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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hi everyone,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We are organizing an activity track at the
</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(65, 131, 196);"><a href="https://eurovis.org.uk/" data-outlook-id="64c9254e-7c0c-4908-a88c-9eaff9e78e97" style="color: rgb(65, 131, 196); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">EuroVis
2026 conference</a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> where we would like to bring together PhD students and academics
for a focused activity on PhD Education in Data Visualization. We would like to discuss
<b>PhD study, skills and supervision for students and staff and involved in PhD Education in Visualization</b> by connecting, sharing best practice and developing ideas for the future.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Details of the activity can be found
</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(65, 131, 196);"><a href="https://jsndyks.github.io/diverse-cdt/eurovis/" data-outlook-id="5df8fd61-fd57-4cd8-ad29-293518f8d737" style="color: rgb(65, 131, 196); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">on
the activicty page</a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">. The activity is currently scheduled for
<b>Tuesday, June 9th</b> in the afternoon (subject to changes until the EuroVis programme is finalized).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">To kick-start the activity, we are
<b>inviting current or prospective PhD students</b>, at any stage in their studies or planning, to introduce themselves and connect with fellow PhDs and supervisors. This is a great opportunity to build a network of fellow PhDs, hear from experienced academics
on their PhD experience and contribute to discussions where we will aim to imagine the visualization PhDs of the future.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Please submit your expression of interest through a straightforward submission.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The submission is a single visual that tells us something about you and your PhD. This
can be anything, submitted in advance, but might involve:</span></p>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">your approach to visualization / design</span></p>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">something important to your PhD</span></p>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">why you love visualization</span></p>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">your favourite / least favourite data vis</span></p>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">something about you (or your data, or your cat)</span></p>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">the future of visualization</span></p>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">something you care about</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">You can request a 1, 3 or 5 minute presentation during the submission and we do our best
to fit that in during the day!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The deadline to send your expressions of interest to participate are:
<b>31 May 2026 (Anywhere on Earth)</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Submit your visual (PDF) and details
</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(65, 131, 196);"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRlecXFRfDxf9SgmfccJmDEGJYRcz6c02BsAQ_LuViZ-KNTQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=103543335356597978812" data-outlook-id="0408b19a-d086-4ff8-bb76-1176ff766048" style="color: rgb(65, 131, 196); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">through
this Google Form</a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Cagatay Turkay (cagatay.turkay@warwick.ac.uk)
and/or Jason Dykes (J.Dykes@citystgeorges.ac.uk).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We will appreciate if you can share this widely. If you are a supervisor and have PhD
students coming to EuroVis, please flag this session to them as well. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Thanks!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "Clear Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Segoe UI Emoji", "SF Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Cagatay & Jason</span></p>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">Dr Cagatay Turkay</span></div>
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