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

Activity open to the general public

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    Barcelona

The network participates in Smart City with the groups TransMedia Catalonia (UAB), CLiC (UB), TraDiLex (UPF), TRACTE (UVic-UCC), TALN (UPF), Nodes (UOC) and MiA (i2Cat) to showcase their technologies and solutions, reaffirming their commitment to communicative accessibility in the field of smart cities.

Activity open to the general public

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    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. Registration form.

Activity open to the general public

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    La Farga, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

AccessCat's researchers will be participating in this year's edition of SAGA, Catalonia's gaming fair, with workshops and showcases of various projects based on their video game accessibility research.

Past Activities

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    Berlin

The New European Media (NEM) is a telecommunications technology platform that meets annually at the NEM Summit to set strategic agendas in the sector. Researchers Anna Matamala (TransMedia Catalonia), Mario Montagud, and Sergi Fernández (MiA) will participate.

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    Autonomous University of Barcelona

The group TransMedia Catalonia will participate in a matchmaking session between research groups, startups, and businesses during the UAB Innovation Week, an initiative that focuses on transferring the knowledge generated by researchers from the entire campus.

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    Geneva (Switzerland)

The research group TransMedia Catalonia participates in the SG21 group (Technologies for multimedia, content delivery and cable television) meeting to continue developing the new work items approved in January.

Only for researchers

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    14:00
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    Online

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