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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#FF2A5B">Deadline EXTENDED: February 25</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Information+ Interdisciplinary practices in information design and visualization </span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">The inaugural Information+ conference will bring together researchers and practitioners in information design and information visualization to discuss common questions and challenges in these rapidly changing
fields. Information+ will be held at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, Canada. It will include three events: a two-day conference (June 16–17), one-day hands-on workshop (June 18), and an exhibition of information design and visualization
projects (June 17–July 30). For further information and updates, please visit: <a href="http://informationplusconference.com/"><span style="color:#1255CC">http://informationplusconference.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Our keynote speakers are: <a href="http://ccom.unh.edu/vislab/colin_ware.html"><span style="color:#314FE1">Colin Ware</span></a>, director of the Data Visualization Research Lab at the University of New Hampshire,
and author of several books including <i>Visual Thinking for Design</i>, and <a href="https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/"><span style="color:#314FE1">Tamara Munzner</span></a>, Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia and author of <i>Visualization
Analysis and Design</i>. Confirmed speakers include <a href="http://www.kanarinka.com/"><span style="color:#314FE1">Catherine D’Ignazio</span></a>, <a href="http://www.chadskelton.com/"><span style="color:#314FE1">Chad Skelton</span></a><u><span style="color:#314FE1">,</span></u> <a href="http://alignedleft.com/"><span style="color:#314FE1">Scott
Murray</span></a> and <a href="http://driven-by-data.net/">Gregor Aisch</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Call for Participation: Information+Conference</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">As an interdisciplinary event, we invite proposals from all fields of professional practice, research, and education in information design and visualization. We welcome submissions on such topics as (and not
limited to): the environment, advocacy and law, wayfinding and safety, health and medical applications, social and political issues, and projects in data journalism and the digital humanities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Authors accepted for presentation at the conference will have an opportunity to submit articles for publication in a special issue of <i>Information Design Journal </i>(IDJ), John Benjamins Publishing. The
special issue will comprise of articles selected by a peer-reviewed process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">We invite you to <b>submit proposals using EasyChair</b> (<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=info2016"><span style="color:#1255CC">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=info2016</span></a>)
for the following opportunities: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">• <b>20-minute peer-reviewed paper presentations</b>: an abstract (500 words) with one descriptive figure and 3 keywords. We encourage both academic and practice-based presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">• <b>5-minute lightning talks</b>: a short abstract (250 words) with one descriptive figure and 3 keywords.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">IMPORTANT DATES</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#FF2A5B">Submission Deadline: February 25, 2016</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Notification of Acceptance</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">: March 13, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">For questions </span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">please send an email to <a href="mailto:admin@informationplusconference.com">admin@informationplusconference.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Conference Program Committee:</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Lyn Bartram, Simon Fraser University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Sheelagh Carpendale, University of Calgary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Petra Cerne Oven, University of Ljubljana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Karen Cheng, University of Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Fanny Chevalier, Inria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Paolo Ciuccarelli, Politecnico di Milano<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Chris Collins, UOIT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Patricio Davilla, OCAD University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Marian Dörk, Fachhochschule Potsdam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Jason Dykes, City University London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Priscila Farias, FAU USP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Angus Forbes, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Jorge Frascara, ECUAD/University of Alberta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Chris Hethrington, ECUAD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Angela Iarocci, Sheridan College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Claudine Jaenichen, Chapman University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Eric Kindel, The University of Reading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Robert Kosara, Tableau<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Miriah Meyer, University of Utah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Till Nagel, Fachhochschule Potsdam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Paul Nini, Ohio State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Guillermina Noel, ECUAD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Angela Norwood, York University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Nathalie Riche, Microsoft<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Aidan Rowe, University of Alberta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">David Sless, Communication Research Institute</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Carla G. Spinillo, Universidade Federal do Paraná</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Karel van der Waarde, GD Research</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Karin von Ompteda, OCAD University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Sue Walker, The University of Reading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Organizing committee:</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Isabel Meirelles, Professor, Faculty of Design, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Katherine Gillieson, Associate Professor, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Information+ Partners:</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt"> Ico-D International Council of Design (<a href="http://www.ico-d.org/"><span style="color:#1255CC">http://www.ico-d.org/</span></a>), IDA–Information
Design Association, UK (<a href="http://www.infodesign.org.uk/"><span style="color:#1255CC">http://www.infodesign.org.uk/</span></a>), IDJ–Information Design Journal (<a href="https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/idj/main"><span style="color:#1255CC">https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/idj/main</span></a>),
IIID–International Institute for Information Design (<a href="http://www.iiid.net/"><span style="color:#1255CC">http://www.iiid.net/</span></a>), SBDI–Sociedade Brasileira do Design da Informação (<a href="http://www.sbdi.org.br/"><span style="color:#1255CC">http://www.sbdi.org.br/</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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