Information+ Interdisciplinary practices in information design and visualization The inaugural Information+ conference will bring together researchers and practitioners in information design and information visualization to discuss common questions and challenges in these rapidly changing fields. Information+ will be held at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, Canada. It will include three events: a two-day conference (June 16-17), one-day hands-on workshop (June 18), and an exhibition of information design and visualization projects (June 17-July 30). For further information and updates, please visit: http://informationplusconference.com/ Our keynote speakers are: Colin Ware<http://ccom.unh.edu/vislab/colin_ware.html>, director of the Data Visualization Research Lab at the University of New Hampshire, and author of several books including Visual Thinking for Design, and Tamara Munzner<https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/>, Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia and author of Visualization Analysis and Design. Confirmed speakers include Catherine D'Ignazio<http://www.kanarinka.com/>, Chad Skelton<http://www.chadskelton.com/> and Scott Murray<http://alignedleft.com/>. Call for Participation: Information+Conference As an interdisciplinary event, we invite proposals from all fields of professional practice, research, and education in information design and visualization. We welcome submissions on such topics as (and not limited to): the environment, advocacy and law, wayfinding and safety, health and medical applications, social and political issues, and projects in data journalism and the digital humanities. Authors accepted for presentation at the conference will have an opportunity to submit articles for publication in a special issue of Information Design Journal (IDJ), John Benjamins Publishing. The special issue will comprise of articles selected by a peer-reviewed process. We invite you to submit proposals using EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=info2016) for the following opportunities: * 20-minute peer-reviewed paper presentations: an abstract (500 words) with one descriptive figure and 3 keywords. We encourage both academic and practice-based presentations. * 5-minute lightning talks: a short abstract (250 words) with one descriptive figure and 3 keywords. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission Deadline: February 15, 2016 Notification of Acceptance: March 5, 2016 For questions please send an email to admin@informationplusconference.com<mailto:admin@informationplusconference.com> Conference Program Committee: Petra Cerne Oven, University of Ljubljana Karen Cheng, University of Washington Paolo Ciucarelli, Politecnico di Milano Chris Collins, UOIT Patricio Davilla, OCAD University Marian Dörk, Fachhochschule Potsdam Jason Dykes, City University London Priscila Farias, FAU USP Angus Forbes, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Jorge Frascara, Emily Carr University Chris Hethrington, Emily Carr University Angela Iarocci, Sheridan College Claudine Jaenichen, Chapman University Eric Kindel, Reading University Robert Kosara, Tableau Miriah Meyer, University of Utah Till Nagel, Fachhochschule Potsdam Paul Nini, Ohio State University Guillermina Noel, Emily Carr University Angela Norwood, York University Nathalie Riche, Microsoft Aidan Rowe, University of Alberta Karel van der Waarde, GD Research Karin von Ompteda, OCAD University Sue Walker, Reading University Organizing committee: Isabel Meirelles, Professor, Faculty of Design, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada Katherine Gillieson, Associate Professor, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada Information+ Partners: Ico-D International Council of Design (http://www.ico-d.org/), IDA-Information Design Association, UK (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/), IDJ-Information Design Journal (https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/idj/main), IIID-International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/), SBDI-Sociedade Brasileira do Design da Informação (http://www.sbdi.org.br/).