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VERITAS
Virtual and Augmented Environments and Realistic User
Interactions To achieve Embedded Accessibility DesignS
247765
Dissemination plans and materials plus
leaflets and posters
Status: F (Final)
Table of Contents
Version History table ....................................................................................... 3
Table of Contents ............................................................................................. 5
List of Figures................................................................................................... 7
List of Tables .................................................................................................... 8
Abbreviations list ............................................................................................. 9
Executive Summary ......................................................................................... 1
1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 2
2 Core message to convey .......................................................................... 3
3 Multi-layer dissemination ......................................................................... 4
4 Dissemination material ............................................................................. 5
4.1 Press release .................................................................................. 5
4.2 Leaflet ........................................................................................... 12
4.3 Poster ........................................................................................... 12
4.4 Banner .......................................................................................... 12
4.5 Additional material ........................................................................ 14
4.5.1 Conference and workshop usage ........................................................................ 14
4.6 Website ......................................................................................... 15
4.6.1 RSS feeds ............................................................................................................ 16
4.6.2 Online presence ................................................................................................... 17
4.6.3 Website statistics ................................................................................................. 19
4.7 VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation) cluster website .... 20
4.8 Twitter pages ................................................................................ 21
4.8.1 VERITAS Twitter page ......................................................................................... 21
4.8.2 VUMS Twitter page .............................................................................................. 22
4.9 YouTube channel .......................................................................... 23
4.10 Newsletter ..................................................................................... 23
4.11 Mailinglists .................................................................................... 25
4.12 Planned activities .......................................................................... 25
4.12.1 VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation) cluster meetings ....................... 25
4.13 A green dissemination approach................................................... 27
5 Participation in events and conferences............................................... 28
5.1 Events calendar ............................................................................ 28
5.2 User Forums ................................................................................. 28
5.3 Workshops .................................................................................... 29
5.4 Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) .................................................... 30
5.5 Conferences.................................................................................. 32
5.5.1 VERITAS conferences ......................................................................................... 32
5.5.2 Selected conferences .......................................................................................... 33
5.6 Networking events ........................................................................ 33
5.6.1 ICT 2010 .............................................................................................................. 33
5.7 Dissemination activities ................................................................. 34
5.7.1 Papers .................................................................................................................. 34
5.7.2 Poster presentations ............................................................................................ 35
5.7.3 Interview, Exhibition, Magazine/Journal publication ............................................ 36
List of Figures
Figure 1: Press release VERITAS to announce the first Pan-European
VERITAS Workshop and User Forum in Prague, 29-30 November
2010 ............................................................................................................. 5
Figure 2: Screenshot of Press release announcement on ICT Web Proms
website - http://www.ict-web-proms.eu/node/1226 ...................................... 6
Figure 3: Screenshot of Press release announcement on AccessForAll
portal - http://www.accessforall.eu/2010/10/news-update-1st-pan-
european-veritas-user-forum-and-workshop-to-take-place-on-29-30-
november-2010-in-prague/ .......................................................................... 6
Figure 4: Screenshot of Press release announcement on Europes
Information Society thematic portal -
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/news.cfm?item_t
ype=calendar&itemTime=future%EF%BF%BDtPage=3%20http://ec.e
uropa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/news.cfm?item_type=calen
dar,future%EF%BF%BDtPage=3¤tPage=2 ...................................... 7
Figure 5: Screenshot of Press release announcement on ePractice portal -
http://www.epractice.eu/en/events/2010-cz-first-pan-european-veritas-
workshop-and-user-forum ............................................................................ 7
Figure 6: Screenshot of Press release announcement on VERITAS Twitter
page - http://twitter.com/VeritasProj ............................................................. 8
Figure 7: Screenshot of Press release announcement on VUMS website -
http://www.vums-cluster.eu/?p=93 ............................................................... 8
Figure 8: Screenshot of Press release announcement on Eurohealth
website - http://new.eurohealth.ie/wp_2010/1st-pan-european-veritas-
workshop ..................................................................................................... 9
Figure 9: Screenshot of Press release announcement on European Future
Internet Portal website - http://www.future-internet.eu/information-
society/view/article/first-pan-european-veritas-workshop-and-user-
forum.html .................................................................................................... 9
Figure 10: Screenshot of Press release announcement on Capsil website -
http://www.capsil.org/aggregator/sources/1?page=3 ................................. 10
Figure 11: Screenshot of Press release announcement on eAccess+
website - http://www.eaccessplus.eu/event/2010/12/03/week/ .................. 10
Figure 12: Screenshot of Press release announcement on MeccaBLOG
website - http://meccablog.ing.unitn.it/articles/2010/12/03/veritas-
workshop-in-prague ................................................................................... 11
Figure 13: Screenshot of Press release announcement on MCA website -
http://www.marie-curie-bg.org/news.php.................................................... 11
Figure 14: View of 2 large VERITAS poster versions ....................................... 12
Figure 15: VERITAS roll-up banner .................................................................. 13
Figure 16: USB print (logo and url) ................................................................... 14
Figure 17: VERITAS project bag ...................................................................... 15
List of Tables
Table 1: VERITAS web site unique visits ......................................................... 19
Table 2: VERITAS Dissemination success criteria ........................................... 37
Abbreviations list
Abbreviation Explanation
D Deliverable
DoW Description of Work
SAB Scientific Advisory Board
VUMS Virtual User Modelling and Simulation (Cluster)
Executive Summary
The Deliverable at hand describes the updated Dissemination strategy as was outlined
by the VERITAS project in D4.3.1a. The main update consists of the reporting on the
events that were organised by the project (Networking session at ICT2010 Brussels,
and the 1st pan-European User Forum and Workshop in Prague) and additional
dissemination efforts that were undertaken.
