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Newsletter n 42 July 2012

This edition of the Newsletter highlights opportunities for a summer of IDeALL events, offering participants a greater understanding of innovation and user-centred design, as well as welcoming new members of the Towns and Cities for All Network and collaborators. There will be no August newsletter due to the summer break, but well be back in September reinvigorated and with renewed inspiration. International memberships and initiatives supported

EVENTS
III European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) Summer School Date: 20-23 August 2012 Location: Laurea University of Applied Sciences and Aalto University Organisers: Laurea Living Labs Network, European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), Aalto University ... read more

Access City Award 2013: Call for entries Deadline: 5 September 2012 Organiser: European Commission Website: Access City Award 2013 ... read more Member companies

Design Management Europe Award 2012: Call for entries Deadline: 7 September 2012 Organiser: Design Management Europe Website: Design Management Europe Award: Call

for entries ... read more

ELLIOT/IDeALL Summer School: Open Innovation and User Experience Design and Assessment Date: 10-14 September 2012 Location: Istituto Europeo di Design Organisers: European Society of Concurrent Enterprising Network (ESoCE-NET), Istituto Europeo di Design ... read more

Fourth International Conference for Universal Design Date: 12-14 October 2012 Location: Fukuoka International Congress Center and Fukuoka Kokusai Center Organiser: International Association for Universal Design ... read more

NEWS
Confortel Hoteles awarded AENOR Universal Accessibility certification for all its hotels

On 17 May 2012, the Spanish hotel chain Confortel Hoteles, created by Corporacin Empresarial ONCE (CEOSA)... read more

Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona launches OnTheBus, an Android

application to help people get around cities

A team of researchers of the School of Engineering at the Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona (UAB) (Autonomous University of Barcelona) have developed... read more Not-for-profit member organisations

PARTNERSHIPS
ELISAVA signs a collaboration agreeement with the Design for All Foundation and joins the Network for Excellence: Towns and Cities for All On 3 July, the Escola Superior de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona (ELISAVA), (Barcelona School of Design and Engineering) ... read more Urbaccess joins the Network for Excellence: Towns and Cities for All Urbaccess, the European accessibility and universal design exhibition which takes place annually in France ... read more

The Associaci Museu de Matemtiques de Catalunya (MMACA) joins the Network for Excellence: "Towns and Cities for All" The aim of the Associaci Museu de Matemtiques de Catalunya (Mathematics Museum of Catalonia Association) is to obtain a museum space... read more

You can find more news and events by visiting our websites: Design for All Foundation and Towns and Cities for All. Send your opinions and proposals foundation@designforall.org Design for All Foundation, Avgda. Francesc Ferrer i Gurdia, 13 (Recinte Poble Espanyol, Bstia 97) 08038 - Barcelona - Tel. +34 93 470 51 18 - Fax +34 93 371 76 49