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Quick list of speakers, ideas, and important links from Visualized 2015

Thursday 10.08

John Keefe (WNYC)

Data viz should be useful, playful, and above all, relevant to your local community.

Ben Wellington (I Quant NY)

Takes advantage of NYC’s open data laws to inform & impact the city

Aurelia Moser (CartoDB)

“Without charts or maps, if [research] isn’t visualized, nobody cares.”

Gavin Schmidt (NASA)

The world doesn’t need more confusing graphs; the world needs clarity.

Peter Crnokrak (ORA Systems)

Using GMunk’s visionary design, we got an insight into how beautiful—and functional—new data visualizations can be

Dani Pearson + Pau Garcia (Domestic Data Streamers)
Rebecca Williams (U.S. Government Analyst)

Visualizing government data is your civic duty!

Mark Schifferli + James Grady
Jeremy White + Karen Yourisch + Sergio Pençanha
Matthew Falla
Neil Halloran (Independent Filmmaker)

Actually left us speechless with the beautiful and emotionally-weighty aspects of data visualization

  • For the People, his latest project, to be released soon
  • The Fallen
Jen Christiansen (Scientific American)

What happens when data visualization bleeds into pop culture

George Michael Brower (Always & Forever Computer Entertainment)

Explored the question: can music be visualized? Showed us how old-school animators (Norman McLaren) did it, and what we can do today.

Santiago Ortiz (Moebio Labs)

Empowering data analysts to create impactful graphics without code or design

Friday 10.09

Simon Rogers (Google News Lab)

“From a young age, I knew I always wanted to tell stories. I never dreamed that would be with numbers.”

Mahir M. Yavuz + Luca Masud (R/GA)
Genevieve Hoffman + Ian Ardouin–Fumat (Office for Creative Research)
Adrien Segal (Artist)
Moritz Stefaner (Independent)
Anna Flagg (AJ+)

Explores a new breed of documentary where interactive visuals inform the story.

CJ Adams + Izzie Zahorian (Google Ideas)

Static data vs live data? If you want return visitors, always use live data.

Jonathan Schwabish (Urban Institute)

If you’re losing the joy in data viz, try getting back to basics and stop taking it so seriously.

Joseph Paradiso (MIT Responsive Environments)

Using sensors to create virtual simulations of real places, in real time.

Mike Alger (VR & Motion Designer)

Using 3D as the new interface

Mark McCaughrean (ESA)

THEY FREAKING LANDED A PROBE ON A MOVING COMET ZOMG

Manuel Lima (Visual Complexity)
Deroy Peraza + Marianna Fierro (Hyperakt)

Talked about scaling a sideproject into a worldwide resource.

David McCandless (Information Is Beautiful)

Reminded us how comedically hilarious data can be (really!).

Giorgia Lupi (Accurat) + Stefanie Posavec (Designer / Illustrator)
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