On 13 December, at the CCCB, the Network will bring together research groups, affiliated entities, companies, and institutions interested in communicative accessibility.
The AccessCat Network connects dozens of researchers from different research groups with numerous affiliated entities, including institutions, associations, and professionals in the field of information and communication accessibility. One of the Network's objectives is to bridge the gap between research and the market. That’s why we organised the Annual AccessCat Meeting: a day full of transfer, innovation, and networking between all agents involved and interested in the Network's mission.
The AccessCat Innovation Day will be held on the morning of 13 December at the CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, c/ Montalegre, 5). The capacity is limited, and places will be allocated strictly in the order of registration, so we encourage you to secure your place in advance.
The programme will include many activities related to accessibility and the network.For example, the winning solutions of the First Call for Disruptive Solutions will present their results, and the finalist solutions from the Second Call will be presented. There will also a space dedicated to networking, in which researchers, affiliated entities, and professionals in the field of information and communication accessibility will be able to chat and connect.
Programme
9:30 h – 10:00 h Registration
10:00 h - 10:20 h - Institutional welcome speech given by General Direction of Transfer and Society of Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia and AGAUR, and by Rosa María Sebastián, Vice-Rector of Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship at the UAB
10:20 h – 10:40 h Presentation of the AccessCat Network and the actions performed in 2024, hosted by Anna Matamala, director of the AccessCat Network
10:40 h - 11:00 h Presentation of the results from the winning solutions in the first Call for Disruptive Solutions by the AccessCat Network, hosted by researchers Irene Hermosa (PlanAccess, TraDiLex) and Mireia Farrús (SCRIBAL, CliC)
11:00 h - 12:00 h Micropresentations from the finalists for the second Call for Disruptive Solutions
- Plataforma de Cartografia Digital Col·laborativa per a Mobilitat i Cures en Entorns Urbans (Inés Martins, NODES)
- Laboratori usabilitat en remot: Avaluació d’Usabilitat i d’Accessibilitat de sistemes webs (AvaluacióWebU+A) (Afra Pascual i Marc Gonzalez, GRIHO)
- SCRIBAL: Un transcriptor digital especialitzat (Mireia Farrús, CLiC)
- Lulú, la trenca barreres de comunicació (Chiara Gunella i Marina Pujadas, TransMedia Catalonia)
12:00 h - 13:00 h Coffee break (sponsored by CCCB) and networking “Get to know the Network”
13:00 h - 13:10 h Announcement of the winning solution in the second Call for Disruptive Solutions
13:10 h - 13:30 h Interactive session
13:30 h – 13:45 h Closing remarks and acknowledgements
We hope to see you there! Register
*The programme may be subject to change.
