Activities

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.

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.

International Missions

Activities abroad through which researchers in the network acquire new abilities and knowledge that will help them transfer their specific research to society.

Standardisation

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.

Training

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.

Support for Disruptive Solutions

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.

Demonstrations and Showcases

Activities held by researchers in the network at fairs, congresses and conferences to show the technologies and services created by the research groups.

Future Activities

Past Activities

Investors Day of the Indústria del Coneixement Programme 2024

  • Day:
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  • Time:
    08:45
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    14:00
  • Place:

    Centre de Regulació Genòmica de Barcelona (Doctor Aiguader, 88)

Investors Day held within the framework of the Indústria del Coneixement 2024 call. Diplomas will be awarded to projects funded under the Producte and Innovadors call. The CLiC research group (UB) will present the technology SCRIBAL, recipient of a Producte grant, in front of authorities and fellow researchers.

Collective Mapping with Youth from Centre Condal

  • Day:
    -
  • Place:

    Barcelona

As part of Accessibility Week, Nodes (UOC) organises, together with Arquitectura Sense Fronteres, an AccessCat Network affiliate entity, a collective mapping session with youth from Centre Condal, including vulnerable groups such as those with psychosis and autism, among others.

Seminar: Automatic Transcription Applications as Tools for Oral Communication Accessibility

Programme and registration

Activity open to the general public

  • Day:
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  • Time:
    16:30
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    19:30
  • Place:

    IEC, Barcelona

ACAPPS, an affiliated entity of the AccessCat Network, hosts a seminar to present its research on automatic transcription applications. One of the tools presented is Scribal, developed by the CLiC research group (UB).

Programme and registration

Debate Day: “The Role of R&D&I Networks in Turning Research into Impact”

Programme and registration

Activity open to the general public

  • Day:
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  • Time:
    10:00
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    14:00
  • Place:

    CosmoCaixa (Isaac Newton, 26, Barcelona)

The Catalan RDI networks host a debate session to discuss their role in knowledge transfer. The AccessCat Network’s promoter takes part in the roundtable “Non-Technological Transfer Mechanisms,” which focuses on the social sciences and the humanities.

Programme and registration