An update of this Deliverable will again be made available in Month 23, and will then
also include an updated status of the submitted papers and attended/organised events.
1 Introduction
The Deliverable at hand provides an updated status of the dissemination activities
undertaken in the context of the VERITAS project. The framework that has been
applied is based on the dissemination strategy defined in D4.3.1a..
Chapter 2 repeats the key message of the project, with emphasis on the application
areas VERITAS is targeting, as well as the end-user groups (developers/designers,
and people with disabilities and older people).
The next Chapter 3 addresses the multi-layer dissemination approach the project
applies, but since it has already been fully detailed in D4.3.1a, it has not been repeated
in this updated deliverable.
Chapter 5 addresses the updated data on participation in events and conferences, and
focuses on the 1st Pan-European User Forum and Workshop, and the SAB meeting
that took place. Finally, networking events such as at ICT 2010 are presented,
including other events where the project disseminated, either via papers, presentations
or posters.
Chapter 6 deals with the dissemination evaluation for the 1st year of the project (2010)
finally, Chapter 7 focuses on the next steps; and more precisely on the forthcoming 2nd
User Forum and Workshop, and paper submission to conferences and their potential
acceptance.
VERITAS aims to develop, validate and assess tools for built-in accessibility
support at all stages of ICT and non-ICT product development, including
specification, design, development and testing. The goal is to introduce simulation
based and virtual reality testing at all stages of assistive technologies product
design and development into the automotive, smart living spaces (buildings &
construction, domotics), workplace, e-health and infotainment applications areas.
The goal is to ensure that future products and services are being systematically
designed for all people including those with disabilities and functional limitations as
well as older people. Furthermore, VERITAS plans to promote its results to the
appropriate standards organisations for consideration and potential adoption and
also to make them available through an open framework.
This core message on the one hand needs to inform the end-users (developers and
designers) on the expected tools VERITAS will deliver, while also inform the
beneficiaries (people with disabilities and the older people) on the advantages they will
experience from a design for all approach, accommodating also their specific needs in
the design of products in any of the five application areas.
3 Multi-layer dissemination
The multi-layer dissemination approach as outlined in D4.3.1a is applied throughout the
project. Because it has already been fully detailed in D4.3.1a, it has not been repeated
in this updated deliverable.
4 Dissemination material
4.1 Press release
A second press release was published on 11 october 2010 to announce the First Pan-
European VERITAS Workshop and User Forum in Prague, 29-30 November 2010. It
was disseminated both via mailinglists, online via the project website (http://veritas-
project.eu/category/press-releases/), as well as via an accessible downloadable PDF.
The press release was disseminated through numerous portals and websites.
The next press release will focus on the other events and the first prototypes that will
be released by the project.
4.2 Leaflet
The leaflet has already been fully described in D4.3.1a and has been and will be used
till an updated version will be created that focuses on the first prototypes.
4.3 Poster
The 2 different posters (a technical and less technical one) have already been fully
described in D4.3.1a and have been and will be used till an updated version will be
created that focuses on the first prototypes.
For the 1st User Forum and Workshop, extra large versions were created of both
versions as is shown in below image.
Additionally, the source files of the posters have been made available to the partners
so that they can provide customised versions for specific events.
4.4 Banner
For the 1st User Forum and Workshop, also roll-up banners were produced, which were
installed at the entrance of the meeting rooms. These will be re-used for future events.
o Agenda Workshop
o Newsletter
o Presentations Workshop
o Press releases
o Public Deliverables
VERITAS leaflet
VERITAS lanyard
VERITAS pin
VERITAS notepad
VERITAS pen
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4.10 Newsletter
2 newsletters have been prepared (June 2010 and December 2010) and were made
available as accessible PDFs via the project website (http://veritas-
project.eu/category/dissemination/newsletter/), and were also disseminated via
dedicated mailings.
While the newsletter focused in the first issue on explaining the project to the reader,
this second version reports on the 1st Pan-European Users and Beneficiaries Forum
and Workshop, introduces the first outline of the VERITAS multi-sensorial platform, and
concludes with an interview with a potential beneficiary and the barriers he meets in
using a car.
4.11 Mailinglists
MCA continues to maintain a number of dedicated project mailinglists (each addressing
specific stakeholders, end-user groups, etc.). These lists have been updated with the
subscriptions received via the project website, as well as with the participants to the
user forum and workshop.
