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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We would like to invite you to contribute to
<b>VisGap 2026</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">VisGap – The Gap Between Visualization Research and Visualization Software<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Held in conjunction with EuroVis 2026 (<a href="https://eurovis.org.uk/registration/">https://eurovis.org.uk/registration</a><a href="https://eurovis.org.uk/registration/">/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Monday, June 08, 2026 from 2pm to 6pm CEST Nottingham, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">VisGap</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> aims to
<b>shed a light on gap</b> between research and practical applicability, <b>examine the obstacles</b> every researcher faces, and
<b>propose solutions</b> to overcome these problems as a community.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">VisGap</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> aims at
<b>gathering experts from all over the visualization community</b> in order to <b>
advance</b> the<b> way our field works with software</b>, <b>sustains software</b>, and
<b>values </b>the <b>effort</b> our members <b>put into developing said software</b>.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are
<b>soliciting papers</b> with 4-8 pages and <b>extended abstracts</b> up to 2 pages<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission deadline</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: Feb 27, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submissions are handled via
<a href="https://new.precisionconference.com/">PCS</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Notification of acceptance</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: Apr 15, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Visit
<b>Our Website</b> for Topics: <a href="https://visgap.gitlab.io/visgap26/">https://visgap.gitlab.io/visgap26/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please feel free to
<b>reach out</b> to the organizers via <a href="mailto:visgap@googlegroups.com">visgap@googlegroups.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">Regards</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">Dr Kim RM Blenman</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">Assistant Professor</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">Yale Cancer Center</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">Yale University</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">Profile</span></u><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">:
<a href="https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/kim_blenman/"><span style="color:blue">https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/kim_blenman/</span></a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">Research</span></u><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">:
<a href="https://blenmaninnovationgroup.org/"><span style="color:blue">https://blenmaninnovationgroup.org/</span></a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">Associate Editor</span></b><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">: Cancer Research Communications (AACR)</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">Associate Editor</span></b><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none">: Nature Partner Journals (npj) Breast Cancer (Flagship academic journal of the
Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF))</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">“Once we face the things that we fear, they no longer have power over us.”</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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