Below is a concise overview of the conference program. Please note, this is a preliminary schedule. The session times are subject to change and details will be added at a later date.
Wednesday’s Feature Events
Cluster: Practitioners’ Summit is a dedicated practitioners’ summit for people who build, ship, and defend visualizations for a living. View the full summit schedule below.
VISions: Forward-Thinking Provocations. A single-track event for forward thinking ideas to inspire the broad visualization community. Stay tuned for presenter and talk information below.
Coffee Breaks and Lunch
Coffee breaks are planned in the middle of the morning and afternoon sessions.
- Morning coffee break: 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM (EST)
- Lunch break: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (EST)
- Afternoon coffee break: 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)
Doctoral Colloquium
Doctoral Colloquium (Invite-only event)
Details to follow on time and location.
Monday Schedule
Monday workshop sessions will be 3.5 hours (including a 30-minute coffee break). We will have up to nine parallel tracks (morning and afternoon).
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM (EST)
[Workshop] BELIV: Session 1
[Workshop] vis4climate: Workshop on Building a Transdisciplinary Climate Vis Community
[Workshop] VISxGenAI: GenAI, Agents, and the Future of VIS
[Workshop] EduVis: IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization Education, Literacy, and Activities
[Workshop] Considering Context: Approaches for Responsible Data Practices
[Workshop] VisXVision: Leveraging Vision Science Approaches to Ground Theory, Methods, and Reliability of Visualization
[Workshop] SciFi-VIS: Way Out There - How SciFi and Visualization Influence Each Other
[Workshop] AccessViz: 3rd Workshop on Accessible Data Visualization
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM (EST)
[Workshop] BELIV: Session 2
[Workshop] TopoInVis Connect - Topology meets Artificial Intelligence
[Workshop] VISxAI: 9th Workshop on Visualization for AI Explainability
[Workshop] VAxAutoSci: Visual Analytics in the Age of Autonomous Science
[Workshop] Uncertainty Visualization: How to Make it Interpretable, Integrable, and Accessible?
[Workshop] Grand Unified Grammar of Graphics (GUGOG)
Tuesday Schedule
Morning
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM (EST)
VIS Opening
Keynote by Kimberly K. Arcand
Afternoon
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (EST)
VGTC Awards
Test of Time Awards
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (EST)
Welcome Reception
Posters Session
Wednesday Schedule
Cluster: Practitioners’ Summit (Wednesday)
A dedicated gathering for people who build, ship, and defend visualizations for a living.
Morning
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM (EST)
Welcome & Short Keynote
Live PolicyViz Podcast with Jon Schwabish
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM (EST)
Coffee Break & Anonymous Vis Feedback
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (EST)
Live PolicyViz Podcast Q & A
Practitioner Lightning Talks
Lunch
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (EST)
Catered Lunch & Anonymous Vis Feedback
Afternoon
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EST)
FAQ Freelancing Info Session
Closing Notes
VISions (Wednesday)
A venue for forward-thinking ideas to inspire the broad visualization community (including both researchers and practitioners).
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (EST)
VISion Talks with Q & A Discussion
Evening
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (EST)
Banquet hosted at the MIT Museum, Cambridge
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM (EST)
VIS Arts Program (VISAP) hosted at the MET Warehouse, MIT, Cambridge
Thursday Schedule
Morning
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (EST)
Town Hall Meeting
Afternoon
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (EST)
VIS 2027 Kickoff
Friday Schedule
Morning
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (EST)
Capstone by Nils Gehlenborg
VIS Closing
Paper Sessions, Panels, and Tutorials Schedule (Tuesday - Friday)
Details are forthcoming for the paper, panel, and tutorial sessions. Sessions will be 90 minutes. We will have up to six parallel tracks in the morning and in the afternoon.
- Morning coffee break: 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM (EST)
- Lunch break: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (EST)
- Afternoon coffee break: 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)
Program Chairs
- Tushar Athawale, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Alfie Abdul Rahman, King’s College London
- John Thompson, Autodesk Research
Email: program@ieeevis.org