At VCS 2025: Complex Data, Simple Visual Stories, we'll discuss the latest trends in visualizing and exploring complex data, including the impact of AI on our field. Through speaker sessions, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities, attendees will gain actionable strategies to apply to their own data visualization. VCS 2025 is designed for researchers, students, and professionals who want to elevate their data storytelling skills through visualization.

Some of our featured speakers at VCS 2025 are Ann K. Emery (Depict Data Studio), Zan Armstrong (Stanford University), Rodrigo Ferreira (Rice University), John Alexis Guerra Gómez (Northeastern University), and Nikita Rokotyan (F5).

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If you are a Rice University faculty or staff member, or a Rice graduate student, registration for the symposium is free. You must have a Rice University email address to use this registration option.

For all other attendees, registration is $40.00.

The registration fee includes presentations and workshops by leading experts in different areas of visual communication as well as breakfast and lunch for two days.

Note: Registration is refundable at 80% of the fee ($32) until Thursday, February 27. After that, there are no refunds.

After the conclusion of the symposium, we will send a short survey to the email address you provided on the registration form to help us assess the symposium.