Fireside Chats

A series of online conversational sessions with experts from our community on topics that our members told us were the most relevant for data visualization. Each session will feature a panel of people answering questions about the topic.

Members can submit questions: https://www.datavisualizationsociety.org/fireside-chat-questions

View it live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DataVisualizationSociety

Upcoming Topics: Non-visual Data representation, Misinformation and Data Viz, Data Viz and Government

Dates: TBD

Panelists: Apply to be a panelist

User Testing in Data Viz

Robert Kosara: A researcher whose work spans visualization techniques, systems, visual perception, etc., with a recent focus on communicating with and about data.
Anxo Cereijo Roibás: A User Experience Lead consultant working on the UK government’s digital transformation strategy.
Silvia Romanelli: An Italian data visualization designer based in France working for The Information Lab, which develops dashboards for corporate clients.
Moderator: Erica Gunn, Education Director Data Visualization Society

Data viz managers talk about hiring

Christopher DeMartini - Leads the Data Experience (DX) team at Visa and Tableau Zen Master
Danielle Alberti - Data Visualization Editor at Axios
Duncan Swain - Award-winning creative director and co-founder of Beyond Words Studio
Moderator: Amanda Makulec, MPH, Executive Director Data Visualization Society

Data Visualization Style Guidelines

Maxene Graze - Data Visualization Engineer, MURAL
Alan Wilson - Principal Designer, Adobe Experience Cloud
Jon Schwabish - Senior Fellow, Urban Institute, and founder of PolicyViz

Moderator: Amy Cesal - co-founder and programs director of Data Visualization Society

Accessibility of Data Visualization

Frank Elavsky - Frank is a data experience engineer and designer and the creator of Chartability
Léonie Watson - Léonie is Director of TetraLogical; a member of the W3C Advisory Board; co-Chair of the W3C Web Applications Working Group; and a member of the BIMA Inclusive Design Council
Sarah L. Fossheim - Sarah is a multidisciplinary developer and designer, passionate about ethics and accessibility
Øystein Moseng - Head of Accessibility at Highcharts

Moderator: Amy Cesal - co-founder and programs director of Data Visualization Society

Building Data Literacy

Mary Aviles, freelance multi-sector human experience strategist and researcher
Allen Hillery, Columbia University, Adjunct Faculty
Rama Raphalalani, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Officer, Data Innovator

Moderator: Amanda Makulec, MPH, Operations Director Data Visualization Society

Data Art & Creative Coding

Eleanor Lutz - graphic designer specializing in data and science visualization
Shirley Wu - award-winning creative focused on data-driven art and visualizations
Kirell Benzi, Ph.D -  researcher, communicates data science through art

Moderator: Julia Krolik - information designer, founder of Pixels and Plans & Art the Science

Typography for Data Visualization

Keir DuBois - Designer/Co-Owner of Tight Ship Design
Tiffany France - Freelance UX Designer and Developer
Richard Brath - Partner at Uncharted Software Inc

Moderator: Neil Richards

Introduction: Kuhu Gupta

Accessible Data Visualization

Doug Schepers - Director at Fizz Studio
Melanie Mazanec - Engineer at Bloom government digital services
Dr. John Gardner - Founder of ViewPlus
Sarah Higley - Software Developer at Microsoft

Moderator: Amy Cesal - co-founder and programs director of Data Visualization Society

Sketching and Visualizing Data

Rasagy Sharma - Principal Information Designer, Gramener
Katherine Haugh - Senior Advisor on Organizational Learning at the Global Knowledge Initiative
Duncan Geere - Freelance information designer

Moderator: Amy Cesal - co-founder and programs director of Data Visualization Society

Maps: What's Left to Talk About?

Kenneth Field - Principal Cartographic Product Engineer at ESRI
Madison Draper - Designer at Mapbox
Elijah Meeks - Data Visualization Engineer at Apple

MODERATOR: Alberto Cairo

Visualizing Public Health Data Responsibly

Katie McCurdy - Designer & Founder of Pictal Health
Harry Stevens - Graphics Reporter at The Washington Post
Tricia Aung, MSPH - Research Associate/Faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Allison Maier - Research Associate at KFL&A Public Health

MODERATOR: Amanda Makulec

Color Theory for Data Visualization

Alan Wilson - Principal Designer at Adobe
Theresa-Marie Rhyne - Color Maven & Visualization Expert
Julia Krolik - Information designer, data scientist & artist

MODERATOR: Amy Cesal - co-founder and programs director of Data Visualization Society