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Young researchers are invited to participate

in the LEAD-ME Winter Training School.

Information is available here.

EASIT is organising a free event

on 27 January 2021.

Check the programme here.

Information: https://pagines.uab.cat/easit/en

ARSAD will take place on 26-27 January 2020.

Programme is now published and registration open.

http://jornades.uab.cat/arsad/

M4ALL will take place on 27-28-29 January 2020.

The programme is published and registration open.

https://jornades.uab.cat/media4all9/

Submission process is open for the Media for All conference and the ARSAD conference,

to be held in Barcelona in January 2021. More information:

M4ALL: http://jornades.uab.cat/media4all9

ARSAD: jornades.uab.cat/arsad/

ARSAD 2021 will take place on 26-27 January 2021.

Media for All 2021 will take place on 27-28-29 January 2021.

More information:

http://jornades.uab.cat/arsad/

http://jornades.uab.cat/media4all9/

EASIT project event in Hildesheim, on 13 February 2020.

Registration is free. Programme available here:

http://pagines.uab.cat/easit/sites/pagines.uab.cat.easit/files/easit_suh_e3_agenda_hildesheim.pdf

TVX / IMX is the leading international conference for presentation and discussion of research into interactive media experiences. The conference brings together international researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, ranging from human-computer interaction, multimedia engineering and design to media studies, media psychology and sociology. Read more here: https://imx.acm.org/2020/

The call for papers for the Barcelona conference Fun for All has been launched.

Read more: http://jornades.uab.cat/videogamesaccess/

Languages and the Media 2020 has launched its call for papers.

The conference will take place in Berlin, 8-10 June 2020.

More information: https://www.languages-media.com/

Media for All 8 will take place in Stockholm on 17-19 June.

The programme is available here: https://www.tolk.su.se/english/media-for-all-8/programme

The programme for the 2019 Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description (ARSAD) has been published. The conference will take place in Barcelona, on 19-20 March, and will be followed by ADLAB PRO multiplier events. http://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/arsad/

RuFilms™ and Maraphon dubbing and post-production studio announce their strategic partnership initiative
On December 7, 2018, RuFilms™ as the leader of the audiovisual translation, accessibility and localization market officially announced that Maraphon dubbing studio (Moscow) becomes a member of RuFilms group of companies on the parity basis. This statement means that the movie, TV and OTT industries witness the emergence of an alliance capable of providing the full range of large-volume audiovisual localization and accessibility services under tightest deadlines.

In the modern-day society, blind and visually impaired people become more involved in activities which have been
unavailable to them for centuries. Science is not an exception.

The Second International Paradelphian Games of creative competitions for people with disabilities were held Izhevsk (Udmurtia, Russia) in November. They gathered more than 1500 participants from 20 countries who demonstrated their skills in several competitions including circus, theatre, music, choreography, and sign language singing.

Margarita Melnikova, a blind linguist and translator, created a web-based project "Describe It to Me" (http://xn----jtbhavgci6f.xn--p1ai/). Its purpose is to give the blind and visually impaired people an opportunity to understand what a certain object, image, or event look like. They can contact the project staff and send them an image (i.e. something found in the internet), video, etc., and volunteers will describe it. Besides, volunteers also send their description of interesting images or videos they have found themselves.

The second and last day of the Languages and the Media Conference will bring us a series of parallel sessions on many topics such as: platforms, training, immersive environments, dubbing, live subtitling, working practices, automation, etc.  More information on the online programme https://www.languages-media.com/conference_programme_2018.php

The opening plenary session of Languages and the Media conference will feature a keynote by David Padmore (TVT, UK) and a plenary talk by Allison Smith (Netflix, USA), chaired by Yota Georgakopoulou (AV localization expert).

The following pre-conference workshops will take place on Wednesday at Languages and the Media conference in Berlin.

Workshop 1. Designing a Course on Media Accessibility, by Gert Vercauteren and Nina Reviers.

Workshop 2. Accessible filmmaking in practice, by Pablo Romero-Fresco.

Workshop 3. Subtitling in immersive formats, by Pilar Orero, Francesc Mas, Sonali Rai, Chris Hughes and Enric Torres.

Workshop 4. Interlingual respeaking, by Elena Davitti, Annalisa Sandrelli and Pablo Romero-Fresco.

'The Fourth Industrial Revolution – Reshaping Languages in the Media' is the topic of the 18th Languages and the Media conference, which will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin from 3rd – 5th October 2018. Languages and the Media will examine in detail the various developments, innovations and changes that are setting the framework for the future of the audiovisual media industry and the role of languages in it.