneva, Switzerland
The AccessCat Network, together with researchers from the TransMedia Catalonia, TraDiLex, TRACTE, Digital Care and LSC Lab research groups, is taking part in WSIS 2026, a high-level event co-organised by several UN agencies (such as the ITU and UNESCO).
