VERITAS-D4 3 1d

VERITAS_D4.3.
1d PU Grant Agreement # 247765
Accessible and Assistive ICT
VERITAS
Virtual and Augmented Environments and Realistic User Interactions To
achieve Embedded Accessibility DesignS
247765
Dissemination plans and materials plus leaflets

and posters
Deliverable No. D4.3.1d
SubProject No. SP4 SubProject Title Horizontal activities
Workpackage W4.3 Workpackage Title Dissemination

No.
Activity No. A4.3.1 Activity Title Dissemination plan,

material and portal
Authors {Thanos Tsakiris, Panagiotis Moschonas,

Ioannis Paliokas, Sofia Segouli, Dimitrios
Tzovaras} (CERTH/ITI), Kalliopi Vintzilaiou
(CERTH/HIT), Nena Georgantzi (AGE),
Manfred Dangelmeier (FhG/IAO)
Status: F (Final)
Dissemination level: P (Public)
February 2014 1 CERTH/ITI

VERITAS_D4.3.1d PU Grant Agreement # 247765
File Name: VERITAS_D4.3.1d_draft
Project start date and duration 01 January 2010, 48 Months
Version History table

Version Dates and comments
no.
1 February 2013: Updated version for up to M36
2 February 2014: Final version reporting up to M48

Table of Contents
Version History table ................................................................................................... 2
Table of Contents ......................................................................................................... 3
List of Figures ............................................................................................................... 5
List of Tables ................................................................................................................ 5
Abbreviations list ......................................................................................................... 6
Executive Summary ..................................................................................................... 7
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 9
1 Core message to convey ................................................................................... 10
2 Multi-layer dissemination .................................................................................. 11
3 Dissemination material ...................................................................................... 12
3.1 Press release............................................................................................ 12
3.2 Leaflet ....................................................................................................... 13
3.3 Poster ....................................................................................................... 13
3.4 Banner ...................................................................................................... 13
3.5 Additional material .................................................................................... 13
3.5.1 Conference and workshop usage .................................................................................. 13
3.5.2 RSS feeds...................................................................................................................... 16
3.5.3 Online presence ............................................................................................................ 17
3.5.4 Website statistics ........................................................................................................... 21
3.6 VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation) cluster website ............. 24
3.7 Twitter pages ............................................................................................ 25
3.7.1 VERITAS Twitter page .................................................................................................. 25
3.7.2 VUMS Twitter page ....................................................................................................... 25
3.8 YouTube channel ..................................................................................... 26
3.9 Newsletter ................................................................................................. 28
3.10 Mailing lists ............................................................................................... 30
3.11 VERITAS on Euronews Futuris ............................................................... 30
3.12 Planned activities ..................................................................................... 31
3.12.1 VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation) cluster meetings ................................. 31
3.12.2 VUMS activities ............................................................................................................. 31
3.13 A green dissemination approach ............................................................. 31
4 Participation in events and conferences ......................................................... 33
4.1 Events calendar........................................................................................ 33
4.2 VERITAS User Forums ............................................................................ 34
4.3 VERITAS on ICT2013 Exhibition ............................................................. 35
4.4 VERITAS on the visit of the Secretary General for Research and
Technology of Greece .............................................................................................. 36
4.5 VERITAS Conferences ............................................................................ 37
4.6 VERITAS Workshops ............................................................................... 37
4.7 Dissemination activities ............................................................................ 40
4.7.1 Conferences/Workshops/Event participation ................................................................ 41
4.7.2 Participation in Other Events ......................................................................................... 43

4.7.3 Papers ........................................................................................................................... 47

4.7.4 Journals and Books ....................................................................................................... 64
5 Dissemination evaluation .................................................................................. 70
5.1 Basic set of success criteria .................................................................... 70
5.2 Extended set of success criteria .............................................................. 71
6 Conclusion/Lessons Learnt .............................................................................. 76

List of Figures
Figure 1: Press releases page on VERITAS website to announce various events ... 12
Figure 2: VERITAS dissemination material for the 3rd VERITAS User forum and
Workshop ............................................................................................................... 14
Figure 3: VERITAS Twitter page - http://twitter.com/VeritasProj/ ............................... 17
Figure 4: Google search on VERITAS (1) ................................................................... 18
Figure 8: Unique web visits veritas-project.eu ............................................................ 22
Figure 9: View over the origins of the website visitors (the darker the green the more
visitors from that region) ........................................................................................ 23
Figure 10: Overview of web visits for veritas-project.eu in the last 90 days .............. 24
Figure 11: Screenshot of VUMS website .................................................................... 25
Figure 12: VERITAS videos on VeritasProject YouTube channel .............................. 26
Figure 13: VERITAS videos statistics on VeritasProject YouTube channel for 2013 27
Figure 14: VERITAS videos statistics on VeritasProject YouTube channel for 2014 28
Figure 15: VERITAS Exposure on the Euronews Futuris programme ....................... 30
Figure 16: VERITAS events calendars website screenshot .................................... 33
Figure 17: Participants to the 3rd user forum ............................................................... 35
Figure 18: VERITAS Exposure during the 2013 ICT Exhibition ................................. 36
Figure 19: VERITAS Exposure during the GSRT visit to CERTH .............................. 37
Figure 20: VERITAS Exposure during the CRF Workshop ........................................ 38
Figure 21: VERITAS Exposure during the UPM Workshop........................................ 39
Figure 22: VERITAS Exposure during the CERTH Workshop ................................... 39
List of Tables
Table 1: Top 10 countries of origins of website visits ................................................. 22
Table 2: Realised and Planned participations at conferences, workshops, etc......... 41
Table 3: VERITAS papers, posters and publications overview .................................. 47
Table 4: List of journal and book publications (including also the planned ones)...... 64
Table 5: VERITAS Dissemination success criteria ..................................................... 70
Table 6: Overall dissemination assessment................................................................ 71
Table 7: Website specific awareness evaluation ........................................................ 72

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, D4.3.1b and D4.3.1cas well as takes onboard the
comments that were made at the 2011 review:
To elaborate and include in the D4.3.1.4 deliverable (due at month 23 of the project) a clear
dissemination strategy, which includes: (1) a coherent plan, describing events, conferences,
and other media which will be used for raising awareness on the project results; (ii) a clear
set of measurable indicators and related targets against which to measure the effectiveness
of the project dissemination activity.
the recommendation made at the 2012 review:
Sharpen the dissemination and exploitation. Effort must be put on top conferences and
journals
and the rationale behind the rejection of the draft D4.3.1d document submitted at that time:
There is a need to clearly identify the innovation reached and the best places for publication
In reply to these, the Deliverable at hand took onboard these recommendations:
The dissemination strategy now contains a well-defined strategy that highlights on

the one side the actions undertaken, as well as their value in terms of impact
towards target groups, and their relevance to innovation:
o The list of events was further detailed, indicating their impact on the selected
target groups, while also indicating whether they were key events or not, and
the potential added value (technological, social, methodological issues).
o For the papers, a similar approach was followed, with in addition an indication
on the innovation that was delivered by each paper, as well as the potential
added value (technological, social, methodological issues).
The already existing Chapter on dissemination evaluation has been extended to

cover a range of indicators against which the dissemination efforts will be assessed
and evaluated by the partnership. This set of indicators is based on good practice in
the AEGIS project, and uses the indicator approach as published on
http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/criteria/web.asp (as checked on September 2010).
The DoW had only made provisions for an updated deliverable D4.3.1d to be
delivered on M35, which would not fully cover the progress in these aspects,
especially since the withdrawal of MCA from the consortium created numerous
problems with regards to dissemination activities. It was therefore requested in the
final amendment of the DoW to submit the final D4.3.1d dissemination report on M48
covering activities up until the end of the project.

We also look deeper into the events that were organised by the project (Veritas User
Forum,VUMS workshop and VUMS Special thematic Session, both organised by the EU-
funded projects VICON, VERITAS, GUIDE and MyUI at the 13th International Conference on
Computers Helping People with Special Needs).
We address the released newsletters in 2012 and 2013, the coverage of the project in the
media, as well as the awareness generated in stakeholders groups, regional and national
administrations and standardization bodies with regard to the projects goals and
achievements.
Finally, we document the impact the withdrawal of MCA had on the dissemination of the
project, the steps taken to ameliorate the situation that arose and a set of lessons learned
through this.

