Accessible and Assistive ICT: Veritas

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. D4.3.1c
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 Mariya Goranova Valkova, Karel Van Isacker

(MCA)
Status: F (Final)
Dissemination level: P (Public)
File Name: VERITAS_D4.3.1c_final
Project start date and duration 01 January 2010, 48 Months

VERITAS_D4.3.1c PU Grant Agreement # 247765
Version History table

Version Dates and comments
no.
1 December 2011: Updated version prepared by MCA.
2 December 2011: Final version prepared
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Table of Contents
Version History table ............................................................................................... 3
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................... 4
List of Figures .......................................................................................................... 6
List of Tables ............................................................................................................ 6
Abbreviations list ..................................................................................................... 7
Executive Summary ................................................................................................. 8
1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 9
2 Core message to convey ................................................................................ 10
3 Multi-layer dissemination ............................................................................... 11
4 Dissemination material ................................................................................... 12
4.1 Press release ........................................................................................ 12
4.2 Leaflet ................................................................................................... 13
4.3 Poster ................................................................................................... 13
4.4 Banner .................................................................................................. 13
4.5 Additional material ................................................................................ 13
4.5.1 Conference and workshop usage .................................................................................. 13
4.6 Website ................................................................................................. 14
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 ............ 22
4.8 Twitter pages ........................................................................................ 22
4.8.1 VERITAS Twitter page .................................................................................................. 22
4.8.2 VUMS Twitter page ....................................................................................................... 23
4.9 YouTube channel .................................................................................. 23
4.10 Newsletter ............................................................................................. 23
4.11 Mailinglists ............................................................................................ 24
4.12 VERITAS video ..................................................................................... 24
4.13 Planned activities .................................................................................. 27
4.13.1 VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation) cluster meetings ................................. 27
4.13.2 Future activities ............................................................................................................. 27
4.14 A green dissemination approach .......................................................... 27
5 Participation in events and conferences ...................................................... 28
5.1 Events calendar .................................................................................... 28
5.2 VERITAS User Forums ......................................................................... 28
5.3 VERITAS Workshops............................................................................ 29
5.4 VERITAS Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) ........................................... 30
5.5 VERITAS Conferences ......................................................................... 32
5.6 Dissemination activities ......................................................................... 32
5.6.1 Conferences/Workshops/Event participation ................................................................ 33
5.6.2 Papers ........................................................................................................................... 37
5.6.3 Journals ......................................................................................................................... 47
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6 Dissemination evaluation ............................................................................... 50

