Dear Colleagues We would like to invite you to contribute to VisGap 2026. VisGap - The Gap Between Visualization Research and Visualization Software Held in conjunction with EuroVis 2026 (https://eurovis.org.uk/registration<https://eurovis.org.uk/registration/>/<https://eurovis.org.uk/registration/>) Monday, June 08, 2026 from 2pm to 6pm CEST Nottingham, UK * VisGap aims to shed a light on gap between research and practical applicability, examine the obstacles every researcher faces, and propose solutions to overcome these problems as a community. * VisGap aims at gathering experts from all over the visualization community in order to advance the way our field works with software, sustains software, and values the effort our members put into developing said software. * We are soliciting papers with 4-8 pages and extended abstracts up to 2 pages * Submission deadline: Feb 27, 2026 * Submissions are handled via PCS<https://new.precisionconference.com/>. * Notification of acceptance: Apr 15, 2026 * Visit Our Website for Topics: https://visgap.gitlab.io/visgap26/ * Please feel free to reach out to the organizers via visgap@googlegroups.com<mailto:visgap@googlegroups.com> Regards Dr Kim RM Blenman Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science Yale Cancer Center Yale University Profile: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/kim_blenman/ Research: https://blenmaninnovationgroup.org/ Associate Editor: Cancer Research Communications (AACR) Associate Editor: Nature Partner Journals (npj) Breast Cancer (Flagship academic journal of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF)) "Once we face the things that we fear, they no longer have power over us."