VISCOMM keynote 2025
As invited keynote speaker for the VISCOMM workshop at IEEE VIS conference, I talked about current trends in data visualization, my design approach, and how our profession is changing in the recent wave of AI tools.
Talks & Keynotes
Thanks to 130+ audiences who have lent me their ears — including keynotes at Eurovis, OpenVisConf, VIZBI, IEEE VIS (VISCOMM) and the European Communication Summit. I've also given company-internal talks and lectures at organizations such as Google, Airbnb, SAP, Deutsche Bahn, Nokia, Deloitte and ZEISS.
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Play videoTruth & Beauty for the German administration
At the 11th Öffentliches Gestalten meetup on "Visualising data", hosted by CityLAB Berlin and DigitalService des Bundes, I shared more recent work for and with the German Federal government — including the Climate—Conflict—Vulnerability Index (CCVI) for the Federal Foreign Office and the official COVID-19 vaccination dashboard for the Federal Ministry of Health.
Eurovis keynote 2022
As invited keynote speaker for the EUROVIS conference, I talked about the iconic power of data visualization, the role of emotions, culture, symbols and how we read "between the lines" of data visualizations.
Kiel Life Science New Year's Reception
I was invited by Kiel Life Science to speak at their New Year's Reception at the Zoological Museum Kiel, where around 75 guests gathered to gain insights into visualizing scientific data.
Keynote at VIZBI 2019
I was invited to give a keynote at VIZBI, the scientific conference for visualizing biological data. I talked about "The art and science of data visualization" — reaching from data legibility to data art, and bigger questions in the relation of the arts and the sciences.
Keynote at OpenVisConf 2018
It was a huge honor for me to keynote the first European edition of one of my favorite conferences: OpenVisConf in Paris, May 14-16, 2018. I talked about the projects Peak Spotting and Multiplicity.
Data with a cause
I moderated a panel on visualization for policy change at VIS 2014, featuring Tariq Khokhar, Scott David, Matteo Maggiore, and Greg McInerny. We tried to shed some light on what it’s like to work with and publish data in the NGO context, and how we can improve!
Keynote: Search is Over
Keynote at Gurus of BI
I presented some of my the off-the-beaten-track work at Gurus of BI 2014, a leading conference in Business Intelligence.
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