6.1 Basic set of success criteria .................................................................. 50
6.2 Extended set of success criteria ........................................................... 51
7 Next steps ........................................................................................................ 56
7.1 Workshops ............................................................................................ 56
7.2 Papers and publications ........................................................................ 56
7.3 Additional dissemination material ......................................................... 56
8 Conclusion....................................................................................................... 57
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List of Figures
Figure 1: Press releases page on VERITAS website to announce various events .. 12
Figure 2: VERITAS dissemination material for 2nd VERITAS User forum and
Workshop .......................................................................................................... 14
Figure 3: VERITAS website opening page - http://veritas-project.eu ....................... 16
Figure 4: VERITAS Twitter page - http://twitter.com/VeritasProj/ ............................. 17
Figure 5: Google search on VERITAS (1) ................................................................ 18
Figure 6: Google search on VERITAS (2) ................................................................ 19
Figure 7: Unique web visits veritas-project.eu .......................................................... 20
Figure 8: View over the origins of the website visitors (the darker the green the more
visitors from that region) .................................................................................... 21
Figure 9: Screenshot of VUMS website - http://www.vums-cluster.eu/ .................... 22
Figure 10: VERITAS videos on AccessForAll.eu YouTube channel ......................... 23
Figure 11: Dr. Manfred Dangelmaier, VERITAS cordinator - Fraunhofer IAO ........ 25
Figure 12: Mariolino De Cecco, Ph.D, Associate Professor - University of Trento ... 25
Figure 13: Ilenia Gheno AGE Platform Europe ..................................................... 26
Figure 14: Roberto Orselli Smartex ........................................................................ 26
Figure 15: VERITAS events calendars website screenshot .................................. 28
Figure 16: Participants to the 2nd user forum ............................................................ 29
List of Tables
Table 1: Top 10 countries of origins of website visits ............................................... 20
Table 2: Realised and Planned participations at conferences, workshops, etc. ....... 33
Table 3: VERITAS papers and publications overview .............................................. 37
Table 4: List of journal publications (including also the planned ones) ..................... 47
Table 5: VERITAS Dissemination success criteria ................................................... 50
Table 6: Overall dissemination assessment ............................................................. 51
Table 7: Website specific awareness evaluation ...................................................... 53
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Abbreviations list
Abbreviation Explanation
D Deliverable
DoW Description of Work
SAB Scientific Advisory Board
VUMS Virtual User Modelling and Simulation (Cluster)
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Executive Summary
The Deliverable at hand describes the updated Dissemination strategy as was outlined by
the VERITAS project in D4.3.1a and D4.3.1b, as well as takes onboard the comments that
were made at the 2011 review:
To elaborate and include in the D4.3.1.3 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
In reply to this, 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 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).
We also look deeper into the events that were organised by the project (VERITAS 2nd
Workshop at JVRC 2011) and events that have been planned (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).
The Deliverable also provides an updated overview of planned meetings, conferences and
other events that will be attended. These also include the VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and
Simulation) cluster (GUIDE, MyUI, VERITAS, VICON projects) meetings.
We also address the 2 released newsletters in 2011.
An update of this Deliverable will again be made available in Month 35, and will then also
include an updated status of the submitted papers and attended/organised events.
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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 2 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.
The projects updated dissemination material is presented in Chapter 3, and addresses the
new press release, the additional dissemination material that has been produced in the
context of conferences and workshops (pins, pens, bags, roll-up banner, lanyards, etc.). This
Chapter also presents in detail the online presence of the project and includes the web
statistics which are positive. Also the updates on the VUMS website are addressed, and the
respective Web 2.0 outcomes (Twitter page). The video as has been created is also
introduced.
Chapter 4 addresses the updated data on participation in events and conferences, and
focuses on the 2nd Pan-European User Forum and Workshop, and the SAB meeting that
took place. 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 2nd year of the project (2011), 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).
Chapter 6 focuses on the next steps; and more precisely on the forthcoming evenst thatw ill
take place at ICCHP 2012, and the paper submission to conferences and their potential
acceptance.
The Deliverable is completed with the Conclusion Chapter.
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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.
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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 2nd Pan-European VERITAS
Workshop and User Forum in Nottingham, United Kingdom on 20-21 September 2011 in the
context of the 2011 Joint Virtual Reality Conference. It was disseminated both via
mailinglists as well as via the project website (http://veritas-project.eu/category/press-
releases/).
Figure 1: Press releases page on VERITAS website to announce various events
Apart from dedicated mailings, announcements were also made on several websites and
fora:
European ePractice website - http://m.epractice.eu/en/events/2011-veritas-user-

forum / http://www.epractice.eu/en/events/2011-veritas-user-forum

APCD Empowerment Caf (APCD Empowerment Caf (E-Caf) is a platform which

promotes information and knowledge exchange on disability and development in Asia
and the Pacific from the perspective of sub-region (Southeast Asia, South Asia,
Central Asia, Pacific and East Asia)) -
http://www.apcdfoundation.org/ecafe/en/node/7520
EKT Documentation centre - http://www.ekt.gr/content/display?prnbr=4177
Newsgroups such as alt.comp.accessibility -

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/alt.comp.accessibility/HHZcmxkIIjk/2ShNlRIC
9zYJ
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 2nd 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)
o Public Deliverables
VERITAS leaflet

VERITAS lanyard
VERITAS pin
VERITAS notepad
VERITAS pen
Figure 2: VERITAS dissemination material for 2nd VERITAS User forum and Workshop
3.6 Website
The VERITAS website www-veritas-project.eu has been continuously updated (see
screenshots below) and was also used to launch simulation videos on the different
application domains.

In these 2 videos, two different desk prototypes were evaluated: one having its drawers above the desk and one
having them below. Two virtual user models were tested: normal user and user having rheumatoid arthritis on his
left arm. The users asked to perform four tasks: a) locate the bottom drawer, b) reach its handle, c) grab it and d)
pull the drawer.
All the videos are available via http://veritas-project.eu/category/dissemination/video/.

Figure 3: VERITAS website opening page - http://veritas-project.eu

3.6.1 RSS feeds
The project websites RSS feed (see Error! Reference source not found.) is published at
http://veritas-project.eu/feed/ and is used for automated publishing to the VERITAS Twitter
page (http://twitter.com/VeritasProj/). A similar approach is used for the VUMS Twitter page
(http://twitter.com/VUMScluster).

Figure 4: VERITAS Twitter page - http://twitter.com/VeritasProj/
3.6.2 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..

Figure 5: Google search on VERITAS (1)

Figure 6: Google search on VERITAS (2)

3.6.3 Website statistics
Google's Analytics is used to analyse the traffic to the VERITAS website. Since the launch of
the website end of January 2010, there were over 9200 unique visitors. Following overview
can be made:

Figure 7: 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 8: 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
- 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
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.

