Anna Matamala, director of AccessCat and researcher at TransMedia Catalonia, will participate in ITU-D SG1 and in Question 5/1: “Consumer protection and empowerment, and meaningful accessibility for all, especially for persons with disabilities and persons with specific needs”. She will speak about the network and the catalogue.
Following the success of the 1st edition of the conference “Knowledge Transfer in Social Science and the Humanities”, the UAB is organising a follow-up event that continues the debate and dialogue previously initiated, addressing how research in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) can be transformed into real impact through services, networks and strategic collaborations. A morning of discovery in which we will discuss knowledge transfer instruments, share success stories and create new opportunities between universities, public administration and businesses.
When? 16 April, from 10:00 to 13:30, in the auditorium of the Rectorate building on the UAB campus.
Several UN agencies organise the third UN Virtual Worlds Day, a date to explore and discuss the role of artificial intelligence and virtual technologies in the field of sustainable development. Researcher Pilar Orero (TransMedia Catalonia) will participate.
Presentation event of the SignarIA project and its results. The project has developed a personalised synthetic voice prototype aimed at enabling Deaf sign language users to participate in radio and audiovisual environments without having to give up their own language, Catalan Sign Language (LSC). The event will feature professionals involved in the project, including network researcher Gemma Barberà (LSC Lab, UPF).
The DiCode research group will take part in the Saló de l'Ensenyament 2026, at EspaiCiència, the area dedicated to showcasing research carried out in Catalonia. They will participate together with CITM-UPC (which will have a permanent stand at the event) to present serious games projects developed by members and students associated with the group.
The Collaborative Network to support teaching and learning processes in the field of Human–Computer Interaction across Ibero-America (HCI-Collab), sponsored by the Asociación Universitaria Iberoamericana de Postgrado (AUIP) and with technical support from the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD), organises the monthly event “A year of webinars on HCI in Ibero-America”, in which Afra Pascual (GRIHO, UdL) takes part to present current trends and research advances in this field.
Anna Matamala, Pilar Orero, Estel·la Oncins and Carme Mangiron, researchers from TransMedia Catalonia (UAB), will be among the experts taking part in the Expert Seat, an outreach and knowledge-transfer initiative within the Vagó de la Ciència. The initiative places a researcher on an FGC train, where members of the public can approach them and ask questions about their field of expertise.
For this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), the TransMedia Catalonia group (UAB) hosts an online workshop that delves into the European acts on accessibility and AI and how they overlap.
