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

Activity open to the general public

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    CosmoCaixa Barcelona

AccessCat and seven groups from the network participate in the 2024 edition of the European Research Night. The researchers participate in various spaces with a range of activities, from workshops to dynamic shows, all aimed at raising awareness and showcasing research on accessibility.

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    Virtual

Researcher Afra Pascual Almenara from GRIHO (UdL) organises a basic web accessibility training course for ecityclic. The course is divided into three modules: awareness, accessibility evaluation, and accessible coding.

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    Barcelona

Catalunya Film Festivals, an affiliated entity of the network, organises the Film Festivals Learning and Sharing HUB (FFLASH-HUB), an international meeting and training point for film festival professionals. Network researcher Andrea Granell (DIDPATRI) and affiliated entities Dincat and Èlia Sala participated as speakers in the round table 'Catalonia Accessibility Code: Opportunities and Challenges for True Inclusion'.

Only for researchers

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    Virtual

The fourth training capsule of the AccessCat Network is titled "Intellectual property in the Research Field." Presented by the intellectual property experts from ClarkeModet.