3.7 VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation) cluster website

VERITAS also continues to maintain the VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation)
cluster website, accessible via http://www.vums-cluster.eu/.
Figure 9: Screenshot of VUMS website - http://www.vums-cluster.eu/
3.8 Twitter pages

3.8.1 VERITAS Twitter page
VERITAS continues to update its own Twitter page at twitter.com/VeritasProj and an
accessible variant can be accessed via www.easychirp.com. Tweets are automatically
updated using the Twitterfeed application that allows RSS feeds from the VERITAS project
website to be automatically pushed to Twitter. There are at present 72 tweets and 66
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.).

3.8.2 VUMS Twitter page

Just like with VERITAS, also VUMS has its own Twitter page at
http://twitter.com/VUMScluster. There are at present 18 tweets and 23 followers (among
which eInclusion/Eur.Comm., research centres, individual researchers, end-user
organisations, ETSI Standards, etc.).
3.9 YouTube channel

To increase the coverage of interested parties, AccessForAll.eu YouTube channel
(http://www.youtube.com/AccessForAlleu) has been used where the project has also been
publishing its videos. Over 1000 views in total were registered across all videos.
Figure 10: VERITAS videos on AccessForAll.eu YouTube channel
3.10 Newsletter
4 newsletters have been prepared (2 in 2010 and 2 in 2011) 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, 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.
3.11 Mailinglists
The project 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
forums and workshops.
3.12 VERITAS video

During the 3 days project meeting in Turin (Orbassano), Italy at CRF (Centro Ricerche Fiat
S.C.p.A.) on 14-16 December 2011, the main filming took place of the VERITAS video.
Additional filming took place at the 2nd User forum in Nottingham in September 2011, at MCA
premises in Plovdiv during measurements with beneficiaries (people with disabilities, older
people) in December 2011, while also additional footage and video was provided by
CERTH-ITI (simulations), University of Trento (GaMoCap), and Virtual Reality & Multi Media
Park S.p.A. (avatars).
The video has been released and can be seen on the project website on the opening page.
Subtitles have been provided in all partner languages. Below are some screenshots.

Figure 11: Dr. Manfred Dangelmaier, VERITAS cordinator - Fraunhofer IAO
Figure 12: Mariolino De Cecco, Ph.D, Associate Professor - University of Trento

Figure 13: Ilenia Gheno AGE Platform Europe
Figure 14: Roberto Orselli Smartex

3.13 Planned activities

3.13.1 VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation) cluster meetings
An fourth and fifth VUMS (Virtual User Modelling and Simulation) cluster (GUIDE, MyUI,
VERITAS, VICON projects) was organised, respectively in Stuttgart (Fraunhofer IAO) on 17-
18 March 2011 regarding the user modelling and standardisation, and in Nottingham, UK on
the 21st September 2011 with the participation of all VUMS partner projects.
VERITAS created and maintains the VUMS portal on www.vums-cluster.eu.
3.13.2 Future activities

A VUMS Special Thematic Session (STS) will be organised at the 13th International
Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, organised on July 11-13,
2012 (Pre-Conference July 09-10, 2012) at the University of Linz in Austria. More details can
be found on http://www.veritas-project.eu/vums/?p=153, and it will be reported on in the
updated deliverable at hand in Month 35. Link to STS page: http://www.icchp.org/node/349.
VUMS will also organise a workshop as the same event. This workshop will present
prototypes and discuss 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. 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 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. More details can be found on
http://www.veritas-project.eu/vums/?p=145, and it will be reported on in the updated
deliverable at hand in Month 35. Link to ICCHP workshop page:
http://www.icchp.org/node/348.
3.14 A green dissemination approach

Just like in the first year 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 15). 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 15: VERITAS events calendars website screenshot
4.2 VERITAS User Forums

The 2nd Pan-European VERITAS User Forum Defining simulation task models for everyday
solutions, designed for all took place on the 20th of September 2011, and was hosted at the
Crown Plaza Hotel, in Nottingham, UK.
The meeting mainly targeted people with disabilities and older people that will be the
beneficiaries of the VERITAS system while the parallel workshop that was organised in the
frame of the Joint Virtual Reality Conference in Nottingham attracted designers and
developers. In total 33 participants attended the User Forum, mainly representing
beneficiaries and the academic community. This event provided a platform to engage more
beneficiaries in VERITAS and was the occasion for the VERITAS partners to cross-check

some interim project outcomes, namely the task analysis. Overall this was considered a
successful and interesting meeting as shown by the collected evaluation questionnaires.
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 ID4.3.2b User Forum meeting proceedings, and will
be made available on the website (see http://veritas-project.eu/deliverables/).
Figure 16: Participants to the 2nd user forum