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 1 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 outlines the multi-layer dissemination approach the project applies, but
since it has already been fully detailed in D4.3.1a, the full text has not been repeated in this
updated deliverable.
The projects updated dissemination material is presented in Chapter 3, and addresses the
press releases and the additional dissemination material that has been produced. This
Chapter also presents in detail the online presence of the project (Website, Twitter and
YouTube), while the updates on the VUMS website are also addressed, The first and second
project videos are introduced and finally, exposure to media outlets is described as well as
exposure to key stakeholders.
Chapter 4 addresses the updated data on participation in events and conferences, and. This
reporting is now enhanced with the usage of indicators whether the reported events were
key events or not, quantifying also the potential added value (technological, social,
methodological issues). Finally, the events are presented where the project disseminated,
either via papers, presentations or posters, with in addition an indication on the innovation
that was delivered by the papers, and here as well the potential added value.
Chapter 5 deals with the dissemination evaluation for the 3nd and 4th year of the project
(2012 and 2013), and now also contains a detailed range of indicators against which the
dissemination efforts will be assessed and evaluated by the partnership. This set of
indicators is based on good practice in the AEGIS project, and uses the indicator approach
as published on http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/criteria/web.asp (as checked on September
2010).
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the duration of the project.
The Deliverable is completed with the Conclusions and Lessons Learnt Chapter.

1 Core message to convey

VERITAS has a core message it aims to convey to the end-users/beneficiaries, and which is
also part of the projects posters and leaflets, and the website:
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.

2 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.

3 Dissemination material
3.1 Press release
Several press releases were published to announce the 3rd Pan-European VERITAS
Workshop and User Forum in in Brussels on May 16th 2012 . It was disseminated both via
mailing lists as well as via the project website (http://veritas-project.iti.gr/category/press-
releases/).
Figure 1: Press releases page on VERITAS website to announce various events

3.2 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.
3.3 Poster
The 2 different posters (a technical and less technical one) have been used throughout the
project so far for evens participation, etc.
3.4 Banner
For the User Forum and Workshop, the previously produced roll-up banners were used
again, and were installed at the entrance of the meeting rooms. These will continue to be re-
used for future events.
3.5 Additional material

As deemed necessary, additional dissemination material was produced throughout the
duration of the project. The following provides an overview of the items that had been
produced already and have been used for the 3rd User Forum and Workshop in Nottingham.
3.5.1 Conference and workshop usage

For the conferences, user forums, and workshops, following dissemination material have
been produced:
USB stick
o Leaflets
o Posters
o Newsletter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)
o Public Deliverables
VERITAS leaflet
VERITAS lanyard
VERITAS pin
VERITAS notepad
VERITAS pen
An updated leaflet was also produced during the fourth year of the project and was used
primarily at the ICT 2013 Exhibition as well as other dissemination activities, including at the

Stuttgarter Symposium fr Produktentwicklung event and at the Virtual Efficiency Congress

hosted by FhG/IAO.
Figure 2: VERITAS dissemination material for the 3rd VERITAS User forum and
Workshop
Figure 3: New VERITAS leaflet used at ICT 2013 Exhibition

Website
The VERITAS website was severely affected by the withdrawal of MCA from the consortium,
due to the fact, that it was hosted on a server owned by MCA, the domain http://www.veritas-
project.eu was registered by MCA and that the content of the website was served through a
CMS that was under MCAs control. When MCA withdrew, they were asked to transfer the
rights and credentials of all dissemination infrastructure and content to the consortium but
even after repeated requests, they failed to respond. This meant that the consortium had
neither the ability to update the website for a period of over 4 months during which all efforts
to contact MCA and were un successful, nor the ability to host a new website on the existing
domain, since the veritas-project.eu domain was unavailable.
Recreating the website from scratch was unfeasible, with regard both to cost and time effort.
It was fortunate that MCA did not take down the website completely and this led to a
decision to extract a static copy of the website using a crawler and temporarily host the
content on a web server provided by CERTH/ITI under the domain http://veritas-project.iti.gr.
Furthermore, having only a static copy of the website, posed a problem in its efficient
update, because there was no easy way to manage it without the use of a CMS. CERTH/ITI
took over the task to update the website by adding static content without the use of a CMS
and a database, in order to keep an updated online presence for the project.
Another problem that arose from the MCA situation was the fact that there were now two
domains, the old one that was not updated but had a higher ranking in the search results on
Google and the new one, that was updated but not known to the general public. Every effort
was made to notify all recipients of dissemination known to the consortium with regard to the
change of domain, but a large part of contact information (dissemination mailing lists,
forums, stakeholders etc.) was also information that was not disclosed by MCA when they
withdrew from the project, so this effort was hampered in this respect.
By September 2013, the registration of the http://www.veritas-project.eu domain under MCA

expired and the consortium was able to regain control of the original domain. The updated
website that was maintained at http://veritas-project.iti.gr in the interim, was immediately
redirected to http://www.veritas-project.eu and is currently available with updated content
including new demonstration videos, public deliverables, papers, events and news regarding
the project.
At the same time, AGE maintained and updated the webpage related to the project,
embedded within AGE website.( http://www.age-platform.eu/age-projects/new-technologies-
ict/973-veritas?showall=&limitstart=)

Figure 4: New VERITAS Videos a) Multisensorial Platform b) 1st Project Video
All the videos are available via http://veritas-project.eu/category/dissemination/video/.
3.5.2 RSS feeds

The project websites RSS feed is published at http://veritas-project.eu/feed/ and was used
up until MCAs withdrawal for automated publishing to the VERITAS Twitter page
(http://twitter.com/VeritasProj/). A similar approach was used for the VUMS Twitter page
(http://twitter.com/VUMScluster). However, MCA also had the control of the Twitter pages of
both the Veritas project and the VUMS cluster, which meant that we could not post updates
to the Twitter account after their withdrawal. It was decided that due to the financial and time
constraints that creating a new Twitter account was not going to create enough significant
new visibility of the project, to justify the effort required to maintain it and that the existence
of two Twitter accounts would be confusing,

Figure 5: VERITAS Twitter page - http://twitter.com/VeritasProj/
3.5.3 Online presence

The VERITAS website and its various subpages can be easily found back in search engines
such as Google, whether on project name or on specific search terms, which also means
that the pages have been optimised for search engines. Even with MCAs withdrawal, this
hasnt affected the online presence of the project which as is evident in the following figures
covers the entire first page of results regarding project name searches, appears in the first 3
results for relevant keyword searches and also provides several results on papers and
deliverables on relevant topics.

Figure 6: Google search on VERITAS (1)



Veritas
Papers
3.5.4 Website statistics

The information gathered on the website statistics was also severely affected by MCAs
departure, since the Google Analytics account used to measure them was also registered by
MCA and it was tied to the www.veritas-project.eu domain, which the consortium had no
access to. During the 4 month transitional period when the consortium transferred the

website to the veritas-project.iti.gr domain it was decided that tracking the temporary website
would not provide meaningful information since it would only be used as a temporary
solution until the original domain was recovered. The last information from Google Analytics
that was provided by MCA extends until the first 2 months of 2012.
Figure 10: Unique web visits veritas-project.eu
Some other core data:
- 9,290 Visits
- 5,912 Unique Visitors
- 23,519 Pageviews
- 2.53 Pages/Visit
- 00:02:18 Avg. Time on Site
- 54.11% Bounce Rate
- 63.52% % New Visits
- Visits from 114 countries,
The Top 10 countries of origin are:
Table 1: Top 10 countries of origins of website visits

Country/Territory Visits % Visits
1. Italy 1,573 16.93%

2. Germany 1,124 12.10%

3. Greece 1,040 11.19%
4. Spain 828 8.91%
5. United Kingdom 729 7.85%
6. Belgium 602 6.48%
7. United States 511 5.50%
8. Czech Republic 304 3.27%
9. France 211 2.27%
10. Switzerland 202 2.17%
Figure 11: View over the origins of the website visitors (the darker the green the more
visitors from that region)
Looking at the bounce rates1, it becomes obvious that the lowest rates and also longest visit
duration is obtained from well-targeted media. These generate visitors that tend to stay
long on the website, and also visit the most pages:
- Research institutes and university websites: e.g. University of Nottingham, University

of Brunel, University of Trento
1
Bounce rate is the percentage of single-page visits or visits in which the person left your site from
the entrance (landing) page. Use this metric to measure visit quality - a high bounce rate generally
indicates that site entrance pages aren't relevant to your visitors.

