Looking back at the EU DataViz 2019
Publication Date/Time
2019-11-20T09:00:00+00:00
Country
Europe
Discover what was discussed at the EU DataViz 2019 event on 12
November in Luxembourg
The EU DataViz 2019
[https://publications.europa.eu/en/web/eudataviz/home], organised by
the Publications Office of the European Union
[https://publications.europa.eu/], took place at the European
Convention Center in Luxembourg on 12 November. The event brought
together more than 500 international experts, professionals, and
solution-seekers from around the world and addressed the specific
needs of the public sector data visualisation community. Several
European Directorate Generals (DGs) and services of the European
Commission were actively involved with presentations, keynote
speeches, and moderation of thematic sessions.
The EU DataViz 2019 programme featured inspirational plenary speeches,
parallel workshops and thematic sessions that discussed topics such
as:

 	* Data visualisation for communication purposes;
 	* Data exploration;
 	* Building smart cities; and
 	* Tools and best practices for data visualisation.

Missed the event? Do not worry, all presentations and recordings of
the main sessions will be published on the conference website
[https://op.europa.eu/eudataviz] soon.

 

EUROPEAN DATA PORTAL

The European Data Portal [https://www.europeandataportal.eu/en] (EDP)
was present at the EU DataViz 2019 to highlight the value of open data
at the thematic session "Exploring geospatial data
[https://publications.europa.eu/en/web/eudataviz/speaker-details#thematic-session-3]".
In our talk "The European Data Portal and the visualisation of
geoinformation and real-time data", we highlighted:

 	* That the EDP aims to increase the impact of open data by making
open data easy to find and re-useable for everyone;
 	* How the EDP acts as a single point of access to harmonise all data
and remove barriers in finding data;
 	* The importance of accurate and regularly updated data for
effective data visualisation;
 	* A preview of how geodata can be visualised on the EDP;
 	* What type of real-time data is available on the EDP; and
 	* A preview of how real-time data can be visualised on the EDP.

 [https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/2019-11-20-eu_dataviz_2019_02.png]
Figure 1: The European Data Portal and the visualisation of
geoinformation and real-time data

 

WEBINAR ON DATA VISUALISATION

Interested in data visualisation but missed the event? Watch the
Publication Office of the European Union's webinar on data
visualisation
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY91H9TcO1A&list=PLT5rARDev_rnycvW6qNol1_uGyR5FAd-5].
The webinars are on:

 	* GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE DATA VISUALISATION - focusing on pitfalls
of data visualisation design, how to choose a chart type for your
visualisation, what the Data Visualisation Checklist contains and a
demo on the Chartmaker Directory tool.
 	* TELLING YOUR STORY THROUGH DATA VISUALISATION - discover
journalistic techniques for data storytelling, the available data
story patterns, genres and structures, how to achieve storytelling
through chart designs and a demo on Fastcharts, Datawrapper and
Flourish tools.
 	* GOING BEYOND BARS AND LINES: PRACTISING NON-STANDARD DATA
VISUALISATIONS - focusing on visualisation in data analysis, different
data types and visualisations that fit to them, how to introduce
lesser known chart types to readers and a demo on ggplot and RAWgraph
tools.

For more open data related events explore the European Data Portal's
calendar [/en/what-we-do/calendar]. If you know of any upcoming open
data events, share them with us via mail [/en/feedback/form?type=4]
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