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Newsletter nº42
July, 2012

This edition of the Newsletter highlights opportunities for a summer of IDeALL events, offering participants a greater understanding of innovation and user-centred design, as well as welcoming new members of the “Towns and Cities for All” Network and collaborators.

There will be no August newsletter due to the summer break, but we’ll be back in September reinvigorated and with renewed inspiration.

EVENTS

III European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) Summer School

Photo of a white, historic building in Helsinki against a blue sky Date: 20-23 August 2012

Location: Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Vanha maantie 9, FI-02650, Espoo and Aalto University, School of Economics, Runeberginkatu 14 - 16, 00076 Helsinki

Organisers: Laurea Living Labs Network, European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), Aalto University and its Center of Knowledge and Innovation Research (CKIR) and Forum Virium Helsinki ... read more

Access City Award 2013: Call for entries

Image of the Access City logo, with the words 'Access City The European Award for Accessible Cities' written in grey and the European Union flag below next to the words 'European Commission' Deadline: 5 September 2012

Organiser: European Commission

Website: Access City Award 2013 ... read more

Design Management Europe Award 2012: Call for entries

Image of the Design Management Europe award trophy, a silver cuboid positioned vertically on its side with 'DME' engraved on one side and 'DME Award_' on the other Deadline: 7 September 2012

Organiser: Design Management Europe

Website: Design Management Europe Award 2012: Call for entries... read more

ELLIOT/IDeALL Summer School: Open Innovation and User Experience Design and Assessment

Image of the IDeALL logo, a blue-and-white cube with the project title written inside in black and blue lettering Date: 10-14 September 2012

Location: Istituto Europeo di Design, Via Bezzecca 5, 20135 Milan

Organiser: European Society of Concurrent Enterprising Network (ESoCE-NET), Istituto Europeo di Design ... read more

Fourth International Conference for Universal Design

Image of the event flyer, a photograph of Fukuoka with different items, such as a car, chair and bottle, superimposed on top, with the organisation title above and event title below Date: 12-14 October 2012

Location: Fukuoka International Congress Center and Fukuoka Kokusai Center, 2-1 Sekijomachi, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Organiser: International Association for Universal Design ... read more

NEWS

Confortel Hoteles awarded AENOR Universal Accessibility certification for all its hotels

Image of the CEOSA logo, a 'c' depicted in two shades of green with the organisation acronym and full title on the right in grey On 17 May 2012, the Spanish hotel chain Confortel Hoteles, created by Corporación Empresarial ONCE (CEOSA), the business arm of disabled people’s organisation ONCE, became the first to obtain ... read more

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona launches OnTheBus, an Android application to help people get around cities

Image of the OnTheBus logo, a drawing of a compass containing a diagram of the front of a bus upon which is written the words 'OnTheBUS' A team of researchers of the School of Engineering at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) (Autonomous University of Barcelona) have developed a GPS wayfinding application for mobile phones with Android systems which helps users ... read more

PARTNERSHIPS

ELISAVA signs a collaboration agreeement with the Design for All Foundation and joins the Network for Excellence: “Towns and Cities for All”

Image of the ELISAVA logo, the words ELISAVA with the words 'Barcelona School of Design of Engineering' written below in black on a white background On 3 July, the Escola Superior de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona (ELISAVA), (Barcelona School of Design and Engineering) signed a collaboration agreement ... read more

Urbaccess joins the Network for Excellence: “Towns and Cities for All”

Image of the Urbaccess logo, the letters 'Urb' in red and 'access' in black with the organisation motto 'Le Salon Européen de l'Accessibilité et de la Conception Universelle' written underneath in black capitals Urbaccess, the European accessibility and universal design exhibition which takes place annually ... read more

The Associació Museu de Matemàtiques de Catalunya (MMACA) joins the Network for Excellence: "Towns and Cities for All"

Image of the MMACA logo, a rectangle with the letters 'mmaca' in lower-case white text on black, and the organisation title 'Museu de Matemàtiques de Catalunya' in black on a white background underneath The aim of the Associació Museu de Matemàtiques de Catalunya (Mathematics Museum of Catalonia Association) is to obtain a museum space dedicated to mathematics and to be a key ... read more

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