- Own dissemination: e.g. Twitter.com
- Portals: e.g. AccessForAll.eu, disabilitydirect.com/derby/, gleichgestellt.at
- EU project websites: e.g. Brainable.org, cardiac-eu.org
- Conference websites: e.g. ICCHP
- Search engines: e.g. Google
For the last 90 days (December 2013 February 2014) this is the overview of the websites
visitor traffic below as reported by http://urlm.co/www.veritas-project.eu:
Figure 12: Overview of web visits for veritas-project.eu in the last 90 days
3.6 VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation) cluster website

Up until MCAs departure, VERITAS also continued to maintain the VUMS (Virtual User
Modelling and Simulation) cluster website, accessible via http://www.vums-cluster.eu/. When
the static copy of the website was extracted and relocated to the CERTH/ITI server, this
action could not salvage the VUMS website which was hosted on a separate MCA server
and linked to by the main Veritas website. By the time this was discovered, MCA had taken
the VUMS website offline and it was impossible to restore it.

Figure 13: Screenshot of VUMS website
3.7 Twitter pages

3.7.1 VERITAS Twitter page
As it has already been explained, the Veritas Twitter account was registered under MCA as
well as all other online accounts that were used to provide online presence to the project.
The account is still available; however, access to it cannot be restored to the consortium
without litigation which means that the account has not been updated since MCAs
departure.
There are at present 110 tweets and 89 followers (among which eInclusion/Eur.Comm.,
European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Design for All Foundation,
research centres, individual researchers, end-user organisations, ETSI Standards,
TalkStandards.com, etc.).
3.7.2 VUMS Twitter page

Just like with VERITAS, also VUMS has its own Twitter page at
http://twitter.com/VUMScluster, however, it has not been updated for the same reasons as
the ons for the Veritas account. There are at present 45 tweets and 34 followers (among

which eInclusion/Eur.Comm., research centres, individual researchers, end-user

organisations, ETSI Standards, etc.).
3.8 YouTube channel

Since MCA was also in control of the AccessForAll.eu YouTube channel
(http://www.youtube.com/AccessForAlleu) this meant that the consortium had no way to
include new material to that channel, therefore, we created a new YouTube channel under
the name ProjectVeritas at http://www.youtube.com/ProjectVeritas where we uploaded new
videos showcasing the outcomes of the project. Almost 900 views have been recorded
across all videos in the ProjectVeritas account and around 1500 for the Veritas-specific
videos in the AccessForAlleu account.
Figure 14: VERITAS videos on VeritasProject YouTube channel

Figure 15: VERITAS videos statistics on VeritasProject YouTube channel for 2013

Figure 16: VERITAS videos statistics on VeritasProject YouTube channel for 2014
3.9 Newsletter
8 newsletters have been prepared (2 in 2010, 2 in 2011, 2 in 2012 and 2 in 2013) 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.
The first issue of the newsletter focused in on explaining the project to the reader, the
second version reported on the 1st Pan-European Users and Beneficiaries Forum and
Workshop, introduced the first outline of the VERITAS multi-sensorial platform, and
concluded with an interview with a potential beneficiary and the barriers he meets in using a
car.
The 3rd newsletter disclosed the views of some of the main industrial and research partners
of the project concerning their work within VERITAS but also the expected outcomes. These
interviews illustrated how the VERITAS tools will impact the four application fields and

showcase the market potential of the developed technology. In addition, there was a short
description of the Simulation Viewer as well as a first call for the VERITAS future events.
The 4th newsletter shared some interim project results and took stock of the feedback
received during the latest VERITAS events: the User Forum and the Workshop that were
held in Nottingham in September 2011. At the political level the European Year 2012 and
the proposed EU Accessibility Act was introduced as momentum to achieve tangible results
for products and services accessible to all. Also the synergies between VERITAS and other
relative initiatives became apparent, and external but related news and events in the area of
accessibility were reported on.
The 5th newsletter focused on pilots, explaining how the testing with beneficiaries and
designers and developers takes place. Additionally, it informed readers about future
events and VERITAS deliverables, including two videos and a discussion paper on
standardisation. External news and policy developments were also presented to
complete the picture of current discussions around accessibility in Europe.
As VERITAS was reaching its final phases, the 6th newsletter presented some of its main
outputs, in particular the VERITAS tools and the training platform. It also offered the
opportunity to reflect on the added value of accessible design in the long - term and consider
exploitation plans. Lastly, links to relevant developments in research, policy and practice
found their place in our bi-annual newsletter.
The penultimate VERITAS newsletter (no 7.) focused on the contributions of beneficiaries to
the project: the VERITAS User Forum as well as the pilot sites with older people and
persons with disabilities were presented. In addition, latest dissemination activities and
exploitation strategies found their place in this issue which looked beyond the lifetime of the
project. As always, news from research, policy and practice could be found in the last part of
the newsletter.
The 8th and final newsletter focused on the VERITAS achievements and forward looking
plans. With this last issue we hoped to improve awareness of what has been done so far and
to provide a basis to build on and create synergies with other stakeholders and initiatives in
the future. We also brought news in the area of accessibility, which all contribute to creating
more inclusive societies. The last newsletter shared the outcomes and exploitation plans of
our project, which aim to ensure that future products and services are being systematically
designed for everyone.
Articles regarding the VERITAS project were also published by AGE in its monthly
newsletter CoverAGE (February, March, April and May 2013 issues, (http://www.age-
platform.eu/en/coverage)
Moreover, AGE submitted a VERITAS-related article for the March issue of the Ageing Well
newsletter.

3.10 Mailing lists

Throughout the third and fourth years of the project, we continued to maintain a number of
dedicated project mailing lists (each addressing specific stakeholders, end-user groups, etc.)
which even with the withdrawal of MCA, were extended to include new stakeholders,
beneficiaries and organizations contacted in events where we participated in 2012 and 2013.
These lists have been updated with the subscriptions received via the updated project
website, as well as with the participants to the user forums and workshops.
3.11 VERITAS on Euronews Futuris

On November 2012, Euronews contacted FhG/IAO to propose the inclusion of a section
regarding Veritas achievements in an upocoming episode of the Futuris Science and
Technology programme on European science, research and innovation. Futuris showcases
bleeding edge of research and technology throughout Europe and Euronews is one of the
most prominent globally accessed news channels with viewers in 155 countries in Euronews'
eleven broadcasting languages (English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish,
Portuguese, Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Ukrainian).
A filming crew from Euronews visited the CERTH/ITI facilities in Thessaloniki, where
interviews were conducted involving Dr Dimitrios Tzovaras, Technival Manager of the
Veritas project, as well as demonstration of several Veritas tools and outcomes from SP1
and SP2, including the Multisensorial Platform, The Core Simulation Platform and the
Immersive Simulation Platform. The report, produced in cooperation with European
Commission, aired for a whole week (22 times) on Euronews during the week between 13
and 20 November 2012 and is also available in the Futuris segment on the Euronews
website (http://www.euronews.com/2012/11/13/a-world-without-limits/). The online version of
the video has 362 Facebook Likes, 84 Tweets and 38 Google +1s.
Figure 17: VERITAS Exposure on the Euronews Futuris programme

3.12 Planned activities

3.12.1 VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation) cluster meetings
After the VUMS cluster meeting during the ICCHP 2012 conference, and due to the
finalization of MyUI in December 2012 which meant that funding for face-to-face meetings
could no longer be covered by the budget of the project for participants of MyUI, the
participating projects in the cluster agreed to hold teleconference meetings instead of
physical meetings for the remainder of the projects which all end in December 2013.
To that effect, 4 teleconferences were conducted throughout 2013, to coordinate and

concertate actions of the cluster with regard to standardization and dissemination of the
outcomes of the cluster projects results.
3.12.2 VUMS activities

A VUMS Special Thematic Session (STS) was organised at the 13th International
Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2012), organised on
July 11-13, 2012 at the University of Linz in Austria and was reported on in the updated
deliverable at hand in Month 35. Link to STS page: http://www.icchp.org/node/349.
This workshop, organised by four EU-funded projects VICON, VERITAS, GUIDE and MyUI
building the VUMS cluster VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation Cluster), presented
prototypes and discussed concepts of generic interoperable user models that describe the
relevant characteristics of users, who will interact with products and user interfaces. These
include physical cognitive, and sensory attributes, habits, preferences and accessibility
capabilities. During the workshop, the case was made that with such a model designers can
define as many user interaction profiles as needed to address the whole range of
requirements from a target population. It was also stressed that virtual user modelling will
also help designers and developers to maximize the level of accessibility of products and
services by providing a comprehensive set of Human Factors design guidelines, which could
be used in virtual spaces to visualize accessibility and usability issues.
3.13 A green dissemination approach

Throughout the third and fourth years of the project, we continued to limit the ecological
impact of the project. It re-used the re-usable strong large VERITAS banners, as well as roll-
up banners. Also re-usable USB sticks were used again, and demonstration screens were
present at the booths where VERITAS was presented.
Additionally, information material required by stakeholders or end-users is mainly provided in

an electronic format. The same applies for the newsletter, and the production of other
dissemination material which will be mainly disseminated via online means such as Dropbox
facilities, etc.

