Activities

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.

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.

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.

Standardisation

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.

Training

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.

Support for Disruptive Solutions

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.

Demonstrations and Showcases

Activities held by researchers in the network at fairs, congresses and conferences to show the technologies and services created by the research groups.

Future Activities

Past Activities

Art in the Streets Sectoral Conference

Link to the decalogue
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    Teatre Àtrium | Av. Josep Tarradelles, 17 | Viladecans

The researcher Blanca Arias-Badia (TraDiLex, UPF) will represent the Network at this event that brings together representatives from the cultural sector and experts on issues such as accessibility, sustainability, and co-production. She will present a decalogue on accessibility to art in the streets, created with researchers Anna Matamala, Carme Mangiron, and Estel·la Oncins (TransMedia, UAB), as well as three entities affiliated to the AccessCat Network: ACPA, FESOCA and SOM Fundació.

Registration

Link to the decalogue

How can we make a more accessible university?

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    18:00
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    19:30
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    Sala Aranyó (55.S200) | Campus del Poblenou de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Carrer Roc Boronat, 138 – Barcelona

The TraDiLex research group (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) organises an open debate session to tackle accessibility in university spaces. All members of the university community may attend, from students to workers and lecturers.

Registration

15x15. Accessibility November

LINK TO THE SERIES
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    Virtual

Researchers from 8 research groups within the AccessCat Network will impart fifteen online training capsules that are fully independent, free, and addressed to the general public. In a practical and entertaining way, they will teach participants how to be more accessible when it comes to communication and information. You can check the full programme and sign up.

LINK TO THE SERIES

Science Week in Catalonia

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    17:00
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    18:30
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The research groups TraDiLex (UPF) and TransMedia Catalonia (UAB), together with Associació Kudwa, will explore inclusion in educational and political spaces at the online seminar “Educational and Political Spaces For All” through research from the UNIVAC and MILE projects.