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.
Virtual
For this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), the GRIHO group (UdL) is organising an online conference to learn about people, design, web development, evaluation and artificial intelligence in the field of digital accessibility.
INDIBA, Sant Quirze del Vallès
For this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), the affiliated entity INDIBA is organising a conference for company staff on communicative accessibility in the workplace. The event will feature Blanca Arias, Marta Brescia and Clara Anush del Rey, researchers from TraDiLex (UPF), as expert speakers.
Barcelona
For this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), the Directorate-General for Digital Services and Citizen Experience (DGSEC) is organising a conference focused on web accessibility. It will feature the participation of researchers Mireia Ribera, from the Grup d’Intel·ligència Artificial i Data Science (UB), and Estel·la Oncins, from TransMedia Catalonia (UAB). Affiliated organisations TothomWeb and ACAPPS will also take part.
Online
For this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), the TransMedia Catalonia group (UAB) hosts an online workshop that delves into the European acts on accessibility and AI and how they overlap.
Palau Macaya, Barcelona
Researcher Blanca Arias (TraDiLex) is taking part in the session “From challenge to action: co-creating the roadmap and advocacy strategies”, part of the series “My digital right: building accessible futures”, winner project of the Convocatòria de reflexió 2025 and organised by the affiliated entity Sistema THEAD.
