International Missions

Activities abroad through which researchers in the network acquire new abilities and knowledge that will help them transfer their specific research to society.

Past Activities

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    Brussels

The New European Media (NEM) is a telecommunications technology platform that meets annually at the NEM Summit to set strategic agendas in the sector. Researchers Pilar Orero (TMC), Anna Matamala (TMC), and Horacio Saggion (TALN) will be attending.

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    France Télévisions, Paris

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is holding its Access Services Community Meeting, which brings together dozens of experts in accessibility and content access to discuss, exchange ideas, and present new technological developments, success stories, and issues regarding accessibility in the audiovisual world. Anna Matamala, the network's director, will be participating.

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    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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    Geneva (Switzerland)

Several UN agencies came together for the first UN Virtual Worlds Day, a date to explore and discuss how the metaverse and virtual environments can help achieve the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). Researchers from the network, Anna Matamala, Estel·la Oncins, and Pilar Orero (TransMedia Catalonia), participated in the event.