Access Services Community Meeting
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The 2025 EBU Access Services Community Meeting will be held at DW headquarters in Bonn, Germany, on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 November.
This year's event will bring together leading experts from the EBU community to tackle the pressing challenges public broadcasters' accessibility teams face today in delivering essential access services to their audiences.
We are curating an outstanding programme designed specifically for you and the community to engage with key issues in the accessibility world. We will cover key topics, including AI, ensuring accessibility during crises, coordinating multi-sign language interpreting for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, updates on significant research and projects, and the highly anticipated release of the 2025 Access Services Community survey. This is a great opportunity to gain insights from industry experts and expand your professional network!
The venue has some space for Members to hold product demonstrations. If you would like to demonstrate, please get in touch with us as soon as possible to reserve your place.
The agenda is now available.
Venue
DW Headquarters
Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 3
Bonn
Germany
Transport information
The full address for the venue is Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn. The closest bus stop is “Deutsche Welle”, the tram stop is Heusallee/Museumsmeile, and there is a regional train station (S-Bahn) - Bonn UN Campus, which is a ten-minute walk.
Public transportation: From Köln/Bonn airport: bus SB60 to Bonn main station (30 minutes).
From Bonn main station: bus: 610, 611 to Deutsche Welle (10 minutes) or subway: line 16, 63, 66 to Heussallee/Museumsmeile
By car: Please use the underground parking garage, entry Charles-de-Gaulle-Str. (entry until 6 p.m.).
Accommodation information
DW has kindly provided us with a list of hotels close to the venue:
Boarding Haus an der Heusallee
Hotel Motel One Bonn - two hotels in the city - Beethoven and Hauptbahnhof/Central Station
Gallery
Speakers
Anastasiia Hudyma
Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities, Suspilne Ukraine (Ukraine)
Read biographyPaul Harrison
Project Manager
Presentations - following the running order
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Make it accessible - "plain X goes plain language"
- Claire Piontek, WDR, and Kay Macquarrie, DWMembers Only
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How We Ensure Accessibility During War and Transformation
- Anastasiia Hudyma, Suspilne MediaMembers Only
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BBC News Digital Accessibility
- Johny Cassidy, BBCMembers Only
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Systematisation of Co-Creation Approach for Access Services at SRG
- Martin Spycher, SwissTXT/SRG-SSRMembers Only
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Providing Access for Welsh Content: The challenges facing a minority language broadcaster
- Meleri Wyn Flint, S4CMembers Only
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ORF's Path to 100% - A Holistic Approach to AI subtitles
- Robert Ziegler and Bertram Halik, ORFMembers Only
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Regional News Subtitle Automation
- Matt Simpson, ITVMembers Only
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Scaling accessibility in the AI era
- Karim Dahdah, VRTMembers Only
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OTTO - Open Timed Text Operator
- Diane Bessis, France.tv AccessMembers Only
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EBU MAT Group Update
- Nigel Megitt, EBU MAT GroupMembers Only
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TEMS - A European data-space dedicated to media businesses: Focus on access services use-cases
- Matthieu Parmentier, France.tv AccessMembers Only
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MOSAIC Project update
- Prof. Anna Matamala, UAB, and Anže Ančimer, RTVSloMembers Only
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ESC x SRG Access Services - Basel 2025 edition
- Ana Bas, SRFMembers Only
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Making Live Events for Everyone - Accessibility & Inclusion at the ESC
- Beatrice Rencricca, RaiMembers Only
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ORF's 2026 Vienna ESC accessibility plans
- Robert Ziegler, ORFMembers Only
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Scaling sign language accessibility
- Aster Lauwers and Kairm Dahdah, VRTMembers Only
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Using Deaf interpreters for live broadcasting
- Lesley McGilp, Red Bee MediaMembers Only
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Enhanced Sign Language Service in HbbTV with WebAssembly
- Rafael Bermúdez Guijo, CCMA/3CatMembers Only