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.

Past Activities

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    Online

The Collaborative Network to support teaching and learning processes in the field of Human–Computer Interaction across Ibero-America (HCI-Collab), sponsored by the Asociación Universitaria Iberoamericana de Postgrado (AUIP) and with technical support from the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD), organises the monthly event “A year of webinars on HCI in Ibero-America”, in which Afra Pascual (GRIHO, UdL) takes part to present current trends and research advances in this field.

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    Malaga, Spain

The European Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation (Transfiere 2026) is Europe’s leading forum on knowledge transfer in R&D&I. AccessCat will be one of the networks accompanying the Government of Catalonia at the stand to promote the R&D&I ecosystem.

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    Barcelona

Anna Matamala, Director of AccessCat, takes part in CoDi, the conference on science communication, knowledge transfer, and social impact, to present the Network’s work as a transfer agent in the field of social sciences and humanities.

Activity open to the general public

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    Caldes de Montbui, Spain

Mireia Farrus, researcher at CLiC (UB), leads the talk “Does ChatGPT Understand Us?”, addressing a key question in the era of artificial intelligence: do language models really understand what we say, or do they only process patterns? During the presentation, she also showcases the accessibility technology SCRIBAL.