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.

4 Participation in events and conferences

4.1 Events calendar
VERITAS continued to maintain a monthly calendar which it provides to all partners in
electronic format, while it also maintains an online calendar (see Figure 18). This consists of
an overview of clustering events (http://veritas-project.eu/category/news/veritas-
events/clustering-events/), past events (http://veritas-project.eu/category/news/veritas-
events/past-relevant-events/), and future relevant events (http://veritas-
project.eu/category/news/veritas-events/forthcoming-related-events/), while also User
Forums, Workshops and plenary project meetings are announced.
Figure 18: VERITAS events calendars website screenshot

4.2 VERITAS User Forums

The 3rd VERITAS Beneficiaries Forum Accessibility design at the service of age-friendly
environments took place on 16 May 2013 hosted at the HUSA President Park, in Brussels,
Belgium.
The meeting targeted older people and people with disabilities, the beneficiaries of the
VERITAS-designed tools and applications, and gathered 33 participants (encompassing 26
external attendees) to discuss about the project approach to Design-for-All from the end-
users perspectives. Hosted as a workshop within AGE Platform Europes General Assembly
and annual Conference Towards an age-friendly EU by 2020, the event focused in
particular on senior citizens, with AGE members ensuring the representation of older people
in the meeting. Overall this was considered a successful and interesting meeting as shown
by the collected evaluation questionnaires. Comment [IG1]: I would include them
anyway
The event "Accessibility design at the service of age-friendly environments - The VERITAS Comment [n2]: We have only gathered
7 evaluation forms. Shall we include them?
approach to Design-for-all" targeted users of accessible products and services as well as
stakeholders involved in policy and practice related to ageing, disability and accessibility.
This highly participative event discussed the VERITAS paradigm as a concrete case study
of how ICT technologies can contribute to design-for-all. Furthermore, by sharing the project
outcomes and evaluating the usability and impact of the VERITAS technology, it showcased
how the VERITAS tools can levy obstacles to independent living of older people and people
with disabilities and contribute age-friendly environments. Moreover participants discussed
exploitation plans and business opportunities, as well as made the necessary links with
relevant EU policies and initiatives.
The conclusions and recommendations of the User Forum were fed into the projects final
phases and were communicated to the European Commission.The VERITAS website
includes the presentations given during the event, images and videos with some of the
participants which can be accessed through http://veritas-project.eu/2011/09/successful-2nd-
user-forum/.
The User Forum is entirely captured in ID4.3.2c User Forum meeting proceedings, and is
available on the website (see http://veritas-project.eu/deliverables/).

Figure 19: Participants to the 3rd user forum
4.3 VERITAS on ICT2013 Exhibition

The ICT exhibition is considered as the Europe's biggest digital technology event with almost
5000 people attending. The event took place from 6th to 8th of November, 2013 and the
VERITAS project could not miss such an opportunity for disseminating its technological
results. The ICT-2013 demonstration focused on the existing research prototypes and
toolkits of the VERITAS project.

Figure 20: VERITAS Exposure during the 2013 ICT Exhibition
Additionally, the demonstration illustrated the disabled user modeling methodology of

VERITAS. The visitors had the possibility to see how structured user models can be utilized
so as to simulate their behavior in simple virtual environments. Moreover, virtual user models
were utilized, in several demonstration scenarios, to assess the accessibility of sample ICT
and non-ICT products. The visitors were given the opportunity to see how the parameters
and characteristics of different virtual disabled users affect the simulation and its results.
4.4 VERITAS on the visit of the Secretary General for Research and
Technology of Greece
On 20th October 2013, the Secretary General for Research and Technology of Greece
visited the Centre for Research and technology Hellas (CERTH) facilities. The GSRT
(General Secretariat for Research and Technology) is the Greek governments coordinating
body for all research activity conducted in Greece. During the General Secretarys visit to
CERTH, he inspected the facilities and work conducted by the Information Technology
Institute (ITI) and the Hellenic Istitute of Transport (HIT), the largest focus of the
demonstrations that were presented was on results of the Veritas project.

Figure 21: VERITAS Exposure during the GSRT visit to CERTH
4.5 VERITAS Conferences

To ensure the highest impact of VERITAS events, the consortium decided to organise
instead of conferences, a range of dedicated workshops and thematic sessions that coincide
with other major events. JVRC 2011 (UK) and ICCHP 2012 (Linz, Austria) were selected for
this.
4.6 VERITAS Workshops

After the Pan-European workshop at the JVRC 2011 Conference and the ICCHP 2012
VUMS and VERITAS workshop,s it was decided that during the third and fourth year of the
project instead of organizing a single event, the consortium would focus on a number of
more dedicated workshops aimed at stakeholders, beneficiaries and industry to .
To that effect, the following workshops were organized:
VERITAS partner CRF organised a 1-day workshop focused on high-accessibility solutions

for automotive interiors, on 13th December 2013. This event was held in CRF site, in
Orbassano, Italy and included 2 presentations on the achievements of Veritas in the
Automotive sector by CRF and Piaggio. The target audience comprised 30 engineers and
designers that work on present and future solutions for car interior and motorcycle
ergonomics design.

The main topics of the workshop included:
Fiat AUTONOMY program: FGA solutions for impaired people (FGA)

High accessibility: an ergonomic point-of-view (CRF - Vehicle Integration)
Virtual approach on comfort assessment in Siemens (Siemens Group)
Interiors: an innovative approach to design (Design&Innovation)
EU project VERITAS: a methodology for virtual assessment of interiors comfort for
elderly users (CRF)
EU project VERITAS: a methodology for virtual assessment of motorcycles comfort
for elderly users (Piaggio)
EU project ICityForAll : contents and first results (CRF)
Figure 22: VERITAS Exposure during the CRF Workshop
On the 28th November 2013, UPM organized a dissemination workshop to present VERITAS
concepts and tools at the Smart House Living Lab in Madrid. The mission of the Smart
House Living Lab is the research and development in the Ambient Intelligence context of
technology and services to prevent, care and promote the health and welfare of people,
support for social inclusion and the independent living of fragile and dependent groups, in all
stages of the value chain: training, experimental research, technological development and
technology transfer.
A group of 15 Spanish students (17-18 years old) from a professional training center on
Telecommunications and Informatics (College Santa Mara de los Apstoles, Madrid)
attended to the workshop. The objective was to give them an overview of the main concepts
and potential of Ambient Assisted Living and Accessibility, how VERITAS tools can help to
improve the process of design and assessment of accessibility in a range of fields where
AAL is applied, and, in particular, how VERITAS can and should be used in the healthcare
domain.

Figure 23: VERITAS Exposure during the UPM Workshop
At the 2013 LMS Automotive User Conference held in Munich, Germany on October 29-30,
besides a joint presentation regarding the use of VERITAS on CAE for motorcycle rider
comfort evaluation with Piaggio, a booth dedicated to Veritas was set up, where the
interested attendees have had the opportunity to take a deep dive into the technology, and
to discuss the technical details.
A workshop on cognitive simulation was organized by CERTH/HIT and CERTH/ITI in

cooperation with the project INTERSTRESS. The main topic was the influence of stress in
driving and ways, simulation of stress in HCI accessibility assessment and techniques to
overcome it or mitigate its consequences, also with the help of ICT. The workshop was
performed in Greek as it addressed an exclusively greek audience (about 20 participants,
mainly doctors and engineers.
Figure 24: VERITAS Exposure during the CERTH Workshop

4.7 Dissemination activities

In the following sections, we provide an overview of the attended events, workshops and
conferences in 2012, 2013, the presented papers as well as the journal submissions, as well
as the final planned participations in 2014.
This reporting is enhanced with the usage of indicators whether the reported events were
key events or not, quantifying also the potential added value (technological, social,
methodological issues), and an indication on the innovation that was delivered by e.g. the
papers.

