Announcements
27th-28th June 2025, Bangalore
Data visualization practitioners in India are spread across different communities. VizChitra 2025 aims to bring them together through a first-of-its-kind conference. The goal is to build a community of diverse, interdisciplinary individuals working across the visualization spectrum and facilitate learning and connections between people from different industries and disciplines who share a common interest in the power of data and storytelling.
VizChitra’s Mission
- Consider & Curate: Build a rhythm of curated events to spread the practice of data visualization.
- Cultivate & Care: Nurture a fertile space for learning & sharing of data visualization skills.
- Create & Collaborate: Express and co-create to push the boundaries of data visualization.
Conference Details
Conference Day
Date: 27th June 2025
Venue: Bangalore International Centre (BIC), Domlur
Format: In-Person & Live Stream
Workshop Day
Date: 28th June 2025
Venue: Across Bangalore, Karnataka
Format: In-Person Only
Who should attend?
Individuals from diverse disciplines engaged in data visualization, including:
- Communication & Design Roles: Journalism, Non-profits & Think Tanks, Media, Design Teams (UX, UI, Interfaces).
- Functional Roles: Business Intelligence, Data & Analytics, Marketing Comms, Planning.
- Domain-Specific Vis Roles: Public Policy & Planning, Sports Analytics, Healthcare Analytics, Legal, Fintech.
- Researchers & Academia Roles: Information Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, Scientific Communication.
- Tool Builders & Creators: Data viz tool makers, Dashboard designers, Analytics & AI tools.
Submission Themes
1. Explain & Learn
- Process & practices of dataviz
- Storytelling & structuring narratives
- Aesthetics & design principles
- Accessibility, ethics & inclusion in dataviz
- Unique works by Indian practitioners
2. Explore & Play
- Dashboard & interaction principles
- Domain-specific data visualizations
- Collaboration & conversational interfaces
- Scalable data exploration processes
- State of data in India (availability, collection, etc)
3. Imagine & Innovate
- Usage of AI & technology in data visualization workflows
- Emerging mediums e.g. 3D, AR/VR
- Beyond viz e.g. sonification, physicalization
- Experiential viz e.g. data art, installations
Session Formats
- Standard Talk (30 min: 25 min presentation + 5 min Q&A) – Deep dives into complex topics with insights and personal learnings.
- Lightning Talk (15 min: 12 min presentation + 3 min Q&A) – Quick, impactful presentations on novel concepts or solutions.
- Unconference / Birds of a Feather (BOF) Session (45 min) – Community-driven discussions on shared interests and challenges.
- Hands-on Workshop (Half-day: 3 hours / Quarter-day: 1.5 hours) – Immersive learning experiences with direct guidance.
- VizChitra (Alternative) Session – Have an idea that doesn’t fit the above formats? Pitch it to us!
Submission Guidelines
Submission guidelines: https://hasgeek.com/VizChitra/2025/sub
The call for submissions closes on 15th April 2025, 11:59 PM. Selections will be made on a rolling basis.
Join us in shaping the future of data storytelling in India: https://vizchitra.com/
Source: https://blog.theleapjournal.org/2025/03/announcements.html