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.

Visual Rhetorics / Data Art for Climate Action

In 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"

Hear 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.

Watch it on youtube.

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.