VERITAS_D4.3.1c PU Grant Agreement # 247765
4.7.1 Conferences/Workshops/Event participation

Table 2: Realised and Planned participations at conferences, workshops, etc.
Presentation title Date, Place Event and other Targeted Impact (high / medium / low) Dissemination
(if applicable) data beneficiaries / event: Key (K) or
end-users / regular (R)
stakeholders
Already attended Reach to Reach to Reach to Reach to

end-users researchers developers application
domains/ind
ustry
Domologic and 15-20 April Light+Building Industry X X K

BAUUNION 2012 2012
presented the Frankfurt,
Smart Home
Germany
oriented pilot of
VERITAS
CRF presented the 30-31 May 2012 3rd International X X K
application of Turin, Italy Conference CAR
VERITAS in car INTERIORS:
interior design
technological
challenges as a
competitive factor
To be defined 11-13 June UD2012 - Inspire, Researchers X X X R

2012 Challenge, and Developers
Oslo, Norway Empower Beneficiaries
Universal Design
in Public Space
Human Solutions September RAMSIS (user Researchers X X K

presented 2012 conference) Developers
progress and Kaiserslautern, Industry
relevant tools of
Germany
VERITAS.

Presentation title Date, Place Event and other Targeted Impact (high / medium / low) Dissemination
(if applicable) data beneficiaries / event: Key (K) or
end-users / regular (R)
stakeholders
Already attended Reach to Reach to Reach to Reach to

end-users researchers developers application
domains/ind
ustry
LMS participated. 17-19 The biennial Researchers X X R

September ISMA conference Developers
2012 on Noise and Industry
Leuven, Vibration
Belgium Engineering.
ISMA2012 in
conjunction with
USD2012.
FhG/IAO 19-20 June Stuttgart Product X X R

organized a 2013, Symposium for Designers
symposium on Product
Product Stuttgart,
Germany Development Industry
Development
where Veritas was SSP 2013
disseminated via
demo, posters and
leaflets
FhG and 7- 8 Virtual Product X X R
Bauunion November Efficiency Designers
participated with 2013, Congress
Veritas leaflets, Industry
Stuttgart,
posters and
demos Germany

4.7.2 Participation in Other Events

Description Date, Place Aim and Outcomes
UniversAAL Open Day 19 January 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders
Thessaloniki, GR
inCASA Ethical Board 02 February 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders
Chorleywood, UK
First face-to-face meeting of 09-10 February, 2012 Dissemination to Researchers/ Developers/ Industry/
the Model-Based User Kaiserslautern, Germany Standardisation organisations
Interfaces (MBUI) W3C
Working Group.
AGE Council of 14-15 March 2012 and 20-21 Dissemination to beneficiaries

Administration: November 2012 (both Brussels)
COFACE Seminar - e- 19 April 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders

Health: Challenges and
opportunities for families Brussels, BE
AGE General Assembly 10-11 May 2012 Brussels, BE Dissemination to beneficiaries
ICOST 2012 Conference 12-14 June 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders
Florence, IT

AGE UAIL expert group 13 June 2012 (Trieste, Italy) /19 Dissemination to beneficiaries
November 2012(Brussels)
Goldenworkers Workshop, 25 June 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders

EESC, Brussels
Brussels, BE
ICCHP 2012, Linz 09-11 July 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders
Linz, AT
ERA-AGE Final Conference 11 September 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders
Brussels, BE
DAEI- Mission Europe 25 September 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders
Conseil gnral du Val-de-Marne

DAEI- Mission Europe
Goldenworkers' 3rd 02 October 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders

Workshop
Rome, IT
EIP AHA Conference 06 November 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders
Brussels, BE
eHealth Acceptance 5-6 November 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders

Conference - ICT for Health
Project Brussels, BE

AGE thematic seminar on 20 November 2012 Dissemination to stakeholders

impact of the crisis
Brussels, BE
Closing conference of the 3 December 12 Dissemination to stakeholders

European Year of Active
Ageing and Solidarity Brussels, BE
between Generations 2012
From Visions to Actions: 10 December 12 Dissemination to stakeholders

Closing Conference for the
EY 2012 Nicosia, CY
Vodafone Smart Accessibility 17 December 2012 Dissemination to wide public and designers, developers of accessible apps
Awards
Brussels, BE
Kick-off Meeting: Social 21.02.2013 ; Brussels VERITAS brochures presented during the Kick-off meeting of the King Badouin
Innovations in Active and Foundations led project on Social Innovation
Healthy Ageing
AgeingWell newsletter n.2 25.02.2013, EU VERITAS introduced at http://www.ict-ageingwell.net/
APSIS4all Advisory Board 11-12.03.2013 Barcelona Building synergies with the activities of the APSIS4all project, in particular in terms of
meeting beneficiaries views, links with policymaking on accessibility and standardization.
Seminar on Seniors 30.05.2013 Brussels VERITAS brochures presented at the seminar

entrepreneurs in support of
youth employment
Active and Healthy Ageing 13-14.06.2013 Dublin Dissemination the VERITAS solution in high level event on active and healthy ageing

Summit
GOACT Conference 16-17.06.2013 Brussels VERITAS brochures presented at the seminar
GSMA Mobile Meeting Series 26.06.2013 Brussels VERITAS project and brochures presented at the seminar
Breakfast Personalised Health
ICT Standardisation Platform 13.06.2013 Brussels Ensure links with the activities of the ICT Standardisation Platform, in particular initiatives
related to accessibility
Digital Agenda for Europe 20.07.2013- Brussels VERITAS brochures presented at the event
Confrontation Europe, eHealth 09.07.2013 Brussels VERITAS brochures presented at the event
Task Force
ENGAGED User Empowerment 23.10.2013 Eindhoven VERITAS brochures presented at the workshop
Mutual Learning Workshop
Giving Smart Seniors Access 12.11.2013 Brussels VERITAS brochures presented at the event
to Smart Technologies
WIDER Innovation Fair 20.11.2013 Barcelona Establish VERITAS as a good practice example in the area of age-friendly innovation, for
SMEs.

4.7.3 Papers
Table 3: VERITAS papers, posters and publications overview
Paper title Date, Place Event and other data Targeted Impact and importance Contribution to
stakeholders of conferences and innovation in the
workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
Already presented papers/publications High Medium Low
Ivo Maly, Michal 15-17 February In Proceedings of the IASTED International Developers X T
Hapala, Jiri Bittner 2012. Conference Assistive Technologies (AT 2012), pp. Researchers
and Pavel Slavik, Innsbruck, 835-841, Acta Press, 2012, DOI: Beneficiaries
On Tools for Austria 10.2316/P.2012.766-008
Game Interaction
Analysis
Anne-Sophie 12-15 June 10th International Conference On Smart homes X S

Parent, Nena 2012 and health Telematics, ICOST 2012
Georgantzi, Ilenia Artimino, Italy
Gheno , Ensuring
A Fruitful Future
to Innovation And
Research:
Practical
Guidance for the
Involvement of
Older People in
Research
Athanasios 12-15 June 10th International Conference On Smart homes X S

Tsakiris, Panagiotis 2012

workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
Moschonas, Artimino, Italy and health Telematics, ICOST 2012

Konstantinos
Moustakas and
Dimitrios Tzovaras,
An Open
Framework For
Immersive And
Non-Immersive
Accessibility
Simulation For
Smart Living
Spaces
Michele 26-28 June pHealth 2012, 9th International Conference on Developers X T, M

Confalonieri, 2012 Wearable Micro and Nano Technologies for Researchers
Giovanni Porto, Portugal Personalized Health Industry
Guandalini, Mauro
Da Lio, Mariolino
De Cecco, Force
And Touch Make
Video Games
Serious For
Dexterity

workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
Rehabilitation
Polek O., Innsbruck, IASTED International Conference Assistive 100+ X

Mkovec Z., Slavk Austria, 2012. Technologies (AT 2012)
P. Predictive
Scanning
Keyboard
Oparated by
Hissing
Polek O., Sporka Linz, Austria, Computers Helping People with Special Needs. 100+ X
A., Mkovec Z. 2012.
Measuring
Performance of a
Predictive
Keyboard
Operated by
Humming
Mal I., Bittner J., Linz, Austria, Computers Helping People with Special Needs. 100+ X
and Slavk P., 2012.
Using Annotated
Task Models for
Accessibility

workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
Evaluation
Nikolaos Kaklanis, 11-13July 2012 ICCHP 2012 Researchers X T, M

