Eurovis keynote 2022

As invited keynote speaker for the EUROVIS conference, talked about the iconic power of data visualization, the role of emotions, culture, symbols and how we read "between the lines" of data visualizations.

Visual Rhetorics / Data Art for Climate Action

I my keynote at DACA 2022, I presented my perspective on climate visualization — from data sculptures over dashboards for beehives to Ed Hawkins' warming stripes.

Designing the official German COVID-19 vaccination dashboard

A concise, remote presentation on the design rationale and process behind the Impfdashboard — the official German COVID-19 vaccination dashboard.

"It's a process"

Here me talk about my design process at Datavis Lisboa.

dataviz : ecologies

At this year’s eyeo festival, I talked about visual strategies for data visualization in the realm of ecology and climate change. Contents may include data sculptures, bee data dashboards, hyperobjects.

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.

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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.

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Data Cuisine talk at eyeo 2016

Can we use food as a medium for information? This talk from eyeo 2016 presents the Data Cuisine project, which turns abstract data into delicious experiences.

European Communication Summit 2013

I gave a keynote address at the European Communication Summit.