“Imperceptible accessibility” was the title of the lecture given by the lecturer of the postgraduate programme in Accessibility: Universal Design Specialist, Rovira-Beleta. He later, he participated in the round table “Accessible Barcelona, a city to live in, a city to visit”, organised by Turisme de Barcelona and which was the session with the most attendees during the whole congress, according to statistical data.

The round table also featured the participation of Joan Ramon Riera, councillor of the City Council of Barcelona-District of Les Corts and president of the Municipal Institute of People with Disabilities (IMPD); Irene Calvis as representative of the Gran Liceo de Barcelona, and Elena Salas of Ilunion Hotels in Barcelona.

Rovira-Beleta was responsible for accessibility at the Barcelona Olympic and Paralympic Games in 1992, the Barcelona Forum of Cultures 2004, the Zaragoza Expo 2008 and the feasibility study of the Monumental Complex of the Alhambra and the Generalife. He spoke of the evolution of accessibility in Barcelona since 1992.

The objective of the congress was to identify innovative and competitive projects with which to start a commercial relationship; to promote synergies; and to find business opportunities between groups within the field of accessibility, inclusion and universal coexistence. Accessibility is a compulsory subject at UIC Barcelona, and as its lecturer Rovira-Beleta explained that these sessions “have allowed us to contact organisations in other countries such as Mexico, where they later interviewed us during an event that was broadcast throughout Latin America”.

Almost 1,600 registered participants from 42 different countries took part in the congress, with 110 speakers and moderators, 86 stands and 32 conferences with the aim of transversally analysing and discussing accessibility and inclusion.