Changing the world with visualization

Changing the World with Visualization
Jérôme Cukier, OECD
Wednesday 14 October

Wemake data.

Out of 100 people…

Out of 100 people…
About 5 canmake an educatedguess about keystatistics of their country.

DATA VISUALIZATION NECESSARY FOR CHANGE

http://www.know-the-number.com

Difference
Time

Comparison

Events
Quantity
Time
Value
Comparisons

Potentialfor action
Use of data visualization

HOW TO SHARE: DATA VISUALIZATION AND TRUTH

Shareknowledgewithwhom?

If youmake the
data visualizationthat
does change the world,

If youmake the
data visualizationthat
does change the world,
how do youmake sure
that the world findsit?

Image credits
Know the numberbillboard: http://www.flickr.com/photos/idiotking/3642170000/
An InconvenientTruth, Paramount pictures, 2006
PowerMeter interface, Google, http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/google-powermeters-first-device-partner.html
Atlas on the caesium deposition across Europe after the Chernobyl accident (JSP6) http://rem.jrc.ec.europa.eu/atlas.html
La France après Tchernobyl, Sortir du nucléaire, 2005.