iDEM at Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2025

iDEM at Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2025

20/05/2025 Carla Martinez

Horacio Saggion presented the iDEM project at the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) webinar exploring the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital accessibility. He shared the webinar with experts in the field of accessibility.

Hosted by TransMedia Catalonia as part of the AccessTalks initiative, and organised in collaboration with the ALFIE project under the Be A(I)Ware campaign, this event brought together leading voices in accessibility, research, and technology to unpack the opportunities and challenges AI presents for inclusion.

Over 90 minutes, the speakers addressed key topics including:

  • The impact of AI on persons with disabilities
  • AI for easy-to-understand language
  • Biases in facial recognition technology
  • Innovative uses of AI for media accessibility