91探花

ATHENS, Ohio 鈥� The School of Visual Communication in 91探花鈥檚 Scripps College of Communication will host the Visual Discovery Symposium on Thursday, November 7, in the Athena Cinema in uptown Athens. The symposium begins at 3 p.m. and is open to the public, with limited seating. Marking the beginning of the second annual Visual Discovery Conference, the symposium will feature speakers from as far away as Germany on topics such as historical information design, infographics and extended reality (XR) design.

The full symposium schedule is below.

Welcome
3 - 3:15 p.m.
Scott Titsworth, Tim Goheen 

But, I鈥檓 Not Creative!
3:15 - 4 p.m.
Karl Gude, Michigan State University 

Data Visualization in China
4 - 4:15 p.m.
Catherine Ma, University of Miami, Florida

鈥淢adeline through the Ages,鈥� sorority photo project
4:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Madeline Lane, 91探花 

Ten-minute break

Historical Gems, new book to be published by Taschen: 鈥淗istory of Information Graphics鈥�
4:40 pm - 5:15 p.m.
Michael Stoll, Augsburg University, Germany  

Reason Over Rules: Making good infographic decisions, book project with Alberto Cairo
5:15 - 5:30 p.m.
Alyssa Fowers, University of Miami, Florida  

Web mapping from A to Z
5:30 - 6 p.m.
Ana Mojica Myers, 91探花  

Tangible, Explorable Infographics
6:00 - 6:15 p.m.
Nina Krug, Nadine Ehrenberg, Lara Thiel and Simon Schabel, Augsburg University 

The World of XR
6:15 - 6:45 p.m.
Adonis Durado, 91探花  

Finale
6:45 - 7 p.m.
Tim Goheen/John Grimwade   

A group of roughly 60 students and faculty from 91探花 and visual communication programs at several other universities will continue the exploration of visual storytelling during the Visual Discovery Conference over the weekend. Guided by faculty members, groups of students will work in teams to develop projects on the regionally-focused themes of mining, the Ridges and beermaking.

Groups will present their projects on Monday, November 11, from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m., in Schoonover Center room 450. That event is also free and open to the public.