We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming webinar, TRIN4Access: Raising Awareness for Accessibility organized by the Department of Translation and Interpretation. This is an event dedicated to exploring the intersection of media accessibility and translation studies.
\nStudents who attend the webinar will be eligible to receive points for GE250.<\/p>\n
Title : Raising Awareness for Accessibility<\/p>\n
Date : 21 April 2026
\nTime : 15.30 \u2013 17.20
\nThis is an online event. To request details please send a message to department.<\/p>\n
Panelists:<\/p>\n
Prof. Dr. Sirin Okyayuz, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
\nSirin Okyayuz is a trainer and researcher at Hacettepe University\u2019s Department of Translation and Interpreting. Her research spans literary translation, audiovisual translation, translation of popular culture, and translator training. She has translated bestselling fiction, works on politics and philosophy, comics, adapted children\u2019s books, and drama for the Turkish State Theatre, and is also an active audiovisual translator.<\/p>\n
Prof. Anna Matamala, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona (UAB)
\nAnna Matamala is a Full Professor at UAB and a member of Transmedia Catalonia, a research group investigating media and digital accessibility. She is the director of AccessCat, a Catalonia-wide network of research groups working on accessible communication, and one of the creators of the MAP platform. Highly active in standardisation, she has an extensive publication record and is currently involved in several funded projects including WEL, ENACT, and Immerse.<\/p>\n
Prof. Pilar Orero, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona (UAB)
\nPilar Orero (PhD, UMIST, UK) is a leading scholar in media accessibility at UAB\u2019s TransMedia Catalonia Lab. Author and editor of numerous books, nearly 100 academic papers, and an equal number of book chapters \u2014 all focused on media accessibility \u2014 she is a prominent voice in EU-funded research and international standardisation. She participates in the UN ITU IRG-AVA, ISO, SAGA, and ANEC, and co-chairs a study group on accessibility and inclusion in the ITU Metaverse Focus Group. Her recent work focuses on immersive and green accessibility through projects including ImAc, TRACTION, MEDIAVERSE, MILE, and GREENSCENT. She previously led the EU network LEADME on Media Accessibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming webinar, TRIN4Access: Raising Awareness for Accessibility organized by the Department of Translation and Interpretation. This is an event dedicated to exploring the intersection of media accessibility and translation studies. Students who attend the webinar will be eligible to receive points for [\u2026] <\/p>\n