The AccessCat Network and its members organise and participate in different types of activities and actions.
Some activities are addressed to the public—such as awareness-raising activities, demonstrations, showcases, and some training activities—and some actions are carried out within the research groups—such as international missions or standardisation 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.
Activities abroad through which researchers in the network acquire new abilities and knowledge that will help them transfer their specific research to society.
Researchers in the network participate in drafting regulations, standards, or high-level documents in European and international bodies (ISO, UNE, ITU, CEN, EBU…) to ensure accessibility is taken into account in public policies.
Capsules or training sessions on accessibility to information and communication geared towards companies, institutions, and entities. There is also training for researchers in the network on how to evaluate and transfer research results.
Contest addressed to researchers in the network to fund and support innovative proposals that find solutions to issues related to accessibility to communication and information.
Activities held by researchers in the network at fairs, congresses and conferences to show the technologies and services created by the research groups.
CCCB, Barcelona
The AccessCat Network will bring together research groups, affiliated entities, companies, and institutions interested in communicative accessibility. A day of transfer, innovation, and networking on accessibility.
Barcelona
The research group TransMedia Catalonia organises ARSAD 2025 (Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description), a leading conference on audio description that connects researchers with companies in the field. This year celebrates its tenth edition.
Virtual
Webinar on the accessibility evaluation of a website. A series of presentations on how to make web environments accessible and the key considerations. The event, organised by the affiliated entity TMP, features researcher Afra Pascual Almenara (GRIHO).
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.
Barcelona
A day dedicated to knowledge transfer in the field of education. Xavier Rubio (DIDPATRI) participates in a roundtable discussion in which he will talk about the design of transformative and accessible video games. An event by the Faculty of Education (University of Barcelona).
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.
