In this Newsletter we invite you to co-create a Society for All, a global initiative launched in October at the International Conference for Universal Design at Fukuoka, Japan which aims to combine efforts and share knowledge of all those who work towards improving quality of life for everyone.

We also welcome new members of the Network for Excellence: “Towns and Cities for All” and congratulate the Swedish municipality Askersund on being awarded the Flag of Towns and Cities for All for the fifth time.

EVENTS

TRACY Conference: Transport and Ageing Research Summit

Date: 14-15 November 2012

Location: Committee of the Regions, Jacques Delors Gebouw, Belliardstraat 101, 1040 Brussels

Organiser: Organiser: Transport Needs for an Ageing Society (TRACY) project consortium ... read more

Ville et Handicap (City and Disability) third edition, Toulouse

Date: 15-17 November 2012

Location: various venues, Toulouse

Organiser: Mairie de Toulouse

Website: Ville et Handicap (City and Disability) third edition, Toulouse ... read more

“Medical design, inventing care solutions for tomorrow” symposium

Date: 20 November 2012

Location: Cité du design, 3, rue Javelin Pagnon, 42000 Saint-Étienne

Organiser: Cité du design

Website: “Medical design, inventing care solutions for tomorrow” symposium ... read more

ESoCE-Net Industrial Forum 2012: User experience-based applications for smarter cities in the future internet

Date: 3 December 2012

Location: NH Jolly (Leonardo da Vinci), Via Dei Gracchi 324, 00192 Rome... read more

ZVSHK Bathroom Design for All Product Award: Call for entries

Deadline: 7 December 2012

Organiser: Zentralverband Sanitär Heizung Klima (ZVSHK) and Europäisches Institut Design für Alle in Deutschland e.V. (EDAD)

Website: ZVSHK Bathroom Design for All Product Award ... read more

NEWS

Launch of the Global Commitment towards a Society for All at the Fourth International Conference for Universal Design

Organised by the International Association for Universal Design (IAUD), the Fourth International Conference for Universal Design, which took place from 12-14 October in Fukuoka, brought together 11,400 participants from 22 countries ... read more

Askersund Council receives its fifth Flag of Towns and Cities for All

On 7 September 2012, the town of Askersund in Sweden was awarded the Flag of Towns and Cities for All for the fifth consecutive year, thereby becoming the first municipality at the international level to have been awarded the Flag every year since its inception ... read more

Inclusite awarded sixth Vodafone Award for Innovation in Telecommunications

In July 2012 Inclusite, a project from the Spanish information and communication technology (ICT) company CSD, a member of the Network for Excellence: "Towns and Cities for All", was awarded the Vodafone Award in the ICT innovation category. ... read more

PARTNERSHIPS

The French city Toulouse joins the Network for Excellence: “Towns and Cities for All”

Toulouse, France's fourth largest city, has joined the Network for Excellence: “Towns and Cities for All”. In accordance ... read more

Avanti-Avanti joins the Network for Excellence: "Towns and Cities for All"

The creative studio Avanti-Avanti, based in Barcelona and specialising in accessibility and Design for All, has joined the Network for Excellence: Towns and Cities for All.

Avanti-Avanti develops strategies, identities, brand voices, catalogues, publicity materials and displays for museums and exhibitions.... read more

International memberships and initiatives supported

Member companies

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