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.
Virtual
Researchers from 8 research groups within the AccessCat Network will impart fifteen online training capsules that are fully independent, free, and addressed to the general public. In a practical and entertaining way, they will teach participants how to be more accessible when it comes to communication and information.
Rome, Italy
Participation of the researcher Pilar Orero (TransMedia Catalonia) in the first edition of Audecon, the Italian conference on audio description. Orero participated with a talk on audio description.
The research groups TraDiLex (UPF) and TransMedia Catalonia (UAB), together with Associació Kudwa, will explore inclusion in educational and political spaces at the online seminar “Educational and Political Spaces For All” through research from the UNIVAC and MILE projects.
Barcelona
A workshop organised by the research group Nodes, inviting participants to explore the neighbourhood of Poblenou (Barcelona) through the lens of care. This collective mapping exercise seeks to understand how care circulates, how it is made visible or invisible, the relationships it generates, and the traces it leaves in public space, among other aspects.
