IN2 is an innovative SME providing AI-based software solutions and tools for simplifying how businesses and people collect, organise, discover and present digital content. The company covers the whole spectrum of application development and provisioning from design, user interaction, software development and deployment from its own private cloud (DevOps). The core technology consists of an in-house AI-based content indexing, analysis, automatic annotation, management and publishing platform for all types of media (photos, videos, documents, audio files) and data streams.

With the IN2 platform we can realise many rich media applications offerings including: complete and easy to customise solutions for storing, managing, annotating and publishing of cross-media content, semantic annotation and tagging of images, time-based annotations and metadata of video files, document enhancement for assistive service support, map-based interfaces and search for geo-tagged photos, hyperlocal social interaction and sharing, search facilities beyond textual metadata and descriptions, faceted browsing and tailored visualisations of digital collections; and simplified navigation of vast digital assets, enabling speedy and smooth user access.

IN2 has extensive experience in R&D projects that are ongoing or concluded successfully in the past, both as coordinator and lead technological partner in education and accessibility, delivering, among others, tools for data and audio analysis, podcast aggregation, content search and presentation and advanced user interfaces personalised to 

The Giuseppe Paccini ETS Association is a non-profit cultural association based in Verona, Italy, whose main activity is the design and development of software solutions for blind students. Paccini, in particular, has developed the LAMBDA system for mathematics and the Braille Music Editor, two projects that have resulted in the creation of software still widely used in many European schools today, more than 20 years after their inception. The association organises training courses and provides consultancy to teachers and users, transcribing music books into digital Braille.

Within the Paccini Association, there are expert teachers in special education, music, and support, as well as two programmers experienced in the field of interfaces for blind users. Members and partners of the Paccini Association have long collaborated on other projects with partners such as EKMS, IN2, the University of Toulouse, and European blind associations including ONCE (Organización Nacional de Ciegos), ACAPO (Portuguese Blind Union), and EBU (European Blind Union).

The Edwin Kowalik Music Society is a non-governmental organisation consisting of 40 members, both blind and sighted. It was set up in 1998, by a group of blind and sighted music lovers, dedicated to continuing Edwin Kowalik’s effort to promote the activity of blind musicians – those still in education and those performing music either as amateurs or professionals. The patron of the organisation (1928-97) was a prominent blind pianist. In 1955 he was distinguished with a special award in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. In 1957 he represented Poland at the International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro and won the sixth prize. From 1957 onwards, in addition to his artistic activity Edwin Kowalik was involved in the musical life of the Polish blind, working as an editor of both Braille music and a periodical at the Polish Association of the Blind. A great number of Braille musical manuals and different kinds of scores containing vocal and instrumental music were also published under his guidance. They are available in the Central Library for the Blind in the paper form only.

The aim of the society is to support and promote the active participation of blind people in music. This is done by:

The Saint Barnabas School for the Blind, located in Nicosia, is the only educational institution of its kind in Cyprus. Its establishment in 1929 marked the beginning of special education in Cyprus and furthermore the education of individuals with visual impairments. Until 1957, the School operated within the framework of the charitable model. With Cyprus' independence in 1960, a new period of development and enhancement of the School's role began, transforming it into a genuinely equitable institution among the public schools. The school provides primary, secondary, and adult education. Currently, it provides services to 132 students (young and adult learners) on the premises and support services to 150 students attending the mainstream school settings, with a total of 57 staff and teachers. Some of the activities offered include empowerment and well-being classes, a help and support centre (Telephony Department), adult education with 35 different subjects (including computers, Greek, English, and Braille languages, music, cooking, arts and handicraft lessons, fashion, carpentry, theatre, dancing, gymnastics, archery, gardening, and graphic design), support services for young students attending the mainstream school settings (material adaptation/ Braille, teacher support, environmental audits etc), Braille printing studio, music studio for recording and transcription services in Braille language, psychological counselling, and a program for deaf-blind people.

Siena Jazz was founded in 1977 by Franco Caroni to promote jazz music and its derivations through training, production, and research. Over the course of almost half a century, through the educational courses activated and the numerous activities carried out at a national and international level, it has contributed significantly to the development of the professionalism and artistic careers of the majority of operators in the industry currently active in Italy today, stimulating the promotion and development of the cultural and artistic context of Italian jazz, and representing a landmark for the musicians on the international scene. The courses offered are the result of careful and constant research in teaching methods which aim to guarantee the highest quality of technical-artistic training for its students. The educational oHer satisfies every type of training need, by level of skills, age, and objectives. Studying at Siena Jazz means entrusting your training to an Institution that, by history and tradition, represents a guarantee of quality and of educational and professional growth in the field of jazz-oriented musical arts.

Siena Jazz academic offer consists in:

Internationalisation at Siena Jazz is very much encouraged also thanks to the Erasmus+ Programme that allow students and teachers of SJ to have experience abroad. Not only a school, Siena Jazz has trained generations of artists and educators, positioning itself as a cultural hub for jazz in Europe: