The research group TransMedia Catalonia organises ARSAD 2025 (Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description), a leading conference on audio description that connects researchers with companies in the field. This year celebrates its tenth edition.
The ITU, the UN's telecommunications agency, organises a workshop to discuss the future challenges of television in Europe. Researcher Pilar Orero (TransMedia Catalonia) will participate as a speaker at the round table "The Future Technology for Content Production."
The New European Media (NEM) is a telecommunications technology platform that meets annually at the NEM Summit to set strategic agendas in the sector. Researchers Pilar Orero (TMC), Anna Matamala (TMC), and Horacio Saggion (TALN) will be attending.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is holding its Access Services Community Meeting, which brings together dozens of experts in accessibility and content access to discuss, exchange ideas, and present new technological developments, success stories, and issues regarding accessibility in the audiovisual world. Anna Matamala, the network's director, will be participating.
The Clúster Audiovisual de Catalunya, an affiliated entity of the AccessCat Network, organises a round table in the Serializados Pro festival. The discussion will focus on accessibility to audiovisual platforms. Estel·la Oncins (TransMedia Catalonia) participates moderating the conversation between the affiliated entities 3Cat and MultiSignes alongside the platform Filmin.
La Escuela de la Administración Pública de Cataluña organiza una jornada de diálogo y reflexión sobre la comunicación efectiva y transparente de la Administración con la ciudadanía. Participa Horacio Saggion (TALN, UPF) con la ponencia "La inteligencia artificial (IA) al servicio de la simplificación de textos".
Webinar on the accessibility evaluation of a website. A series of presentations on how to make web environments accessible and the key considerations. The event, organised by the affiliated entity TMP, features researcher Afra Pascual Almenara (GRIHO).
A day dedicated to knowledge transfer in the field of education. Xavier Rubio (DIDPATRI) participates in a roundtable discussion in which he will talk about the design of transformative and accessible video games. An event by the Faculty of Education (University of Barcelona).
This call intends to fund the development of international missions in which members of the AccessCat Network can acquire new skills and knowledge that facilitate the valorisation and transference of their research in the field of communication and information accessibility.
