Tableau, in cooperation with the Economist Ideas Economy conference, is cranking up a big contest for their free Tableau Public tool that could result in a nice 3-night stay in Vegas for the event, $2000 in cash, and a new iPad2.

The winner chosen by our judges will also take away a free roundtrip ticket to attend the 2011 Tableau Customer Conference. This includes 3 night’s accommodations at the Encore and a chance to compete in the Iron Viz championship with the winners of two other contests. The winner of Iron Viz will take away a new iPad2, and $2,000.

Interestingly, there are no restrictions on input data.  So go find your favorite dataset, make a smooth viz, and if nothing else all entries get a free Tableau T-Shirt!

via The Tableau Interactive “Viz” Contest | Tableau Public.