Brussels during ICT 2010 (28 September 2010) and Prague (VERITAS Workshop) on
30 November 2010.
- Each project website includes now a link to the website of other projects.
VERITAS website created a relevant cluster article (http://veritas-
project.eu/2010/04/veritas-participates-in-project-clustering-event/), which was
then taken over by the other projects.
Finally, for events organised by the project so far, meeting rooms and hotels have been
selected that are within walking distance of each other, and are easily reachable with
public transportation means, thus minimising the carbon footprint of VERITAS project.
14:15 15:00 Presentation of Use cases and user scenarios (HIT and MCA)
15:30 16:30 Discussion (end users and beneficiaries) on generic use cases
and user scenarios (Coordinated by HIT, AGE and MCA)
The User Forum is entirely captured in ID4.3.2a Users and beneficiaries forum
proceedings, and has been made available on the website (see http://veritas-
project.eu/deliverables/).
5.3 Workshops
The first Pan-European one took place on 30 November 2010 at the Technical
University of Prague (Czech Republic), while additional ones will be organized in Month
24 and Month 40.
The first Workshop focused on the more technical approach/explanation of the aims
and objectives of the project. Apart from the invited end-user groups (both
developers/designers, and people with disabilities and older people), a wider group of
stakeholders participated. The entire session was recorded on video.
10.00 10.30 Examples from the Developers (Nicola Cofelice (LMS), Hans
Joachim Wirsching (HS))
13.00 13.30 Cognitive abstract user model (Maria Fernanda Cabrera (UPM))
14.00 14.30 Psychological and Behavioural Abstract user model (Ana Mara
Navarro Cerd (ITACA))
15.45 16.30 Invited speakers from the VUMS cluster (MyUI, GUIDE, VICON,
VAALID)
The Workshop is entirely captured, and has been made available on the website (see
http://veritas-project.eu/deliverables/), while all presentations can be downloaded from
http://veritas-project.eu/category/news/veritas-events/user-forum-veritas-events-news/.
Equally, SAB members will also be involved where possible as speakers in the first
International VERITAS Conference.
Professor P.L. Patrick Rau (P.R. China): P.L. Patrick Rau is the
Director of Human Factors and Ergonomics Institute, and the
Professor of Industrial Engineering Department at Tsinghua
University in Beijing. He has founded and directed Human-
Computer Interaction (HCI) and Usability research centre at
Tsinghua University. He was a Visiting Scholar at Microsoft
Research Asia in China, Visiting Professor at the Aachen
University of Technology in Germany, and a Visiting Professor at
the Chuo University in Japan. His research themes include
Human Factors Engineering, Human-computer interaction,
cross-cultural design, Design for Elderly, Web Usability, Mobile
Following SAB members could not come but will join for the next meeting
A number of possible events are JVRC 2011 (UK) and ICCHP 2012 (Linz, Austria).
The 2nd Pan-European User Forum and Workshop will be organised in coincidence
with this first VERITAS conference. Also the 3rd conference will be organised in
coincidence with the User Forum and Workshop.
Figure 40: VERITAS at the ICT 2010 networking session Built-in accessibility
assessment and interoperability architectures in products of the future
Dissemination material was prepared (leaflets, posters), and several partners as well
as VUMS projects attend the event.
- Vibrational analysis of a multibody virtual dummy for car and motorcycle users,
Nicola Cofelice, Roberto Zanni, Davide Locatelli, Alessandro Toso, David
Moreno Giner, Jian Kang, Stijn Donders, The 1st Joint International Conference
on Multibody System Dynamics May 25-27, 2010, Lappeenranta, Finland
A design framework for accessibility based upon virtual reality: the VERITAS
project, Caterina Calefato, Luca Minin, Francesco Tesauri, IX Congresso
Nazionale Ergonomia, valore sociale e sostenibilit, 27-28-29 October 2010,
Rome, Italy
On 4-7 October 2010, VERITAS was presented via a poster at SIAMOC 2010,
at Ferrara, Italy. This was produced by University of Trento.
6 Dissemination evaluation
The overall dissemination evaluation will take place at the end of the 2nd year (M24),
and will be reported on in the next update of the dissemination plan.
We can however already assess the current status by looking at the success criteria
put forward for year 1.
Year 1 Realised
Presentations in 4 4
conferences
Publications in scientific -
journals
International conference -
Project video -
7 Next steps
7.1 User Forum
Full details will be provided regarding the 2nd Pan-European User Forum, including
pictures and if possible video material.
7.2 Workshops
In the next update of the Deliverable at hand, full details will be provided on the 2nd
Pan-European Workshop, including pictures and if possible video material.
8 Conclusion
The Deliverable builds further on the dissemination strategy that was defined in
D4.3.1a, and reports on the various activities undertaken, and outlining future activities
that have been planned.
In the next version of this Deliverable, we will report on the new dissemination activities
undertaken, as well as will report on the 2nd Pan-European User Forum and Workshop.