4.3 VERITAS Workshops
The 2nd Pan-European VERITAS
workshop Accessibility Engineering
with User Models, Simulation and VR
was organized in the context of the
2011 Joint Virtual Reality Conference
on 21 September 2011, Nottingham
UK.
The workshop gathered 30 external

experts and users in the area of
Simulation and Virtual Reality, and
showcased relevant projects and

initiatives in the area of accessible design and simulation for automotive, home, working
environment, infotainment and ehealth design.
Following speakers and papers were presented:
Dimitrios Tzovaras et al.: VERITAS An open simulation platform for immersive and
non-immersive accessibility engineering
Sue Cobb, Belinda Lange: VR in rehabilitation examples and challenges
Mauro Da Lio, Mariolino De Cecco, Francesco Biral, Daniele Bortoluzzi: How do
human beings move? A lesson from driver models. State of the art and ideas
concerning the planning of human movements.
Yehya Mohamad, Pradipta Biswas: Standardisation of user models for designing and
using inclusive products
Manfred Dangelmaier, Matthias Bues et al: A VR application for planning processes
for nursing homes
Christian Schnauer, Thomas Pintaric, Hannes Kaufmann: Full body motion capture
a flexible marker-based solution
The 2nd Workshop, including the papers, was entirely captured, and fully described in
D4.3.2a Proceedings of second VERITAS workshop, while all presentations can be
downloaded from http://veritas-project.eu/2011/09/veritas-2nd-workshop-at-jvrc-2011/.
4.4 VERITAS Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)

The second SAB meeting was organised in the forenoon of the 20th September 2011 in
Nottingham UK. The SAB members also participated in the User forum in the afternoon of
the same day. The agenda was as following:
09.30 - 10:00 Coffee & Arrival
10:00 - 10:15 Introduction and Welcome (Dr. Manfred Dangelmaier -FhG)
10:15 - 11:00 The VERITAS project: Presentation (Dr. Dimitris Tzovaras > - CERTH-
ITI)
11:00 - 12:00 Status so far:
o Technical Description update (CERTH/ITI)
o Models presentation, tools, architecture (CERTH/ITI)
o Final task analysis (MCA)
o Abstract user models (MCA with help of LMS, ITACA, UPM)
o MSP presentation (CERTH/IT)

o Demonstration (CERTH/IT)
12:00 - 12:30 Discussion
Following SAB members attended:
Prof. Qin Gao (P.R. China): Assistant professor in the Department

of Industrial Engineering at Tsinghua University, specializing in
human-computer interactions and usability engineering. She
received her B. S. in Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua
University. M. S. in Production Engineering at RWTH-Aachen, and
Ph.D. in Human Factors at Tsinghua University. Her research interests include
human-computer interactions in context-aware applications, user behaviours and
experiences in social computing, universal design and cross-cultural studies. Dr. Gao
has published papers on these topics in HCI and related journals and conferences.
She is a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Prof. Ettore Pennestri (Italy): Professor of Mechanics Applied to

Machines, University of Rome Tor Vergata (November 2002-
present), and works at Department of Mechanical Engineering -
University of Rome Tor Vergata, via del Politecnico, 1, 00133
Roma ITALY. His research areas are Mechanism design,
Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines, Biomechanics
Following SAB members could not come but are scheduled to attend the next SAB meeting
on 10 July in Linz, Austria, in coincidence with ICCHP 2012.
Dr. Toshiyo Tamura (Japan): He is Professor and Director of the

National Institute for Longevity Science (Aichi, Japan). From 2003,
he is Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, at
Chiba University, Graduate School of Engineering. His research
and teaching activities focus on biomedical transducers involving
non-invasive apparatus and bio-signal analysis. He is an active
member in several national and international societies. He has served as a chair of
IEEE/EMBS Tokyo Chapter in 1996-2000, and the Asian Pacific representative for
the EMBS from 2000 to 2004. He is currently a President of the Japanese society of
Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering and a President of the Japanese
Society of Life Support Engineering.
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 Interaction, Game Study,
Human-Robot Interaction, and Customer Experience Management.
Prof. Doru Talaba (Romania): Doru Talaba obtained the PhD in

Mechanical Engineering at the University of Brasov. In 1988 he joined
the University Transylvania research department of Product Design
and Robotics in the successive positions of associate researcher,
assistant, lecturer, associate professor and since 2001 - full professor.
He is President of the European Association for University, Industry
cooperation in Brussels.
Travel expenses of all SAB members were covered by the project.
Dr. Gary Moulton (USA) from Microsoft is no longer member of the SAB after expressing
doubt about his possible contributions.
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 Dissemination activities

In the following sections, we provide an overview of the attended events, workshops and
conferences, the presented papers as well as the journal submissions.
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.

