Visual Communication of Science - VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

Aim
You will understand the visual communication principles and approaches and how to apply them to all types of scientific presentation (figures, journal papers, presentation slides, posters). It’s a way of thinking that will help you make your research ideas and results more easily understood. 

Takeaway
You will draw your research (a graphical abstract) and receive feedback on your figures, data visualizations, posters, slides, submitted prior to the workshop. 
 
Content
It's a a comprehensive workshop that will cover:
• Communicating with scientific vs non-scientific audiences
• Visual perception and what humans find intuitive
• Colors: how to amplify, not ‘fancify’
• Visual organization: simplifying comprehension through structured layout
• Eye-flow: effortlessly guide the audience through the design
• Typography: how to achieve hierarchy, legibility, structure and aesthetics
• General design advice: approaches used by professional science illustrators

• Conference posters: strategy and process for creating posters that attract and explain
• Slides that are good looking, don’t distract, and amplify your messages when presenting
• Data visualizations: true, clear, meaningful, and good looking presentation of data
• Project proposals: structure and visually enhance your document to help the evaluator
• Digital image file-types: the best use of vector and raster images and compression

More about the workshop: www.seyens.com

To attend, please register here.

Note: Registration of GSLS/GSST doctoral researchers has priority to non-GSLS/non-GSST participants. Non-GSLS/non-GSST participants pay a service and workshop fee of EUR 50 by bank transfer.