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St. Augustine was surprisingly charming! 

Robert Kosara kicked off the day with a tribute to one of the greats, Hans Rosling

A fascinating keynote from Lena Groeger about bias in data and reporting

A fun project at Emerson College, detailed by instructor Catherine D'Ignazio

Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic performed the ultimate parody of a traditional business conference, then showed us how it could be better (so much better!) 

Matt Daniels of Polygraph/Pudding shared his journey on a quest to obtain and visualize 2,000 screenplays for his Visual Essay on gender in film

Chris Mast from Merck walked us through his team's project to track the spread of a vaccine as it is introduced to the market

Jewel Loree shared her personal experiences and evolution as a storyteller through the annual KEXP analysis and visualization project. 

Michelle Borkin presented her fascinating research and process to discovering a few great nuggets about what makes a memorable and recognizable visualization. 

During the demo showcase, Andy Cotgreave asked people to submit sticky notes with ideas for things our community should do more and less of. I only captured a few, view them all here. 

The fabulous Neil Halloran gave the closing keynote on the tricky nature of visualizing the scale of human tragedy and connecting to the emotional side of people. 

Some initial thoughts on what I will bring to my work right away. 

A personal favorite quote from Neil Halloran