Sergi Fernández (i2cat) and Pilar Orero (UAB) elected for NEM Steering Board – UAB

Sergi Fernández (i2cat) and Pilar Orero (UAB) elected for NEM Steering Board – UAB

The NEM Initiative – New European Media Initiative – was established as one of the European Technology Platforms under the Seventh Framework Programme aiming at fostering the convergence between consumer electronics, broadcasting and telecoms to develop a new business sector of networks and electronic media. In order to respond to this new need and under the requirement of the … Continue reading “Sergi Fernández (i2cat) and Pilar Orero (UAB) elected for NEM Steering Board – UAB”

ImAc presented at Global Accessibility Awareness Day GAAD 2018 – UAB

ImAc presented at Global Accessibility Awareness Day GAAD 2018 – UAB

The Project ImAc was presented this year as part of the 2018 GAAD on May 17th at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). GAAD is a global action that has been organised since 2015, always on the third Thursday of May. The TransMedia Catalonia research group, based at UAB and partner in ImAc joined GAAD for … Continue reading “ImAc presented at Global Accessibility Awareness Day GAAD 2018 – UAB”

ImAc is presented at the EDF ICT Expert Group at Google

Last week Google and the European Disability Forum (EDF) organised a two-day event on the future-proofing new technologies to embrace human diversity http://www.edf-feph.org/newsroom/news/edf-and-google-hold-event-european-parliament-artificial-intelligence-accessibility-0 Upcoming technology promises an impending age where many of society’s challenges can be overcome for persons with disabilities but only if inclusion is taken into account at an early stage. This is … Continue reading “ImAc is presented at the EDF ICT Expert Group at Google”