4.6.1 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
Poster 27-28-29 IX Congresso Designers X X X R

presentation October 2010 Nazionale developers,
(Caterina Rome, Italy Ergonomia, researchers,
Calefato, Luca valore sociale e industry players
Minin,
sostenibilit
Francesco
Tesauri, A
design Poster
framework for presentation
accessibility
based upon
virtual reality:
the VERITAS
project)
VERITAS 27-29 ICT 2010 Designers X X X K
networking September developers,
session 2010 researchers,
Brussels Expo, industry players
Brussels,
Belgium
Poster 4-7 October SIAMOC 2010 X X R

presentation 2010
by UNITN Ferrara, Italy

stakeholders

domains/ind
ustry
Manfred 29th June 1st pHealth 2011 Designers X X X K

Dangelmaier, July 2011 (8th International developers,
Human Lyon, France Conference on researchers,
Models for Wearable Micro industry players
Accessible
and Nano
and
Personalized Technologies for
Products: The Personal Health)
VUMS Project
Cluster and
VERITAS
Human 20 September RAMSIS (user Researchers X X K
Solutions 2011 conference) Developers
presented Kaiserslautern, Industry
progress and Germany
relevant tools
VERITAS.
VERITAS 20 September VERITAS User Researchers X X X R

User forum 2011 forum Developers
Nottingham, Beneficiaries
United Kingdom
VERITAS 21 September JVRC 2011 Researchers X X X R

workshop 2011 Developers
Nottingham, Industry
United Kingdom

stakeholders

domains/ind
ustry
VERITAS 09-10 February, First face-to-face Researchers X X K

virtual user 2012 meeting of the Developers
model Kaiserslautern, Model-Based Industry
structure has Germany User Interfaces Standardisation
been
(MBUI) W3C organisations
presented
Working Group.
Through the
activities of the
MBUI W3C
group, the
VERITAS project
will try to
standardize the
structure of the
virtual user
model. Further
refinements that
will be proposed
by the MBUI
group will be
integrated in the
virtual user
model.

stakeholders

domains/ind
ustry
Planned to be attended
Domologic 15-20 April Light+Building Industry X X K

and 2012 2012
BAUUNION Frankfurt,
plan to Germany
participate
CRF plans to 30-31 May 2012 3rd International X X K
participate Turin, Italy Conference CAR
INTERIORS:
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
Various 11-13July 2012 ICCHP 2012 Researchers X X X K

partners will Linz, Austria Developers
participate to Beneficiaries
participate in
VUMS STS
(papers) and
Workshop

stakeholders

domains/ind
ustry
Human September RAMSIS (user Researchers X X K

Solutions will 2012 conference) Developers
be presenting Kaiserslautern, Industry
progress and Germany
relevant tools
VERITAS.
LMS will 17-19 The biennial Researchers X X R

participate. September ISMA conference Developers
2012 on Noise and Industry
Leuven, Vibration
Belgium Engineering.
ISMA2012 in
conjunction with
USD2012.
MCA plans to December 2012 European Day of Beneficiaries X R

participate and People with
demonstrate Disabilities policy
/disseminate event
VERITAS
work
4.6.2 Papers
Table 3: VERITAS papers and publications overview

Paper title Date, Place Event and other Targeted Impact and importance of Contribution to innovation in
data stakeholders conferences and workshops the area
Added value (technological -

T, social - S, methodological
issues - M)
Already presented papers/publications High Medium Low
Nicola Cofelice, 25-27May 2010 The 1st Joint Designers X T

Roberto Zanni, Lappeenranta, International developers,
Davide Locatelli, Finland Conference on researchers,
Alessandro Toso, Multibody System industry players
David Moreno Dynamics
Giner, Jian Kang,
Stijn Donders,
Vibrational analysis
of a multibody
virtual dummy for
car and motorcycle
users
Nicola Cofelice, 20-22 September ISMA conference on Designers X T

Davide Locatelli, 2010 Noise and Vibration developers,
Roberto Zanni, Leuven, Belgium Engineering researchers,
Alessandro Toso, (ISMA2010) industry players
David Moreno
Giner, Jian Kang,
Stijn Donders, A
multibody virtual
dummy for
vibrational analysis
in car and
motorcycle
environments


issues - M)
N. Kaklanis, P. December 2010 International Researchers X T, M

Moschonas, K. Jyvskyl, Finland Conference on ICT Developers
Moustakas and D. for ageing and Beneficiaries
Tzovaras, eInclusion, representatives
Enforcing CONFIDENCE 2010
accessible design
of products and
services through
simulated
accessibility
evaluation
M. Kirchner, M. De 30-31 May 2011 IEEE Medical Researchers X T, M

