I've compiled a small list of conferences definitely worth visiting in 2010. Events like this are a great way to see, learn, connect and be inspired. If you're lucky enough to get a ticket, be sure to let us know so we could meet up and have a chat. Read more
The Society for News Design has published the call for entries for the 18th International Graphics Awards. The deadline is February 5th and only works that were published between January 1 and December 31, 2009 may be submitted. The winners will be announced at the closing dinner during the Infographics World Summit, on March12, 2010. Read more
On October 16th 2009 the FH Potsdam will host a workshop examining questions about how information visualization influences design, architecture and technology. The workshop will be hosted by Prof. Boris Müller (esono.com) and Moritz Stefaner (well-formed-data.net). Read more
Communicate effectively with interactive Information Visualization – 8th Symposium for Information Design at the Media University Stuttgart, Germany. Read more
This year's Visualizar workshop by the Medialab Prado comes with a very intruiging tagline: Public Data, Data in Public. Accordingly the focus areas are Free Data for Better Science, Open data for a transparent government and Data for Public Debate. Read more
The sessions from the From Business to Buttons conference in Malmö are made accessible as videos online. Matt Jones from Dopplr.com talks about Persuasive Personal Information and the approach he takes designing the Personal Annual Report on Dopplr.com. Read more
The OECD and the International Institute for Information Design (IIID), based in Vienna, are organising an international conference in Paris, on 18-20 June 2009, about data visualization and information design Read more
The SEE#4 conference on April 18th was a very inspirational event. With a superb set of speakers and an extraordinary keynote by leading brain researcher Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerhard Roth the quality of content was very high and the range broad enough to give each speaker his space. Read more
The are a few conferences out there you wouldn't miss if you're involved in data visualization. The following ones are certainly must-see conferences if you have the chance to get there. Read more
Christian Chabot is the founder and CEO of Tableau Software. In this talk he shares a huge amount of experience in the commercial field of data visualization. His talk is clearly focused on the Tableau Software but he covers a lot of topics with an incredible depth and expertise. Read more
"see" is back again, driven by last year's success and the extensive positive feedback the organisators received. In 2009 the see conference will again bring together fields like design, art, new media and architecture. Read more
Eric Rodebeck from Stamen Design gives an inspiring talk at LIFT Asia about rich data visualization on the Web. Stamen ist a design agency specialized in the visualization of dataflows either from the Web or from real-world data.In his talk, he demonstrates how the Web can be enriched by visualization opportunities and presents various examples along this line of research. Read more
Data visualization is still a niche and thus networking a crucial part of the daily work. Events are great to stay up-to-date with current developments as well as meeting peers and cultivate connections.
