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Join us for '''data in sight: making the transparent visual''', a hands-on data visualization competition held June 25th and 26th, 2011, at the Adobe Systems, Inc. offices in San Francisco’s SoMa District. Open to coders, programmers, developers, designers, scientists, members of the media—anyone who believes that data is divine and has ideas for bringing it to life.
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On Saturday, hear from  data visualization experts from the Netherlands and Switzerland—Dutch graphic designers from Catalogtree and LUST and Switzerland-based interaction designers from Interactive Things—then roll up your sleeves and get hacking on a data visualization of your own and compete for prizes.
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Need more information? Take a look at the [http://datainsightsf.com/schedule-2/ schedule].
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Ready to sign up? [http://datainsightsf.com/attend/ Register here]. Sign up by June 19 and pay only $22. After June 19, registration costs $33. Students can sign up for only $10. If you are a student, contact us at datainsight2011[at]gmail.com to secure your discounted ticket. A limited quantity of student registrations will be available.
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Data deets: Data sets will be provided. For more details see the data page. Do you have an interesting data set of your own you’d like to mash up with the data we provide? Want people to join your team? You can use the [http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3923305 LinkedIn group] to connect with other attendees and pitch your own data.
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Follow-up forum, Tuesday, June 28:  Winning data visualizations will be presented and a panel of experts will discuss trends, risks, and the significance of data visualization. We are excited to have PeopleBrowsr as our host for the evening. [http://datainsightforum.eventbrite.com/ More info].
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'''data in sight is organized by swissnex, the Netherlands Consulate General in San Francisco, and Creative Commons.'''
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Join us for data in sight: making the transparent visual on June 25/26, 2011, hosted by Adobe Systems, Inc. at their beautiful space in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. Spend the weekend being inspired by a range of presentations related to the topic of data visualization, then roll up your sleeves and get to work on your own data visualizations. At the end of the weekend, submit your visualization for a chance to win amazing prizes at this hackathon-style event.
 
 
The data jam starts Saturday morning after presentations by data visualization experts from the Netherlands and Switzerland: Dutch graphic designers from Catalogtree and LUST, and Switzerland-based interaction designers from Interactive Things will kick off the event and get you ready to bring your data to life.
 
 
Pre-event Friday, June 24: Join us on Friday evening to help you get your data ready for the visualizations. This event is open to all registered participants. Stay tuned for more details.
 
 
Follow-up Forum Tuesday, June 28:  A panel of experts will discuss trends, risks and the significance of data during this in-depth discussion. We are excited to have PeopleBrowsr as our host this evening.
 
 
data in sight is organized by swissnex, the Netherland Consulate General in San Francisco, and Creative Commons.
 

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Join us for data in sight: making the transparent visual, a hands-on data visualization competition held June 25th and 26th, 2011, at the Adobe Systems, Inc. offices in San Francisco’s SoMa District. Open to coders, programmers, developers, designers, scientists, members of the media—anyone who believes that data is divine and has ideas for bringing it to life.

On Saturday, hear from data visualization experts from the Netherlands and Switzerland—Dutch graphic designers from Catalogtree and LUST and Switzerland-based interaction designers from Interactive Things—then roll up your sleeves and get hacking on a data visualization of your own and compete for prizes.

Need more information? Take a look at the schedule.

Ready to sign up? Register here. Sign up by June 19 and pay only $22. After June 19, registration costs $33. Students can sign up for only $10. If you are a student, contact us at datainsight2011[at]gmail.com to secure your discounted ticket. A limited quantity of student registrations will be available.

Data deets: Data sets will be provided. For more details see the data page. Do you have an interesting data set of your own you’d like to mash up with the data we provide? Want people to join your team? You can use the LinkedIn group to connect with other attendees and pitch your own data.

Follow-up forum, Tuesday, June 28: Winning data visualizations will be presented and a panel of experts will discuss trends, risks, and the significance of data visualization. We are excited to have PeopleBrowsr as our host for the evening. More info.

data in sight is organized by swissnex, the Netherlands Consulate General in San Francisco, and Creative Commons.


Events

hackathon, in San Francisco, CA, USA

2011/06/25

http://datainsightsf.com/