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During my work I got some opportunities to line out my current research work in a broader shape. The listing here covers some of the talks where I was invited to speak.

Talk: Interactive Visualizations in e-Government

Event: KAT-Fachforum DIGITALES PLANEN und GESTALTEN 2017, 07/09/2017
Place: Kulturzentrum Prediger, Johannisplatz 3, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

The complexity of urban planning is increasing due to various involved administrative institutions, interest groups, the demands of the population and, not least, regulations. However, the use of modern technologies can greatly simplify communication and targeting. The KAT expert forum therefore aims to enable a dialogue between all stakeholders and also to discuss directly with scientists the emerging opportunities.
As representative for the domain of information visualization and visual analytics the contribution of the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences was to give an overview on visual-analytical solutions in context of policy making. Therefore, a number of examples where introduced and how visualization and analytical solutions could or can help to find optimal answers on existing problems.

Invited Talk: Visualizations for Decision Support in Political Processes

Event: Workshop on ICT in Policy Modeling, Deutscher Städtetag – Social Media Work Group, 05/05/2014
Place: Kulturzentrum Prediger, Johannisplatz 3, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

The workshop aims to discuss how ICT could be considered to improve the Policy Making process in cities. In a discussion with representatives of ICT experts from different domains and representatives of the municipality of the city of Zagreb (from mayor’s office, Professional Service of the Mayor, City Office for Education, Culture and Sports, City Office for Strategic Planning and Development of the City, and City Bureau for Physical Planning) new ideas and strategies could be outline to improve policy making with IC-Tools. The results of this discussion will be considered in the European IP-Project FUPOL, which aims to create a new policy making process with focus on ICT.
As representative for the domain of information visualization the contribution of Fraunhofer IGD was to give an overview and also advanced approaches how visualization could support the policy making. In scenarios of using (analytical) visualization for heterogeneous data and adaptive visualization, based on the users’ behavior or the process-driven visualization, novel and innovative visualization approaches were developed and were commented with positive feedbacks.

Talk: Visualization in the Policy Making Process

Event: Workshop on ICT in Policy Modeling, 12/12/2012
Place: Zagreb Forum, Kaptol 27, Zagreb, Croatia

The workshop aims to discuss how ICT could be considered to improve the Policy Making process in cities. In a discussion with representatives of ICT experts from different domains and representatives of the municipality of the city of Zagreb (from mayor’s office, Professional Service of the Mayor, City Office for Education, Culture and Sports, City Office for Strategic Planning and Development of the City, and City Bureau for Physical Planning) new ideas and strategies could be outline to improve policy making with IC-Tools. The results of this discussion will be considered in the European IP-Project FUPOL, which aims to create a new policy making process with focus on ICT.
As representative for the domain of information visualization the contribution of Fraunhofer IGD was to give an overview and also advanced approaches how visualization could support the policy making. In scenarios of using (analytical) visualization for heterogeneous data and adaptive visualization, based on the users’ behavior or the process-driven visualization, novel and innovative visualization approaches were developed and were commented with positive feedbacks.

Invited Talk: RUeNTER-portal

Event: EDEN Open Classroom, 28/10/2011
Place: Ellinogermaniki Agogi S.A., Athen, Greece

The conference aims to bring together individuals and teams from a wide range of technology and education fields to look into the future of education and to share their visions as to what the learning experiences and educational technologies could be like and how could be implemented in the daily school practice.
Invited talks, research papers, hands on activities, posters demos and good practices will be presented in the provisioned sessions and certain topics will be discussed located in the center of education and training: organization of content, digital libraries, mobile technology and social networking tools, creation and development of educational communities in rural areas, teachers`professional development with the view to building upon Life Long Learning education and equipping teachers will all the necessary skill set for the accomplishment of their constantly changing and challenging role.

Talk: RURALeNTER Project and the RUeNTER Portal

Event: eCulture Forum, 12/10/2011
Place: HEIG-VD Yverdon, Aula Cheseaux, Yverdon-Les-Bains, Swiss

The eCulture Forum has been taking place in Switzerland for 10 years, addressing current topics relating to digitally networked culture. One of the highlights this year has been how to make the skills and knowledge of modern information communication technologies widely accessible. In particular, it is intended to address those citizens who have little or no contact with the new media due to their age or their rural situation.
The aim of the RURALENTER project is to build competencies in adult information communication technologies in rural areas in order to give them new opportunities for further education. Modern approaches for further education are based on virtual concepts, which, however, can only be applied if the necessary technical understanding is available. The communication of this technical understanding addresses the RURALENTER project. The results were therefore predestined to be presented to the public at the eCulture Forum. Numerous well-founded questions showed the great interest in the results of the RURALENTER project.

Talk: Semantics Visualization

Event: Potsdam’s I-Science Tag, 22/03/2011
Place: Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Campus Pappelallee, Potsdam, Germany

The department of Information Science at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences invited to the 2nd I-Science Day in Potsdam on March 22, 2011. Under the topic “Digital Society: From Web 2.0 to Semantic and Visual Web 3.0”, central topics of networking and especially the visualization of semantic data will be discussed and concrete solutions for the practice in the information facilities will be presented.
The event offers a forum for scientists in information centers, librarians, archivists and documentaries to hold a joint discussion forum.