Konstantinos Linz, Austria Developers
Moustakas and Beneficiaries
Dimitrios Tzovaras,
A methodology
for generating
virtual user
models of elderly
and disabled for
the accessibility
assessment of
new products
Eleni Chalkia, 17-20 July 2012 IMETI 2012 X M

Evangelos Bekiaris, Orlando,
Virtual and Florida, USA
augmented
environments and
realistic user
interactions to
achieve
embedded

workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
accessibility
designs, the
VERITAS project
Use Cases
methodological
framework and
outcomes
Hunor Erdelyi, 17-19 The biennial ISMA conference on Noise and X T, M

Matteo Kirchner, September Vibration Engineering ISMA2012 in conjunction with
Simone Manzato, 2012, Leuven, USD2012
Stijn Donders, Belgium,
Multibody
simulation with a
virtual dummy for
motorcycle
vibration comfort
assessment
Sulzmann, Frank; 21-25 July International Conference on Applied Human Factors 100+ X T
Melcher, Vivien; 2012, San and Ergonomics, AHFE 2012. CD-ROM
Diederichs, Francisco,
Frederik; Sayar, California
Rafael, Modular

workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
dashboard for
flexible in car HMI
testing
P. Moschonas, A. 20th conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and 100+ X T, M

Tsakiris, N. Personalization, UMAP, 2012.
Kaklanis, G.
Stavropoulos, and
D. Tzovaras,
Holistic
accessibility
evaluation using
VR simulation of
users with special
needs
Panagiotis October 17th, International Workshop on Personalisable Media 50+ X T, M

Moschonas, 2012 in Systems & Smart Accessibility
Athanasios Istanbul, Turkey
Tsakiris, Ioannis
Paliokas, and
Dimitrios Tzovaras,
User Interfaces
Accessibility

workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
Assessment
Using Virtual User
Models
N. Biasi, F. Setti, M. Lugano, 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on 3D 100+ X T, M

Tavernini, A. Switzerland, 16- Body Scanning Technologies
Fornaser, M. 17 October
Lunardelli, M. Da 2012
Lio, M. De Cecco,
Low-cost
garment-based 3D
body scanner
Carlo Mancuso, Toledo, Spain, International Conference on Neurorehabilitation 100+ X T, M

Gianluca De Toma 14-16 2012
and Rita Paradiso, November 2012 http://www.icnr2012.org/
Wearable
Electrogoniometer
for Knee Joint
Parameters
Capture"

workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
P. Moschonas, A. Vilamoura, Association for the Advancement of Assistive 100+ X T, M

Tsakiris, D. Algarve, Technology in Europe, 12th European AAATE
Tzovaras, Portugal, 19-22 Conference, AAATE 2013
"Automatic September
Kinodynamic 2013
Wheelchair
Modelling for
Architectural
Design
Accessibility
Assessment"
Frank Sulzmann, 21 - 26 July HCI International 2013 100+ X T, M

Roland Blach, 2013, Las
Manfred Vegas,
Dangelmaier, An
Nevada, USA
Integration
Framework for
motion and
visually impaired
virtual humans in
interactive
immersive

workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
environments
Laura Boffi, Monica 6-10 March AD/PD 2013 - The 11th International Conference +100 X S
Milani and Romina 2013, on Alzheimer's & Parkinson's disease, Beneficiaries
Catani (Indesit) Florence , Italy http://www2.kenes.com/adpd2013/Pages/Home.aspx /Practitioners
Marco Fontana
(Percro),
Supporting the
Design of
Products
Accessible by
Parkinson People
through Physical
Simulation of
Tremor: An
Experiment with
Gas Hob
Manzato, S., Sesimbra, ICEDyn 2013, International Conference on Structural +100 X T, M

Kirchner, M., Portugal, 17-19 Engineering Dynamics,
Erdlyi, H., Baglini, June 2013
G., Pieve, M.,
Numerical and
Operational

workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
Identification and
Assessment of
Motorcycle
Dynamics and
Comfort
A. Tsakiris, P. Vilamoura, Association for the Advancement of Assistive +100 X T,M

Moschonas, N. Algarve, Technology in Europe, 12th European AAATE
Kaklanis, I. Portugal, 19-22 Conference, AAATE 2013
Paliokas, G. September
Stavropoulos, D. 2013
Tzovaras,
Cognitive
Impairments
Simulation in a
Holistic GUI
Accessibility
Assessment
Framework
Kaklanis, N., Votis, 15 July 2013, RDWG Symposium on User Modeling for +100 X T, M
K., Tzovaras, D. Online Accessibility, 2013
Personalised web Symposium
accessibility

workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
assessment using
virtual user
models,
nd
G. P. P. Rosati, M. 26-29 Aug. 22 IEEE International Symposium on Robot and +100 X M, T
M. Fontana, R. 2013, Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN, 2013,
Vertechy, M. Gyeongju, S. IEEE, 2013
Carrozzino, and M. Korea
Bergamasco,
Haptic hand-
tremor simulation
for enhancing
empathy with
disabled users
M. M. Fontana, G. 13 15 March, IADIS International Conference Interfaces and +100 X M,T

P. R. Papini, R. Lisbon, Portugal Human Computer Interaction 2013.
Vertechy, M.
Carrozzino, and M.
Bergamasco,
Haptic hand-
tremor simualtion
for empathic
design:

workshops area
Added value
(technological - T,
social - S,
methodological
issues - M)
Preliminary tests
2013
Guidotti, Calefato, October 16-18, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe +50 X M
Landini, Minin, 2013, Torino, Chapter 2013
Catani, & Milani, Italy
User
requirements for
supporting the
accessible design
process: Survey &
user test results
in the framework
of VERITAS
project

Paper title Date, Place Event and other data Targeted Impact and importance of Contribution to
stakeholders conferences and workshops innovation in the area
Added value
(technological - T, social
- S, methodological
issues - M)
Planned/To present papers/publications High Medium Low
Dangelmaier, M., 3-6 June 2014, The R&D Management +50 X T, M

Tzovaras, D. Blach, Stuttgart, Germany Conference 2014 (accepted)
R., C. and Tsakiris,
T., Accessibility
Engineering
Simulation and
User Experience
Tools for
Designing
Products for All
Panagiotis Oldenburg, 2nd Patient Rehabilitation +100 ,

Moschonas, Germany, 20-23 Research Technologies
Ioannis Paliokas, May, 2014 Workshop, PervasiveHealth 2014
Dimitrios Tzovaras, (submitted)
Automatic
Accessibility
Assessment
using Virtual User
Models for Office
Environments
Athanasios 22 - 27 June 2014, HCI International 2014 (accepted) +100 X M, T

Tsakiris, Ioannis Crete, Greece
Paliokas, Dimitrios

Added value
- S, methodological
issues - M)
Tzovaras ,
Simulation-Based
Accessibility
Evaluation of
Graphical User
Interfaces using
Virtual User
Models
Ioannis Paliokas, 22 - 27 June 2014, HCI International 2014 (accepted) +100 X M, T

Athanasios Crete, Greece
Tsakiris,
Athanasios Vidalis,
Dimitrios Tzovaras
Sense of
Presence and
Metacognition
Enhancement in
Virtual Reality
Exposure Therapy
in the Treatment
of Social Phobias
and the Fear of
Flying

Added value
- S, methodological
issues - M)
Ioannis Paliokas, 22 - 27 June 2014, HCI International 2014 (accepted) +100 X M, T

Panagiotis Crete, Greece
Moschonas,
Athanasios
Tsakiris, Dimitrios
Tzovaras,
Evaluation of a
Virtual User
Modeling
Framework on
Automatic
Accessibility
Assessment: a
Case Study on
Workplace Design
Panagiotis Aalborg, Denmark, 7- 22nd Conference on User +100 X M, T

Moschonas, 11 July 2014 Modeling, Adaptation and
Ioannis Paliokas, Personalization, UMAP2014
Thanos Tsakiris (submitted)
and Dimitrios
Tzovaras,
Evaluation of the
VERITAS
Framework on
Automatic

Added value
- S, methodological
issues - M)
Accessibility
Assessment of
Workplace
Designs Using
Virtual User
Models
Panagiotis Aalborg, Denmark, 7- 22nd Conference on User +100 X M, T

Moschonas, 11 July 2014 Modeling, Adaptation and
Athanasios Personalization, UMAP2014
Tsakiris, and (submitted)
Dimitrios
Tzovaras
Evaluating
Gesture
Recognition
Patterns for
Human Vehicle
Interaction
using Virtual
User Models
Ioannis Paliokas, Aalborg, Denmark, 7- 22nd Conference on User +100 X M, T

