Join us at Outlier 2024!

Outlier is known to be an inclusive, diverse, and creative data visualization conference. We run a public call for speakers, open to everyone in the community. We have unconferences and lightning talks.

This year, we have also invited keynote speakers, dataviz leaders from all fields, who will show their work, give a glimpse into future data visualization developments, and help us reflect about the challenges and opportunities.

Johnson Anyona

Johnson is a registered Pharmacist in the Republic of Kenya and a Supply Chain Advisor at inSupply Health, which is an East African health advisory firm that designs people-centered, scalable, sustainable supply chain solutions. He is passionate about health systems strengthening, promoting the use of data for decision-making, building resilient supply chains, and promoting equitable access to quality life-saving commodities in low-resource settings.

Nadieh Bremer

Nadieh is a data visualization artist that once graduated as an Astronomer, started working as a data scientist before finding her true passion in the visualization of data around 2014/2015. She started freelancing under the name Visual Cinnamon in 2017 and has been thoroughly enjoying her work. She loves to focus on visuals that are uniquely crafted for each specific dataset, often using large and complex datasets while employing vibrant color palettes.

John Burn-Murdoch

John is a columnist and the chief data reporter for the Financial Times. For much of the last three years he led the FT’s data-driven coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic, and as of April 2022 he also writes the FT’s weekly Data Points column, which covers everything from economics, to politics, healthcare, social attitudes, climate change, economics and sport. He is also a visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics’ Data Science Institute, where he is a guest lecturer.

Shirley Wu

Shirley is an award-winning creative focused on data-driven art and visualizations. She has worked with clients such as Google, The Guardian, Scientific American, SFMOMA, NBC Universal, and International Rescue Committee to develop custom, highly interactive data visualizations. She combines her love of art, math, and code into colorful, compelling narratives that push the boundaries of the web.

'Explore Explain', Live! The making of a data viz magazine

We will have a live recording of the Explore Explain podcast at Outlier with:

• Andy Kirk: a UK-based data visualisation expert: design consultant, trainer, lecturer, author, speaker, and researcher. He is the editor of visualisingdata.com and host of the ‘Explore Explain’ video and podcast series.
• Jason Nightingale: a data visualization designer and writer living in New York City. He is the director of the Data Visualization Lab for McKinsey and Company and is the editor-in-chief of Nightingale: The Journal of the Data Visualization Society.
• Claire Santoro: an independent information designer with a background in economics and environmental science. She serves as the content editor at Nightingale, where she focuses on strategy and content development for the biannual print magazine.
• Julie Brunet: a French data and information designer and the creative director of Nightingale.
• Emily Barone: a career journalist who has worked at several US publications—including most recently at TIME magazine. At the Data Visualization Society, she serves as managing editor of publications, and is primarily focused on content generation and production for Nightingale's website, which publishes multiple articles every week.