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.
Geneva (Switzerland)
The research group TransMedia Catalonia participates in the SG21 group (Technologies for multimedia, content delivery and cable television) meeting to continue developing the new work items approved in January.
Online
Researcher Anna Matamala (TransMedia Catalonia) participates in the conference on audio description organised by the Masqut Narikbayev University in Astana (Kazakhstan). At this event, which brings together experts, professionals, researchers, and users, the researcher presented the WEL and MOSAIC projects and the AccessCat Network.
Online
Pilar Orero (TransMedia Catalonia) participates in the ITU webinar (the UN telecommunications agency) and the ATU (the African Telecommunications Union) on Africa’s digital economy. The researcher is part of a panel on the metaverse, during which she will focus on accessibility.
Online
To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Catalan RDI networks have organised a joint session to highlight the role of women in science, technology and knowledge transfer. Researcher Estel·la Oncins (TransMedia Catalonia) participates representing AccessCat.
Barcelona
The IEC presents the LSC Corpus. This project was led by Josep Quer and coordinated by Gemma Barberà, both researchers from the LSC Lab research group, which is part of the AccessCat Network. Other researchers from the group and the network have also contributed developing the materials.
