The Visualizar’09 conference, subtitled “Public Data, Data in Public”, has issued a call for projects and papers to be presented at this year’s conference, to be held November 12-27.
At the first two annual Visualizar events, almost a hundred participants from Spain and abroad collaborated with international experts in the field of data visualization in developing seventeen prototypes that tell stories through data: from measuring atmospheric pollution in the streets of Madrid to the conversations held by users of social webs such as Twitter. Each year, Visualizar also includes a specialized symposium, educational activities OPEN to the public, and an exhibit of the projects carried out.
In 2009, Visualizar will highlight the importance of data structures today in public decision-making and governance processes. There is a growing movement in favour of making databases generated by scientific research and the vast quantities of data generated by public administrations available to everyone, in formats that make it possible to reuse them and foster citizen innovation processes. What are the social benefits of fostering a culture of free, OPEN data?
Even if you’re not attending the conference, they’ve collected a good list of public databases and visualizations suitable for a wide variety of research and publication, such as Data.gov and OpenSecrets.
via Visualizar 09: Public Data, Data in Public · Call for projects and papers – Medialab-Prado Madrid.
