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.

Serializados Pro: Making Platforms More Accessible

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Activity open to the general public

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  • Place:

    SGAE Catalunya, Barcelona

The Clúster Audiovisual de Catalunya, an affiliated entity of the AccessCat Network, organises a round table in the Serializados Pro festival. The discussion will focus on accessibility to audiovisual platforms. Estel·la Oncins (TransMedia Catalonia) participates moderating the conversation between the affiliated entities 3Cat and MultiSignes alongside the platform Filmin.

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Women in Science and Entrepreneurship: Building Pathways to Social Impact

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Activity open to the general public

  • Day:
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  • Time:
    09:30
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    13:00
  • Place:

    Autonomous University of Barcelona

On 18th October, several panels led by women—including researcher Estel Malgosa from AFIN, a research group in the AccessCat Network—will reflect on the social impact of research.

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Green Digital Accessibility 2024

GDA Website
  • Day:
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  • Place:

    Barcelona

Now in its third edition, the Green Digital Accessibility conference focuses on the urgent challenge of building a sustainable and inclusive digital future for all, exploring innovative research and real-world practices across technology, communication, environmental science, and education.

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AccessCat Innovation Day

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Activity open to the general public

  • Day:
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  • Time:
    09:30
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    13:45
  • Place:

    CCCB, Barcelona

The AccessCat Network will bring together research groups, affiliated entities, companies, and institutions interested in communicative accessibility. A day of transfer, innovation, and networking on accessibility.

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Past Activities

Second MTP Accessibility Day

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Activity open to the general public

  • Day:
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  • Time:
    10:00
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    12:00
  • Place:

    Virtual

Webinar on the accessibility evaluation of a website. A series of presentations on how to make web environments accessible and the key considerations. The event, organised by the affiliated entity TMP, features researcher Afra Pascual Almenara (GRIHO).

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Knowledge and Technology Transfer Day at the Faculty of Education

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  • Day:
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  • Time:
    10:00
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    13:00
  • Place:

    Barcelona

A day dedicated to knowledge transfer in the field of education. Xavier Rubio (DIDPATRI) participates in a roundtable discussion in which he will talk about the design of transformative and accessible video games. An event by the Faculty of Education (University of Barcelona).

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Workshop "Lexicography and Accessibility"

Euralex website
  • Day:
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  • Place:

    Cavtat, Croatia

Researchers Geraint Paul Rees, Blanca Arias-Badia, Elisenda Bernal, and Sergi Torner are participating in the 21st EURALEX International Congress Lexicography and Semantics with a workshop on accessibility for dictionary creators, linguistic software developers, and lexicography researchers.

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Journal Language and Law Day 2024

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  • Day:
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  • Place:

    Barcelona

La Escuela de la Administración Pública de Cataluña organiza una jornada de diálogo y reflexión sobre la comunicación efectiva y transparente de la Administración con la ciudadanía. Participa Horacio Saggion (TALN, UPF) con la ponencia "La inteligencia artificial (IA) al servicio de la simplificación de textos".

The Catalan School of Public Administration organises a day of dialogue and reflection on effective and transparent communication between the administration and society. Horacio Saggion (TALN, UPF) participates with a presentation titled "Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Service of Text Simplification".

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