Visualisation Institute Research Roundtables + Showcases

The UTS Visualisation Institute is a hub for researchers across the University who use visualisation to critique, engage and inform industry and society. We are hosting a free program of roundtables, showcases and workshops to open conversations around our current research projects, and develop future collaborations. You are welcome to drop in to any session, or attend the whole program. Research and student projects will be showing on the Building 2 screen throughout the day, with a series of performances and refreshments to conclude the program.

1 – 1.45pm: WORKSHOP
CB06.06.38 [ DAB Research Seminar Space ]
Ethics of Machine Learning: Visualisation and AI
In this hands-on workshop Monica Monin and Andrew Burrell use generative AI to form a critical position on the use of generative AI; exploring what it means to incorporate these tools into visualisation practices.

2 – 5pm: ROUNTABLES
CB06.05.050 [ Architecture foyer]

2 - 2.30pm
Conversations Through Practice: design sprints for kick-starting collaboration
Convenors: Critical Visualisation Research Group. Zoë Sadokierski, Andrew Burrell, Monica Monin, Aaron Seymour.
An open discussion with Powerhouse's Matthew Connell, Principal Curator and Research Coordinator, Nicola Teffer, about the results of a design sprint, based on a research prompt and material from the Powerhouse collection.

2.45 - 3.15pm
Narrative Visualisation: Telling Stories with Data
Convenors: Christy Liang (FEIT) and Tony Huang (TD School) with Tom Lee (DAB), Kaye Chan (Business) and HDR students Louis Chen and Nina Errey.

3.30 – 4.00
Reimagining Care: Visualisation for Health
Convenors: Kate Sweetapple and Jacquie Kasunic (DAB), Jaime Garcia Marin (FEIT) with Baki Kocaballi (FEIT), Jin Sung Yang (UTS School of Business), Peter Stubbs (UTS School of Health), Prof Daniel Catchpoole (UTS Graduate School of Health).

4.15 – 4.45pm
Future Imaginaries: Visualisation and Climate Futures
How could creative practice researchers collaborate with science museums to engage local communities in climate education programs?
Convenor: Zoë Sadokierski (DAB). Participants: Julia Scott-Stevenson (UTS), Jenny Newell (Australian Museum), Michelle Catanzaro (UWS).

5-7pm: PERFORMANCES + REFRESHMENTS
CB02.02 [ Building 2 foyer ]
More-than-human Storytelling: Visualisation and narrating entangled ecologies.
Convenor: Andrew Burrell (DAB). Performers: Fionn Mcabe, Andrew Burrell, Samantha Lang, Alex Munt, Santiago Renteria Aguilar (Dolby Internship), Linda Dement