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.
Upcoming Fireside Chats
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
Watch previous fireside chats
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
Questions? Email: programs@datavisualizationsociety.org