On 23 March 2026, researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), in collaboration with the Federació de Persones Sordes de Catalunya (FESOCA), organised a focus group with Deaf participants to gather community perspectives on accessibility in telecommunications and media services. Held at FESOCA’s headquarters in Barcelona, the session aimed to collect feedback and recommendations that will contribute to the development of a future standardised telecommunications document being prepared in collaboration with Swiss Television and Televisió de Catalunya. The discussion covered a range of accessibility-related topics, including: Representing UAB at the session were Anna Matamala, Pilar Orero, and Aida Villaécija. Participants from FESOCA included President

On February 11th, 2026, three funded projects from the Call HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-06 met with ALFIE online to organise an event for the Global Awareness Accessibility Day 2026 (GAAD2026). On Thursday, May 21, 2026, ΑLFIE will participate in the 15th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The objective of GAAD is to raise awareness of access and inclusion for the more than one billion people with disabilities. During the meeting partners from AI4POL, SPICE, ALFIE and FORSEE discussed the topic of the event and how to shape the agenda according to the three project objectives, commonalities, and complementarities. Participants (from top left to bottom right): Pilar Orero (ALFIE),

The ALFIE project was presented by Leonardo Martin Abad (BOSCH) at the Jornada de IA Aplicada en la Empresa, a specialized seminar on Artificial Intelligence organized by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and aimed at postgraduate students and researchers. The event, held at the Faculty of Computer Science (UCM), brought together professionals from leading companies in the AI ecosystem, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, and BOSCH. Through invited talks and panel discussions, the seminar explored innovation, real-world applications, and regulatory perspectives of Artificial Intelligence in the enterprise. During his presentation, Leonardo Martin Abad introduced ALFIE as an example of how to design and deploy

ALFIE was presented at CLICS 2025 – XVII Congreso Internacional Latina de Comunicación Social, contributing to discussions on democratic and participatory research in ethics and communication. The paper, entitled “People at the Centre of Research: Tools for Democratic and Participatory Research in Ethics and Communication,” was authored by Iris Serrat Roozen, Pilar Orero and Estella Oncins, and was presented at the conference by Iris Serrat Roozen. The presentation emphasised the importance of placing people at the centre of research and design processes, with accessibility embedded as a core principle from the outset. Drawing on the ALFIE project, the contribution showcased a human-driven approach to artificial

On Monday, 8 December, Pilar Orero presented ALFIE in the panel “Implementation of Virtual World Standards: Who Benefits?” at the inaugural UnitedXR Europe event. UnitedXR Europe, the new major European XR gathering created by merging AWE EU and Stereopsia Europe, brought together leaders in extended reality from 8 to 10 December 2025 in Brussels. This first edition united AWE’s renowned exhibition of XR innovators with Stereopsia’s deep expertise in conference programming, European collaboration, and ethical discussions in immersive technologies. During the panel, Pilar Orero shared ALFIE’s latest findings on AI and datasets, advocating for “human-first” research approaches rather than traditional “human-centric” models. Her contribution highlighted

The ALFIE project was presented at the Science Summit 2025 (AIS25), held 3–4 November in Copenhagen, Denmark. AIS25 launched the Resource for AI Science in Europe (RAISE), bringing together scientists, industry leaders, investors and policymakers to discuss a responsible, Europe-centred approach to AI-driven research. Estella Oncins from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona presented the ALFIE poster titled “AI as an Interdisciplinary Enabler: Case Studies and Ethical Challenges” by Zenon Lamprou, Haris Shekeris, Pilar Orero and Konstantinos Avgerinakis. The poster highlights that AI is more than a technical instrument: effective, ethical AI requires interdisciplinary collaboration, particularly in domains such as healthcare and climate science. The authors stress