Cecco, M. Bari, Italy Measurements and Developers
Confalonieri, M. Da Applications
Lio, A joint force-
position
measurement
system for
neuromotor
performances
assessment
Fotios Spyridonis 9-14 July 2011 HCI International Researchers X T, M

and Gheorghita Orlando, Florida, 2011 Developers
Ghinea, 2D vs. 3D USA
Pain Visualization:


issues - M)
User Preferences in
a Spinal Cord Injury
Cohort
N. Kaklanis, K. 9-14 July 2011 HCI International Researchers X T, M

Moustakas and D. Orlando, Florida, 2011 Developers
Tzovaras, A USA
framework for
automatic
simulated
accessibility
assessment in
virtual
environments
Caterina Calefato, 24- 26 July 2011 IADIS International Researchers X T, M

Romina Catani, Rome, Italy Conference Developers
Leandro Guidotti, Interfaces And
Karel Van Isacker, Human Computer,
User Requirements Interaction 2011
For Supporting The
Accessible Design
Process: Survey
Results In The
Framework Of
Veritas Project


issues - M)
M.Fontana, 24- 26 July 2011 IADIS International Researchers X T, M

M.Carrozzino, VR Rome, Italy Conference Developers
interaction tools for Interfaces And
motor impairment Human Computer,
simulation Interaction 2011
N. Kaklanis, K. 5-9 September International Developers X T, M

Moustakas and D. 2011 Workshop on Researchers
Tzovaras, An Lisbon, Portugal Software Support for
extension of User Interface
UsiXML enabling Description
the detailed Language, Interact
description of users 2011
including elderly
and disabled
Athanasios 21 September VERITAS workshop Developers X T, M

Tsakiris, Panagiotis 2011 Accessibility Researchers
Moschonas, Nottingham UK Engineering with
Konstantinos User Models,
Moustakas and Simulation and VR
Dimitrios Tzovaras, organized in the
An open simulation context of the 2011
platform for Joint Virtual Reality
immersive and non- Conference
immersive
accessibility


issues - M)
engineering
Mauro Da Lio, 21 September VERITAS workshop Developers X T, M

Mariolino De 2011 Accessibility Researchers
Cecco, Francesco Nottingham UK Engineering with
Biral, Daniele User Models,
Bortoluzzi, How do Simulation and VR
human beings organized in the
move? A lesson context of the 2011
from driver models. Joint Virtual Reality
State of the art and Conference
ideas concerning
the planning of
human movements.
Ivo Ramos Maia 1 December 2011 III Workshop on Developers X T, M

Martins, Mara Valencia, Spain Technology for Researchers
Fernanda Cabrera- Healthcare and
Umpirrez, Maria Healthy Lifestyle,
Teresa Arredondo, 2011
Ana Mara Navarro
Cerd, A New
Approach
Parameterization of
Cognitive
Disabilities


issues - M)
M. Kirchner, M. 28-30 November Accessibility Developers X T, M

Confalonieri, A. 2011 Reaching Researchers
Paludet, F. Brussels, Belgium Everywhere
Degasperi, M. Da AEGIS Workshop AT Industry
Lio, M. De Cecco, And International
A Joint Force- Conference Beneficiaries
Position
Measurement
System For
Accessibility
Quantification
Ivo Maly, Michal 15-17 February In Proceedings of Developers X T

Hapala, Jiri Bittner 2012. Innsbruck, the IASTED Researchers
and Pavel Slavik, Austria International Beneficiaries
On Tools for Game Conference
Interaction Analysis Assistive
Technologies (AT
2012), pp. 835-841,
Acta Press, 2012,
DOI:
10.2316/P.2012.766-
008
Planned papers/publications


issues - M)
11-13 June 2012 UD2012 - Inspire, X T, M

Oslo, Norway Challenge, and
Empower Universal
Design in Public
Space
Anne-Sophie 12-15 June 2012 ICOST 2012 X S

Parent, Nena Artimino, Italy
Georgantzi, Ilenia
Gheno , Ensuring A
Fruitful Future to
Innovation And
Research: Practical
Guidance for the
Involvement of
Older People in
Research
To be decided June 2012 IEEE Transaction on X T, M

Systems, Man and
Cybernetics ",
"Virtual human
modeling and
simulation
Michele 26-28 June 2012 pHealth 2012, 9th Developers X T, M

Confalonieri, International Researchers


issues - M)
Giovanni Porto, Portugal Conference on Industry

Guandalini, Mauro Wearable Micro and
Da Lio, Mariolino Nano Technologies
De Cecco, Force for Personalized
And Touch Make Health
Video Games
Serious For Submitted
Dexterity
Rehabilitation
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, Florida,
Virtual and USA
augmented


issues - M)
environments and
realistic user
interactions to
achieve embedded
accessibility
designs, the
VERITAS project
Use Cases
methodological
framework and
outcomes
USTUTT, CERTH- 10-12 September 8th International Developers X T, M

ITI, MCA and 2012 Conference on Researchers
BRUNEL to Laval, France Disability, Virtual Beneficiaries
potentially submit Reality and
paper Associated
Technologies
(ICDVRAT 2012)
RE:Lab to submit September 2012 CHItaly 2012 (Italian Developers X T, M

paper chapter of ACM Researchers
SIGCHI (Association
for Computer
Machinery - Special
Interest Group on
Computer-Human


issues - M)
Interaction))
CERTH-ITI and October 2012 ITAG 2012 (The Developers X T, M

MCA to submit Interactive Researchers
paper on Technologies and Beneficiaries
Infotainment. Games: Education,
Health and
Disability)
To be decided 22-24 October ACM ASSETS 2012 Developers X T, M

2012 - Boulder Researchers
Colorado, USA
To be decided 27 April 2 May CHI 2013 - 31st Developers X T, M

2013 Human Factors in Researchers
Computing Systems
To be decided 21-26 July 2013 HCII 2013 (15th Developers X T, M

Las Vegas, USA International Researchers
Conference on
Human-Computer
Interaction)
4.6.3 Journals
Table 4: List of journal 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
Monk, A., Jackson, D., N-backer: An Behavior Research 2011 X

Nielsen, D., Jefferies, E. auditory n-back task Methods (2011)
& Olivier, P. with automatic
scoring of spoken Volume: 43, Issue:
responses, Behavior 3, Pages: 888-896
Research Methods
DOI:
10.3758/s13428-
011-0074-z
Kunc, L., Slavik, P. Corrected Human HCI International 2011 X

Vision System and 2011,
the McGurk Effect Communications in
Computer and
Information Science
174, pp. 345 349,
Springer, 2011
Planned journal publications
M. De Cecco, M. Joint Measurement Computer 2012 X

Confalonieri, G. Of Force And Standards &
Guandalini, M. Da Lio Position For Interfaces
Accessibility
Quantification

Author(s) Title of paper Journal details Date Impact and importance of journals
(Vol. no./Page ref.)
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 Submitted to the 2012 X

Panagiotis Moschonas, for the elderly and Special Issue of
Konstantinos Moustakas disabled for IJUAIS
and Dimitrios Tzovaras automatic simulated "Accessibility
accessibility and aspects in UIDLs"
ergonomy evaluation
of designs, International
Journal "Universal
Access in the
Information
Society", Springer
(http://www.springe
r.com/computer/hci/
journal/10209)
M. De Cecco, M. Joint Measurement Computer 2012 X

Confalonieri, G. Of Force And Standards &
Guandalini, K. Van Position For Interfaces Journal
Isacker, M. Da Lio Accessibility
Quantification

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

Following success criteria have been evaluated for 2010 and 2011 and indicate a positive
outcome of the work undertaken so far 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 JVRC 2011 and
ICCHP 2012).
Y1 Realised in Y1 Y2 Realised in Y2
Presentations in 4 4 6 2 poster presentations,

conferences 11 paper presentations
(and an additional 12
planned)
Publications in - - 2 (and an additional 4

scientific planned)
journals
European user 15 external 17 external 30 external 30-33 external

forum/workshop participants participants participants participants
Monthly unique 100 > 400 on 200 > 370 on average

web visits average
International - At least 60 Decision was made to

conference participants, 30 focus on dedicated
published papers workshops (see JVRC
and 10 exhibitors 2011 (30 external
in the 1st project experts and 6 papers)
International and ICCHP 2012)
Conference
Project video - - - Video available
Table 5: VERITAS Dissemination success criteria

5.2 Extended set of success criteria

All Partners have been requested to complete an overall dissemination evaluation for the
second year of the dissemination. The consolidated results can be found below and in
orange the areas are identified that need to be (further) improved. As this will be an ongoing
effort, results of future yearly evaluations will be reported on in the updated dissemination
plan, scheduled for Month 35.
Table 6: Overall dissemination assessment

