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

  • Day:
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  • Time:
    11:00
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    12:00
  • Place:

    Dow Jones Barcelona

In commemoration of GAAD 2025 (Global Accessibility Awareness Day), Blanca Arias (TraDiLex) will deliver a talk on accessibility in the workplace, focusing on the user-journey perspective. The session is part of a private and invitation-only event at Dow Jones.

Activity open to the general public

  • Day:
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  • Time:
    16:00
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    16:45
  • Place:

    Online

AccessCat aims to establish itself as a bridge between research, society, and industry. Therefore, for this year’s GAAD, the network will organise an event to present both the evolution of the network since its creation and the catalan social, cultural, and associative fabric dedicated to accessibility.

  • Day:
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  • Time:
    09:00
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    14:30
  • Place:

    Hybrid event

Researcher Afra Pascual (GRIHO) will be one of the speakers at the event "Universal Design for Learning and Technological Accessibility: Educating for Equity", organised by UNED and aimed at professionals in the field of education. During her presentation, she will share practical recommendations for improving the accessibility of educational materials in formats such as PowerPoint, audio, video, Word, PDF, and more.

  • Day:
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  • Place:

    Virtual

Anna Matamala participates in a News Hub meeting with a talk focused on easy-to-read news and presenting the ENACT project as an example of good practice.