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• 26/1/2012 - 13/7/2012

  Training course: Introduction to data visualisation

  Exponential advances in technology have provided us with ubiquitous means for creating, recording and mobilising incredible amounts of data. Where once data was scarce, now it is captured in abundance. Our attitudes as consumers have also evolved. We demand transparency and openness and yearn for visual insight and understanding.

• 23/2/2012 - 26/2/2012

  NICAR 2012: St. Louis

  Looking to learn skills that will help you and your newsroom thrive? Join IRE and NICAR in St. Louis for their annual conference devoted to computer-assisted reporting. Come and learn about tools you need to dig deeper into stories and give readers, viewers and

• 24/2/2012 - 26/2/2012

  VISIGRAPP 2012

  VISIGRAPP 2012 is the 7th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications. The purpose of VISIGRAPP is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in both theoretical advances and applications of computer vision,

• 9/3/2012 - 18/3/2012

  SXSW Conference and Festival 2012

  The first South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival (SXSW) was held in 1987 in Austin, Texas. The 2012 SXSW Music Conference and Festival will be in the same city, offering three topics spanning from five to ten days, with a choice between Music, Film, and Interactive.

• 9/3/2012 - 9/3/2012

  InfographICs 2012

  With its theme of ‘Cut the Crap’, InfographICs 2012 is going back to the roots of good ‘information design’. Renowned speakers from different countries will demonstrate that long before the arrival of the Internet, groundbreaking work had already been done in the usage of colour, animation and 3D.

• 16/3/2012 - 16/3/2012

  ePSIplatform Conference: Taking re-use to the next level!

  With the progress the open data movement has made in the past few years, and the announcement of the European Open Data Strategy by the European Commission, we are reaching a new maturity level in the open data arena. We are ready to move to the next level, in terms of adoption by governments

• 12/4/2012 - 13/4/2012

  Information Design Conference 2012

  For nearly thirty years, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design. The conference is organised by the Information Design Association, and in 2012, for the first time, we are in partnership with the International Institute for Information Design.

• 2/5/2012 - 4/5/2012

  Re:Publica 12

  ACTION! means that digital society has manifested itself even more assertively this year, across many new social areas. The upcoming program of re:publica 2012 will be filled with international guests putting non-political things into action as well. It also means people who push technology further, rethink education, mobility or finance, develop interactive designs and games, turn thought patterns upside down, pimp conventional businesses, and who screw up things the right way as part of the DIY movement.

• 17/5/2012 - 20/5/2012

  American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 2012 Annual Conference

  AAPOR’s Annual Conference features cutting-edge educational sessions, in-depth short courses, informal access to leaders in the field and an informative exhibit hall with representatives from key service and product providers.

• 30/5/2012 - 1/6/2012

  Global Editors Network News World Summit in Paris

  Join the Global Editors Network in Paris for the News World Summit from 30 May - 1 June 2012.

• 13/6/2012 - 15/6/2012

  Analytics 2012

  The Analytics Conference Series has become the data analyst’s first choice for networking and learning best practices and new ideas from industry experts, thought leaders and peers. The first annual Analytics Conference was held in Copenhagen in 2009. In 2011, the conference merged with SAS’

• 14/6/2012 - 17/6/2012

  IRE 2012: Boston

  Learn the skills to make you a better journalist at the IRE 2012: Boston. The best in the business will gather for more than 100 panels, hands-on classes and special presentations about covering business, public safety, government, health care, education, the military, the environment and other key beats

• 16/6/2012 - 16/6/2012

  Open Government Data Konferenz 2011

  The theme of Open (Government) Data has taken root in Austria, resulting in the ‘OGD Serie 2010-2011’.