Quality criteria Evaluation
Not efficient Moderate Excellent
The target groups are addressed by means 0.00% 33.33% 66.67%

of proper communication channels and tools
(i.e. addressing research community via
papers at workshops and conferences, etc.)
The number of dissemination activities 0.00% 22.22% 77.78%

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% 44.44% 55.56%

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
The above outcomes are positive, but clearly indicated a need for a more intensive
dissemination by the project towards the different application domains. Immediately after
these results were collected, all industrial partners were requested to identify events where
VERITAS could be presented towards the industry. This will however also need the
availability of demos to be presented towards the future customers of the VERITAS assets
(exploitable outcomes of the project).
For this reason, the project has committed to have in the second half of Year 3 the needed
demos available, while it will also use the project video to approach the industry players.
These activities will be intensified in Year 3 and will be reported on in the next version of the
Deliverable at hand. 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 will guide us in assessing the efficiency of the website dissemination strategy.
The evaluation that was undertaken for the second 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.

Nevertheless, the project will take all comments on board and will further enrich the website
with:
- Demonstration videos of the various Multisensorial Platform supported

measurements (video is being created by CERTH-ITI and SMARTEX and will be
streamed online via the VERITAS project);
- Adding of a video specifically directed towards the beneficiaries, making it as less

technical as possible;
- Witness accounts will be added from different events, starting with the planned
ICHHP 2012 events.

6 Next steps
6.1 Workshops
In the next update of the Deliverable at hand (Month 35), full details will be provided on the
Workshop organised at ICCHP 2012, including pictures and if possible also video material
(interviews, etc.) which will be posted on the project website.
6.2 Papers and publications

Every updated version of this Deliverable will continue to provide an overview of the
submitted, accepted and presented papers, as well as publications, adding every time now
also the impact as well as whether the events were key events or not. Just like now it will
also every time include a clear indication on what target groups and/or stakeholders were
addressed at the respective events.
6.3 Additional dissemination material

Any additional produced dissemination material will be presented, and its usage will be
reported upon.

7 Conclusion
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 reports on the various activities
undertaken, and outlining future activities that have been planned.
This time however, also a quality assessment was performed so as to evaluate the
dissemination activities, and also measure its impact. The events/paper/journal 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. In the next period, additional effort will be made
to target also more the application domains with presentations and early demos. This will be
further intensified in the final year of the project when the piloting will take place.
In the next version of this Deliverable, we will report on the new dissemination activities
undertaken, as well as will report on the Workshop that took place at ICCHP 2012.

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Dissemination plans and materials plus leaflets

Deliverable No. D4.3.1c

SubProject No. SP4 SubProject Title Horizontal activities

Workpackage W4.3 Workpackage Title Dissemination

Activity No. A4.3.1 Activity Title Dissemination plan,

Authors Mariya Goranova Valkova, Karel Van Isacker

Dissemination level: P (Public)

File Name: VERITAS_D4.3.1c_final

Project start date and duration 01 January 2010, 48 Months

Version History table

1 December 2011: Updated version prepared by MCA.

2 December 2011: Final version prepared

December 2011 3 MCA

December 2011 4 MCA

6 Dissemination evaluation ............................................................................... 50

December 2011 5 MCA

December 2011 6 MCA

December 2011 7 MCA

In reply to this, 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 a

We also address the 2 released newsletters in 2011.

December 2011 8 MCA

The Deliverable at hand provides an updated status of the dissemination activities

The Deliverable is completed with the Conclusion Chapter.

December 2011 9 MCA

1 Core message to convey

December 2011 10 MCA

December 2011 11 MCA

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

European ePractice website - http://m.epractice.eu/en/events/2011-veritas-user-

December 2011 12 MCA

APCD Empowerment Caf (APCD Empowerment Caf (E-Caf) is a platform which

EKT Documentation centre - http://www.ekt.gr/content/display?prnbr=4177

Newsgroups such as alt.comp.accessibility -

3.5 Additional material

3.5.1 Conference and workshop usage

December 2011 13 MCA

December 2011 14 MCA

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

December 2011 15 MCA

Figure 3: VERITAS website opening page - http://veritas-project.eu

December 2011 16 MCA

Figure 4: VERITAS Twitter page - http://twitter.com/VeritasProj/

3.6.2 Online presence

December 2011 17 MCA

Figure 5: Google search on VERITAS (1)

December 2011 18 MCA

Figure 6: Google search on VERITAS (2)

December 2011 19 MCA

Figure 7: Unique web visits veritas-project.eu

Some other core data:

- 5,912 Unique Visitors

- 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

1. Italy 1,573 16.93%

December 2011 20 MCA

- Research institutes and university websites: e.g. University of Nottingham, University