2nd AccessCat Innovation Day

25 November 2025, 9.30 h to 13.45 h.

Hub Social Barcelona (carrer de Girona, 34, interior, Barcelona).

 

Programme

9:30 h – Registration

10:00 h - 10:20 h - Institutional welcome speech given by Javier Selva, Director General of Transfer and Society of Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia, and by Rosa María Sebastián, Vice-Rector of Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UAB.

10:20 h – 10:40 h - Presentation of the Network’s activities for the 2023-2025 period by Anna Matamala, Director of the AccessCat Network.

10:40 h – 11:30 h - Results of the disruptive solutions funded by the AccessCat Network and presentation of other winning projects.

  • PlanAccess, service for the diagnosis and development of communicative accessibility plans (TraDiLex)
  • SCRIBAL, transcription and automatic speech synthesis technology for specific domains (CLiC)
  • RUXAILAB, remote usability and accessibility laboratory (GRIHO)
  • Cartographies for Social Inclusion: building an accessible and diverse city (Nodes)
  • Cultural Landscapes for Well-being. Heritage as a resource for social prescription in vulnerable peripheral environments (GIAP)
  • ROBOPILOT: a pilot study for the introduction of robots in elderly care (STS-b) 

11:30 h – 12:30 h - Roundtable moderated by Anna Matamala, Director of the AccessCat Network: “Transferring Accessibility: a Network Mission.”

  • Nadal Bayà, Head of the Knowledge Transfer Department (AGAUR)
  • Daniel Casas, representative of the European Disability Forum
  • Eva Espasa, Vice-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer (UVic-UCC)
  • Anna Maria Martín, representative of the Catalan Audiovisual Cluster
  • Javier de la Ossa, advisor on the transfer of research results

12:30 h – 13:25 h - Networking aperitif (with the support of ecityclic and TOTHOMweb).

13:25 h – 13:40 h - Open mic.

13:40 h – 13:45 h - Closing remarks and acknowledgements.

 

Attendance is free, but prior registration is required through this form.

 

The AccessCat Network is committed to using all available resources to ensure that the events it holds are adapted to the needs of attendees. With this goal, several measures have been taken so that all attendees of the 2nd AccessCat Innovation Day can enjoy the event with the greatest possible autonomy. You can read more about the event’s accessibility measures here.