Adam Bly
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Seed Media Group
Speaker
Adam Bly is the founder and CEO of Seed Media Group, an integrated media and technology company. Adam began his career as a biomedical researcher with the National Research Council of Canada, before launching Seed, a ground-breaking and award-winning science magazine. He is also the founder of ScienceBlogs.com, Visualizing.org, and the editor of Science is Culture: Conversations at the New Intersection of Science & Society. Adam Bly is Vice-Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Innovation, and a recipient of the Golden Jubilee Medal from Queen Elizabeth II. He has spoken around the world on the future of science and its role in society and has lectured at Harvard, MIT, Columbia, McGill and Beijing University. In 2007, Adam was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and in 2010 was named to the Forum’s Science Advisory Committee.
Presentation Summary
Data
visualization combines data and design to give insight and understanding to
complex issues. It can create links between information and data that may not
otherwise exist, reveal previously obscure patterns of behaviour or connection,
generate new understandings and a common language between otherwise disparate
thinking groups, such as economists and scientists.There is a vast
range of examples of designers using data to create new understandings in areas
as diverse as sustainability, poverty, biodiversity, obesity and health
management.
The effectiveness
of data visualization in changing behaviour or increasing knowledge has not
been researched.
