Chairs

UOC - VASS Foundation Chair in Digital Transformation without Barriers: Employability and Inclusion

Main objectives

Promote access to employment for people with disabilities through training by creating training and awareness programmes that enhance the digital skills of disabled collectives.

Promote impact measurement and inclusive training in partner companies.

Promote research and innovation as additional levers of support to improve the professional integration of this collective in ordinary settings.

Disseminate knowledge and raise awareness of society by organizing outreach and knowledge transfer activities on the importance of breaking down barriers and building a culture of awareness about disabilities.

Directors

Marta López Costa. Director of the Chair (UOC)

Antonio Rueda Guglieri. Co-director of the Chair (VASS Foundation)

UOC academic team

Elsa Santamaría López

Jordi Planella Ribera

José Israel Reyes Reyes

Raúl Navarro Zárate

Xènia García Vallès

Technical coordination

Arantxa Rodríguez Arnedo. Corporate Project Manager (UOC)

Beatriz Alcaraz Guijarro. Corporate Partnerships Director (UOC)

Natalia Fuentes Pampliega. Marketing and Communications Director (VASS Foundation)

Joint monitoring committee

Jacobo Guillén Delgado. Industry & Services Principal (VASS Foundation)

José Samuel Berigüete Valero. Academic Director of VASS University.

Joan Carles Medina Alcaraz. Associate Dean for Research at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences (UOC)

Maite Fernández Ferrer. Associate Dean for Alliances, Community and Culture at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences (UOC)

Ignacio Tremiño Gómez. Vice President of the Spinal Cord Injury Foundation (FLM) and Vice President of Impulsa Igualdad CyL.

Pilar Rojas Caja. Senior Leader Corporate Culture, Diversity and Employee Experience at REPSOL.

Ignacio González Cabello. Manager of the Employability and Educational Innovation Department at the Telefónica Foundation.

Mari Satur Torre Calero. Manager of the Spanish Red Cross Foundation.

Miguel López Quesada. President of the Spanish Association of Communication Directors (Dircom).

Pedro Martínez López. President of the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities in the Region of Murcia and Manager of Fundown.

Israel González Carrasco. Director of the Spanish Center for Subtitling and Audio Description (CESyA).

Marc Badia Muntané. Coordinator of the "Col·labora" Labour Inclusion Service at the Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation.

Daniel Riera Terrén. Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications (UOC)

Andrea Jardí Ferré. holder of a doctoral degree in Education and Society from the University of Barcelona.