e-Inclusion Awards 2012

The European Commission established the e-Inclusion Awards to raise awareness, encourage participation and recognise excellence and good practice in using ICT and digital technology to tackle social and digital exclusion across Europe. We want to collect all the great practice across Europe in supporting people to go online and the stories of individuals who have benefitted from their internet experience. These awards will collect information about impact through an application form. We are also asking for audio visual materials that express your successes – stories told on blogs, videos, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

For more information see About the awards.

The closing date for entries into this year’s awards is the 4th of May 2012.

BrainAble project 2nd year Review

[Barcelona, 13th March 2012] The annual project appraisal - EC Review meeting held by Barcelona Digital took place in Barcelona last Tuesday. Led by the project Coordinator, Felip Miralles, the consortium presented 2011 project results to the EC Project Officer and the three external experts reviewers involved in the appraisal. Project strengths as for instance the experimental work carried out and users feedback implementation, credible set of solutions providing substantial benefits to people with severe disabilities, clustering initiatives and the high presence at major conferences and events were highlighted by the Reviewers. The meeting included a live demo of the current Year-2 prototype.

Presidency Conference on accessibility and participation

On the 5th-6th March, the EU Conference on accessibility and participation organised by the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in cooperation with the European Commission, took place in Copenhagen at the Scandic Hotel Sydhavnen. Working-title of the Conference was "Accessibility and participation – full inclusion of people with disabilities in society". It has been a challenge to ensure that people with disabilities have access to society and are able to participate in society and have the same possibilities as non-disabled persons. BrainAble project was invited to participate by joining the exhibit space built to show inspirational, technical and educational examples in the areas of accessibility and participation. BrainAble’s booth, managed by Mr. Felip Miralles (project coordinator) and Mr. Juan M. Fernández from Barcelona Digital, displayed Year 2 prototype and captured the attention and interest of most participants in the Conference, which were most important European stakeholders in the accessibility and disability arena

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Feature Stories - Enhanced brain-computer interface promises unparalleled autonomy for disabled

The CORDIS Technology Marketplace is a free on line service to find research and technological development results and search for innovative business opportunities on emerging technologies. On the 23rd of February, BrainAble project has been highlighted as an exemple of technologies being developed to help people with disabilities live more independent and autonomous lives.

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g.tec Annual BCI Research Award 2012

The Award was created to recognize outstanding and innovative research in the field of Brain-Computer Interfaces. Donate by g.tec, the Award is open to any brain-computer interface research worldwide and an international jury of top BCI researchers nominates 10 projects before the winner is announced. In 2012 the Annual BCI Research Award is scheduled for the SfN annual meeting, NEUROSCIENCE 2012 . The prize will be awarded by the Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology (Whashington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA. Chairman of the jury will be Dr. Eric C. Leuthard, MD. The deadline for submission is June 15, 2012.

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