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

  • Day:
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  • Time:
    18:30
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    20:00
  • Place:

    Virtual

The AccessCat Network joins the 7th edition of the Design for All seminar. Cris Ladaga, NODES researcher, will participate as an accessibility in communication design expert.

Activity open to the general public

  • Day:
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  • Time:
    14:00
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    15:00
  • Place:

    Pompeu Fabra University

During the 29th Science Week, the LSC Lab (UPF) research group presented SIGN-HUB, an online platform dedicated to sign language that provides useful resources for both professionals and the general public.

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  • Place:

    IEC Barcelona

Presentation of SCRIBAL Speech-to-text technology specialised in the Catalan language during the NPLD-Coppieters Campus 2024, accompanying the government of Catalonia.

  • Day:
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  • Place:

    Cuenca

As part of the XXX Conference on Research at Spanish Universities, researcher Mar Gutiérrez-Colón Plana (ReLaTe) represents the AccessCat Network in the round table discussion "Institutional Initiatives to Promote Knowledge Transfer in Social Sciences and Humanities" promoted by the RedOTRI Programme.