Dear List members
Booking has now opened for our September event, see details below:
The Shape of Knowledge
Tuesday 4 September (14.00-18.00)
London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, SE1 6SB
This ISKO UK meeting will focus on the ways in which knowledge and information can be analysed and presented, for example to bring out underlying patterns or to emphasize specific aspects of the information. The meeting will also examine some of the organizing principles behind the presentation and different approaches to visualising data, information and (by extension) knowledge. This event should appeal not only to those whose main business is the organization of knowledge, and who wish to disseminate this knowledge as effectively as possible, but also to designers, whose main concern is how design can be used to present knowledge and information in the most attractive and appealing way.
You will find the programme and other details of the event, and can register via the ISKO UK site at http://www.iskouk.org/events/shape_of_knowledge_Sep2012.htm. Please pass this invitation on to any colleagues who may be interested. We hope to see you there.
The event is free to ISKO members and to full-time students. The fee for non-members is just £40. All fees must be paid in advance - there is no provision for payment on arrival. Registration opens at 1.30 and we shall start promptly at 2 p.m.
The provisional programme includes these topics from leading speakers:
The Atlas of Cyberspaces;
Presenting information graphically at The Guardian;
The grammar of graphics;
Fractal maps;
Presenting financial information.
Speakers (subject to confirmation) will include Martin Dodge of University of Manchester and one of the originators of the Atlas of Cyberspaces; Lisa Evans of The Guardian, who is involved in data journalism and various related projects; Hamish Muir of the London College of Communication and Yuri Engelhardt of the University of Amsterdam.
ISKO is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series (see slides and recordings at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm) as well as its very successful second biennial conference (http://www.iskouk.org/conf2011/index.htm) last year.
Regards,
Fran Huckle
Secretary, ISKO UK
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