Athanasios 11 July 2014 Modeling, Adaptation and
Tsakiris, Dimitrios Personalization, UMAP2014

Added value
- S, methodological
issues - M)
Tzovaras, (submitted)
Automatic
Accessibility
Assessment
Using Virtual User
Models for
Infotainment User
Interfaces
Spyridonis, F., Como, Italy, 27-29 12th International Working +100 X T, M

Moschonas, P., May 2014 Conference on Advanced Visual
Touliou, K., Interfaces (ACM AVI 14)
Tsakiris, A., (accepted)
Ghinea, G.
Erdelyi, H., Budapest, Hungary, Tenth International Symposium on +100 X T,M

Manzato, S., May 19-23, 2014 Tools and Methods of Competitive
Donders, S., Van Engineering (TMCE 2014)
der Auweraer, H. (accepted)
Pieve, M., An
integrated CAE
solution for
motorcycle rider
comfort
evaluation
considering

Added value
- S, methodological
issues - M)
Virtual User
Models
P. Moschonas, A. 29th March 2014, IEEEVR 2014 (accepted) +100 X T,M

Tsakiris, D. Minneapolis,
Tzovaras, Product Minnesota, USA
Accessibility
Evaluation using
Virtual User
Models, research
demo, (to appear)
4.7.4 Journals and Books

Table 4: List of journal and book publications (including also the planned ones)
Author(s) Title of paper Journal details Date Impact and importance of journals
(Vol. no./Page ref.)
Already published High Medium Low

M. De Cecco, M. Joint Measurement Computer 2012 X

Confalonieri, G. Of Force And Standards &
Guandalini, M. Da Lio Position For Interfaces
Accessibility
Quantification
N. Kaklanis, P. Virtual User EIDD / Fundacion 2012 X

Moschonas, K. Modeling for ONCE Book Project
Moustakas, D. Tzovaras Simulated Design for All in
Accessibility and Action The
Ergonomy Evaluation European
for Inclusive Experience
Products of the
Future
Nikolaos Kaklanis, Virtual User Models Special Issue of 2012 X

Panagiotis Moschonas, for the elderly and IJUAIS
Konstantinos Moustakas disabled for "Accessibility
and Dimitrios Tzovaras automatic simulated aspects in UIDLs"
accessibility and
ergonomy evaluation International
of designs, Journal "Universal
Access in the
Information
Society", Springer
(http://www.springe
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journal/10209)

M. De Cecco, M. Joint Measurement Computer 2012 X

Confalonieri, G. Of Force And Standards &
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Isacker, M. Da Lio Accessibility
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J. Sporka, Pavel disabilities require May 2012
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Accessibility Engineering
Engineering - Management
Challenges for the
Designing Inclusive
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Products 283, H.-J. Bullinger
& D. Spath (Eds.),
published by
Faculty of
Technical Sciences
(Novi Sad, Serbia),
Fraunhofer IAO
(Stuttgart,
Germany) and
DAAAM
International
(Vienna, Austria),
ISBN 978-3-
902734-01-3

Biswas, P., Kaklanis, N., An Interoperable and A Multimodal End- 2013 X

Mohamad, Y., Peissner, Inclusive User 2-End Approach to
Modeling concept for Accessible
M., Langdon, P., Computing, Human
Tzovaras, D., Jung, C. Simulation and
Computer
Adaptation Interaction Series
2013, pp. 195-236,
Springer 2013
(Book)
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Mohamad, Y., Standardization of Access in the
User Models for Information Society,
Gonzalez, M.F., Special Issue: 3rd
Peissner, M., Langdon, Simulation and
generation
P., Tzovaras, D., Jung, Adaptation Purposes accessibility:
C, Information and
Communication
Technologies
towards universal
access, Springer
(under review)
Kaklanis, N., Modeling motor Journal: User Under review X

Stavropoulos, G., disabilities of people Modeling and User-
through regression Adapted
Tzovaras, D. Interaction, The
analysis for the
Journal of
development of Personalization
accurate virtual user Research (under
models review)

Segouli, S., Paliokas, I., Exploring the Journal: American Under review X
Tzovaras, D., Tsakiris, Influence of MCI and Journal of
Related Diseases on Alzheimer's
A., Tsolaki, M., Disease & Other
Karagiannidis, C. Robust Cognitive
Dementias (under
Virtual User Model review)
Development
Planned journal and book publications
S. Segouli, I. Paliokas, Enabling accessibility Book: IGI Topic Accepted, to appear X

A. Tsakiris, M. Tsolaki, features in enhanced Selections
VR environments for (accepted, to
K. Votis, D. Tzovaras, appear)
supporting spatial
abilities and social
interaction in elderly
and MCI patients
Panagiotis Moschonas, Virtual Human Journal: submitted X

Dimitrios Tzovaras Factors for Product Transactions on
Ergonomics Occupational
Ergonomics and
Evaluation
Human Factors
(Taylor & Francis)
journal
Georgios Stavropoylos, A Multi-Sensorial Journal: Medical submitted X

Dimitrios Tzovaras, Platform framework, Engineering and
for measuring Physics
Andrea Cesarini,
Mariolino De Cecco, physiological human
Mauro Da Lio parameters

A. Tsakiris, P. Cognitive Journal: submitted X

Moschonas, N. Impairments Technology and
Simulation in GUI Disability
Kaklanis, I. Paliokas, G.
Stavropoulos, D. Accessibility
Tzovaras, Assessment using
Virtual User Models

5 Dissemination evaluation
The overall dissemination evaluation takes place at the end of every year. While the
previous year we used the success criteria set forward by the project itself, this year we have
extended this with an additional and specific set of indicators against which the
dissemination efforts will be assessed and evaluated by the partnership. This set of
indicators is based on good practice in the AEGIS project, and uses the indicator approach
as published on http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/criteria/web.asp (as checked on September
2010).
5.1 Basic set of success criteria

The following success criteria have been evaluated for 2012 and 2013 and indicate a
positive outcome of the work undertaken by the project in term of these indicators. While a
conference was planned for year 2, the consortium agreed that it would be more efficient to
focus on dedicated workshops in coincidence with major conferences (see ICCHP 2012) and
organize specialised standalone workshops to address specific industry domains,
stakeholders and beneficiaries.
Y3 Realised in Y3 Y4 Realised in Y4
Presentations in 6 20 6 17 (7 in 2013, 9
conferences accepted to appear in
2014, 1 submitted)
Publications in 2 5 4 9 (2 published, 1
scientific accepted, 3 under
journals and review, 3 submitted)
books
European user - - 25 26 external participants

forum/workshop
Monthly unique 300 > 320 on 500 > 500 on average

web visits average estimated(*)
International Decision was Decision was made to

conference made to focus focus on specialised
on dedicated standalone workshops
workshops (see (3 held)
ICCHP 2012)
Project video - 1st Video - Final Video available

available
Table 5: VERITAS Dissemination success criteria

(*) without the ability to extract data from Google Analytics, and estimate is made on the
extrapolation of the last 90 days daily average to 30 days.

5.2 Extended set of success criteria

All Partners have been requested to complete an overall dissemination evaluation for the
third and fourth year of the dissemination. The consolidated results can be found below:
Table 6: Overall dissemination assessment

Quality criteria Evaluation
Not efficient Moderate Excellent
The target groups are addressed by means 5.88% 11.76% 82.35%

of proper communication channels and tools
(i.e. addressing research community via
papers at workshops and conferences, etc.)
The number of dissemination activities 5.88% 5.88% 88.24%

towards the research community (i.e. the
number of papers in journals, workshop and
conference proceedings etc.) is sufficient.
The events, conferences and workshops are 0.00% 33.33% 66.67%

of a high impact and profile

towards user communities (i.e. number of
presentations for policy makers etc.) is
sufficient.

towards the general public is sufficient.

towards the automotive domain is sufficient.

towards the smart living space domain is
sufficient.

towards the smart working place domain is
sufficient.

towards the infotainment domain is
sufficient.

towards the e-health domain is sufficient.

