2021 Public Symposium

November 3-5, 2021
Virtual

Visualizing the Future held a public symposium in November 2021. The schedule and resources from the symposium are shared below.

Schedule

Wednesday, November 3

Pacific Daylight Time Eastern Daylight Time Event
  11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. East coast meet & greet / coffee talk
9:00 - 9:25 a.m. 12:00 - 12:25 p.m. Symposium Welcome
Intro slides
Positionality slides
Positionality live notes
9:30 - 11:00 a.m. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Keynote Presentation and Q & A - Visualizing a future: Some thoughts on the library’s role in data education. Jonathan O. Cain, Associate University Librarian for Research and Learning, Columbia University Libraries
Keynote Live Notes
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Unconference small group discussions
Preliminary topics: offering data visualization services, data viz instruction, data viz tools, learning data viz
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Break
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. Visualizing the Future project report and Q & A
Project report slides
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.   West coast meet & greet / tea time

Thursday, November 4

Pacific Daylight Time Eastern Daylight Time Event
  11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. East coast regional social time
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. 12:00 - 12:50 p.m. Lightning Talks:
Instructional modules
Building Community Discussion
Teach Viz by Example
The Work of Jacques Bertin and Data Visualization
A Framework for Data Visualization
10:00 - 10:50 a.m. 1:00 - 1:50 p.m. Viz and Tell: Organizing the community / next steps
Viz and Tell Live Notes
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Break / Unconference small group discussions
12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Invited speaker and Q & A - Mapping an Indigenous Los Angeles: Indigenous Place, Space and Story Mapping. Dr. Maylei Blackwell, Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Blackwell slides
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. Symposium reflection / closing session
Reflection notes
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.   Build a community playlist (West coast regional social activity)

Friday, November 5

Pacific Daylight Time Eastern Daylight Time Event
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Workshop: Beyond the tools: Pedagogy for critical data visualization instruction (separate registration required)
Workshop resources