UW Interactive Data Lab

Seattle Visualization Day

The first-ever Seattle Visualization Day will be on Friday May 9, 2025 at the University of Washington in Seattle. This event is intended to bring together visualization researchers and practitioners across academia, industry, and government in the Pacific Northwest region. The event is an opportunity to discuss the state-of-the-art in visualization, share projects, and build local community.

Schedule

Time	Description
8:00am	Breakfast
9:00am	Introduction Jeffrey Heer (University of Washington)
9:15am	Keynote Talk Sheelagh Carpendale (Simon Fraser University) What Do We Mean by Data Empowerment?
9:45am	Short Talks: Visualization Design Session Chair: Hyeok Kim (University of Washington) Lyn Bartram (Simon Fraser University), Beyond Data: Affective Visualization Robert Kosara, It’s About Time: A Tour of Time Axes in Data Visualization Amber Thomas (USA Facts), Big Budget, Small Screen: Rethinking How We Visualize Federal Spending Kanit Wongsuphasawat (Databricks), Visualization Grammar, Beyond Just Charts
10:40am	Coffee Break
11:00am	Panel Discussion Moderator: Leilani Battle (University of Washington) Jeffrey Heer (University of Washington) Tamara Munzner (University of British Columbia) Maureen Stone (University of Washington) Justin Talbot (Databricks) Amber Thomas (USA Facts)
12:00pm	Lunch & Poster Session
1:30pm	Short Talks: Visualization & AI Session Chair: Will Huichen Wang (University of Washington) Chenglong Wang (Microsoft Research), Data Formulator: Create Rich Visualizations Iteratively, with AI Bill Howe (University of Washington), Assessing Fidelity for AI-Assisted Visualization Alper Sarikaya (Microsoft), Intent-driven Visualization Design Vidya Setlur (Tableau), Bridging Semantics and Sensemaking: Designing Intelligent Tools for Visual Analytics
2:30pm	Coffee Break
2:50pm	Keynote Talk Ariel Rokem (University of Washington) The Challenges of Visualizing Brain Connections
3:20pm	Birds of a Feather Discussion Moderator: Maureen Stone (University of Washington)
4:20pm	Closing Jeffrey Heer (University of Washington)
4:30pm	Event Ends Attendees are invited to socialize!

Registration

Registration is required. To RSVP, please submit the Northwest Visualization Day RSVP Form

We will share further updates, event details, and schedule information with registered participants as the date nears.

Organizers

Questions? Please contact the event organizers at seattle-vis@cs.washington.edu.

Leilani Battle, Maureen Stone, Jeffrey Heer – University of Washington

Support

Interested in supporting the Interactive Data Lab? Please consider making a donation.

Venue

Seattle Visualization Day will be held at the Bill and Melinda Gates Center at the University of Washington, Seattle. Big thanks to the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering!