External Speaker Session with Prof. Horacio Saggion, Chair in Computer Science and AI at Pompeu Fabra University and AccessCat Network Researcher (group: TALN UPF). The session will discuss the latest updates in Accessibility and Natural Language Processing, with a specific focus on text simplification technology for people with cognitive disabilities. This invitation-only event is organised by Dow Jones.

This webinar will tackle significant environmental challenges and emphasise the need to consider gender, disabilities, age, cultures, and other intersectional factors in order to ensure a truly inclusive green transition. This event is part of the GAAD 2024.

A workshop intended for staff from the Generalitat de Catalunya's departments and public sector organizations to learn about new regulatory and technological developments in accessibility and future work directions. Researchers Anna Matamala (TransMedia Catalonia, UAB), Horacio Saggion (TALN, UPF), and Estel·la Oncins Noguer (TransMedia Catalonia, UAB) will participate. This event is part of the GAAD 2024.

The AccessCat Network, with the support of the Vice-Rectorate for Transfer, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship of the UAB and the AGAUR through the Grants for R&D&I Networks (2021XARDI00007), and in collaboration with the UAB Research Park and the General Directorate of Knowledge Transfer of the Government of Catalonia, organizes a conference on knowledge transfer in social sciences and humanities.