ALFIE at ARSAD 2025: AI and Audio Description in the Spotlight At ARSAD 2025—the Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description, held biennially by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)—the ALFIE project took centre stage in an interactive workshop focused on the dynamic relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and audio description (AD). This year’s edition was a special milestone, marking the 10th anniversary of ARSAD, and drew a record 134 participants from all over the world, from Australia to Barcelona. Representing ALFIE, Sarah McDonagh, Chiara Gunella, and Pilar Orero from UAB facilitated a lively session that invited attendees to explore how AI is impacting the creation, delivery,

ALFIE at Clear Climate Workshop Discussing the future of Artificial Intelligence with Climate Data Experts On December 4th, ALFIE participated in the ClearClimate consortium meeting. The ClearClimate project aims to build international collaborations between researchers and practitioners to address climate information service development challenges. With a focus on enhancing skills in user-centred design, behavioural science, and computational techniques to create more effective CIS solutions, ClearClimate aims to develop researchers’ “soft skills” to bridge the gap between academia and industry, fostering European innovation. This is achieved through partnerships between academic institutions, providing cutting-edge training, and industries, offering real-world challenges in CIS development. Dr Sarah Anne McDonagh and Professor