towards policy makers is sufficient.
The web presence of the project is of good 5.88% 11.76% 82.35%

quality, providing useful content to all the
identified target groups (measured by the
number of visitors and feedback provided by
them).
The press releases are issued in national 5.88% 17.65% 76.47%

languages (minimum 2 press releases per
reporting period)
Dissemination activities are carried out 0.00% 11.76% 88.24%

timely, in accordance with the schedule of
principal project outcomes.
The Consortium communicates and interacts 6.25% 25.00% 68.75%

with relevant standard organisations
In order to improve the projects exposure during the third and fourth year of the project, we
took under consideration the comments of the reviewers from the second and third year
reviews and increased both the output of academic work but also the focus on higher impact
publications and conferences.
At the same time, we began addressing the industry more aggressively, armed with the
results of the work carried out in the framework and tools of the project, which by the end of
year 2 were ready to be demonstrated to industry players, stakeholders and the general
public. These activities were intensified in Year 3, with extended effort put on the videos
showcasing the project both in the website and on YouTube. Equally, efforts towards the
standardisation community have been intensified (see WP4.5 reporting).
For the website of the VERITAS project, specific quality criteria have been applied to assess
the effectiveness of the project website. These criteria were assessed by all project partners,
and provided a guide to assessing the efficiency of the website dissemination strategy.
The evaluation that was undertaken for the third and fourth project year can be found below.
Table 7: Website specific awareness evaluation

Not sufficient Sufficient Excellent
Content wise
Accuracy:
Error-free information 0.00% 20.00% 80.00%

Current information, updated 0.00% 33.33% 66.67%

frequently and with recent "last"
update
Objective, balanced presentation 0.00% 26.67% 73.33%

of information
Bias-free viewpoints and images 0.00% 40.00% 60.00%
Correct use of grammar, spelling, 0.00% 58.33% 41.67%

and sentence structure
Primary outlink (link that takes 0.00% 20.00% 80.00%

you to an additional site) content
is relevant, authentic, and
appropriate
Authority (project has the 0.00% 60.00% 40.00%

competences to make certain
valid statements)
Contact information for author(s) 0.00% 33.33% 66.67%

(authors of articles should be
easily identifiable with contact
details albeit through form of
website)
Appropriateness: 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Concepts and vocabulary 0.00% 60.00% 40.00%

relevant to the end-users'
abilities
Interaction compatible with the 0.00% 60.00% 40.00%

physical and intellectual maturity
of intended audience
Scope:
Information of sufficient scope to 0.00% 53.33% 46.67%

adequately cover the topic for the
intended audience
Logical progression of topics 6.67% 53.33% 40.00%

within original site (site being
evaluated) and primary outlinks

Information offered not easily 0.00% 60.00% 40.00%

available in other sources
Technical Aspects
Navigation:
Ready access to site; site not 0.00% 21.43% 78.57%

overloaded
Images load within reasonable 0.00% 26.67% 73.33%

timeframe
Intuitive icons, menus, and 6.67% 20.00% 73.33%

directional symbols that foster
independent use
Inlinks (links that take you to 0.00% 33.33% 66.67%

locations within the original site)
that allow easy navigation
throughout the site
Standard multimedia formats 0.00% 14.29% 85.71%
Logical options for 0.00% 46.67% 53.33%

printing/downloading all or
selected text and graphics
Presentation:
Site follows good graphic design 6.67% 33.33% 60.00%

principles
Screen displays uncluttered and 6.67% 33.33% 60.00%

concise
Captions, labels, or legends for 0.00% 31.25% 68.75%

all visuals
Legible text and print size 0.00% 46.67% 53.33%

appropriate for the intended
audience
Graphics and art functional, not 6.67% 46.67% 46.67%

merely decorative
Information presented through 6.67% 40.00% 53.33%

text, motion, still images, and

sound
Information presented in a 6.67% 66.67% 26.67%

manner to stimulate imagination
and curiosity
The online presence was considered satisfactory to excellent by most partners, especially
considering the trouble that arose by MCAs withdrawal from the consortium in that respect.
In the last year of the project, these are the most important steps taken to enrich the content
of the website
- Demonstration videos of the various Multisensorial Platform supported

measurements (by CERTH-ITI and SMARTEX) was uploaded to the website and to
the YouTube channel of the project
- A video specifically directed towards the beneficiaries, making it as less technical as

possible, was added;
- All the public deliverables so far were uploaded to the Website
- All the Virtual User Models were uploaded to the website and are free to download

6 Conclusion/Lessons Learnt
The Deliverable at hand builds further on the dissemination strategy that was defined in
D4.3.1a and the reporting that took place in D4.3.1b and D4.3.1c, and reports on the various
activities undertaken during the third and fourth year of the project. The final outcome of the
dissemination activity was presented, coupled with a quality assessment as to evaluate the
dissemination activities, measuring their impact.
The events/papers/journals reporting outcome clearly indicates that the project has
succeeded in being present at major key events, as well as has presented at various
conferences in various application areas, with a focus towards developers and researchers.
With regard to academic exposure, the project targeted higher impact publications and
conferences than in the first two years, increasing at the same time the output of papers.
Industry, beneficiaries and stakeholders were more intensively targeted during the reporting
period by demonstrating the application of VERITAS in the application domains with
presentations and early demos.
We faced a hard time when MCA left the consortium because most of the credentials and
assets pertaining to the online and social presence of the project were on their hands, which
left the consortium in a difficult situation, since they were unwilling to hand them over. We
managed, however, to maintain a satisfactory online presence but performing mitigating
actions like extracting the content of the website and temporarily transferring it to a server
belonging to CERTH/ITI, creating and maintaining a new YouTube channel and finally,
taking back the original domain once its registration under MCA expired.
This situation, however, exemplified in a most direct manner, the problems a project may
face if the majority of dissemination assets is left to a single partner. MCA was the
dissemination manager and leader of WP4.3 and thus was the one who would ensure the
smooth coordination of dissemination efforts. Although the cost to register and maintain the
online assets of the project was rightfully attributed to the dissemination manager for this
activity, we believe that in the future it would be best practice to at least have the projects
coordinator as the one in charge of (or also in possession of) the credentials to key
dissemination-critical assets such as project website, file repository, Facebook, Twitter, and
YouTube accounts and any other account that represents the consortium.
Furthermore, we propose as best practice for future EU-funded projects, that the projects
website is mirrored by at least 2 more partners, other than the one responsible for it, at all
times, ideally by the coordinating partner and the technical manager of the project. This way,
the projects website is not only safeguarded by the withdrawal of its dissemination manager,
but also from data loss resulting from other unforeseen circumstances. Other means of
securing the online assets of a project could include provisions by the European Union to
include legally-binding clauses that automatically incur heavy penalties for every day that a
partner fails to release assets and credentials representing an EU-funded project once they
withdraw from it.

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Accessible and Assistive ICT

Dissemination plans and materials plus leaflets

Deliverable No. D4.3.1d

SubProject No. SP4 SubProject Title Horizontal activities

Workpackage W4.3 Workpackage Title Dissemination

Activity No. A4.3.1 Activity Title Dissemination plan,

Authors {Thanos Tsakiris, Panagiotis Moschonas,

Dissemination level: P (Public)

February 2014 1 CERTH/ITI

File Name: VERITAS_D4.3.1d_draft

Project start date and duration 01 January 2010, 48 Months

Version History table

1 February 2013: Updated version for up to M36

2 February 2014: Final version reporting up to M48

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4.7.3 Papers ........................................................................................................................... 47

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the recommendation made at the 2012 review:

In reply to these, the Deliverable at hand took onboard these recommendations:

The dissemination strategy now contains a well-defined strategy that highlights on

The already existing Chapter on dissemination evaluation has been extended to

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1 Core message to convey

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Figure 1: Press releases page on VERITAS website to announce various events

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3.5 Additional material

3.5.1 Conference and workshop usage

o Newsletter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)

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Stuttgarter Symposium fr Produktentwicklung event and at the Virtual Efficiency Congress

Figure 3: New VERITAS leaflet used at ICT 2013 Exhibition

February 2014 14 CERTH/ITI

By September 2013, the registration of the http://www.veritas-project.eu domain under MCA

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Figure 4: New VERITAS Videos a) Multisensorial Platform b) 1st Project Video

All the videos are available via http://veritas-project.eu/category/dissemination/video/.

3.5.2 RSS feeds

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Figure 5: VERITAS Twitter page - http://twitter.com/VeritasProj/

3.5.3 Online presence

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Figure 6: Google search on VERITAS (1)

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Figure 7: Google search on VERITAS (2)

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Figure 8: Google search on VERITAS (3)

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Figure 9: Google search on VERITAS (4)

3.5.4 Website statistics

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Figure 10: Unique web visits veritas-project.eu

Some other core data:

- 5,912 Unique Visitors

- 00:02:18 Avg. Time on Site