### Please distribute as appriproate The IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group (VPG) will like in past years host its member-exclusive reception on Monday evening of the IEEE VIS conference week, on *October 22, 2018.* To become a member of the VPG, one simply needs to have at least *20 years of contributions to some aspect of visualization and visual analytics*. If that applies to you and you plan to attend the next VPG reception at VIS, we encourage you to join VPG or renew your membership as soon as possible, so that we can have a more accurate head count for the reception. For more information on how to join VPG and to attend the VPG reception, please see http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/reception/ On behalf of the VPG operating committee, Dr. L. Miguel Encarnação Innovation Management Executive & Consultant Professor of Practice, Tippie College of Business Prof. (Adj.) of Computer Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences The University of Iowa *"The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. (Richard Hamming)"* -- LME@computer.org <lme@computer.org> @mencarna http://www.linkedin.com/in/drmiguel