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 through which researchers in the network acquire new abilities and knowledge that will help them transfer their specific research to society.
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.
Online
The Neolcyt research group (UAB) is organising a conference open to the general public that explores plain language from both a research perspective and the social advances of recent years.
Barcelona
The +RAIN Film Festival returns, dedicated to films created using artificial intelligence. It is a meeting space for research, creativity and critical thinking that explores the role of AI and the transformation of audiovisual media and digital culture. This year, the TraDiLex research group is taking part with talks on accessibility and AI, as well as the parallel event TRANSLATE+RAIN.
Athlone, Irlend
This international conference on interactive multimedia experiences (IMX) will bring together in Ireland researchers, industry and standardisation bodies. Mario Montagud and Sergi Fernandez (MediaTech), and Anna Matamala (TransMedia Catalonia), are taking part.
Online
The affiliated organisation MTP is holding its fifth Accessibility Day. This year’s webinar focuses on accessibility and regulation. It will feature researcher Afra Pascual (GRIHO), who will speak about evaluating websites using artificial intelligence.
