October Data Visualization Meetup

Our next meetup is Wednesday October 22, 2025 at Guru. Hosted by Ben Garvey and Ben Kates. Doors open at 5:30pm and talks begin at 6pm.

Location
Guru
121 South Broad Street, Floor 10
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Our format consists of 2-3 talks on data visualization and all tangentially related subjects (data engineering, tools, analytics, etc.).

Speakers
The Semiotics of Visualization: Narrative Without Data
Josh Mervis, Visiting Assistant Professor, Temple University Japan
www.linkedin.com/in/joshmervis

Why Wikipedia doesn't know how many users it has (and why that wasn't really a problem until now)
Thomas Chin, Senior Software Engineer, Wikimedia Foundation
https://thomasch.in/

Interested in speaking? Fill out the speaker form!

Code of Conduct
This is our code of conduct for all events and by attending or participating you agree to adhere to it.
https://github.com/bengarvey/phillydataviz/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md

Data Visualization Society (DVS)
We're an affiliate of DVS! "DVS is a volunteer-run 501c3 nonprofit with three key objectives: celebrate, nurture, and advance the field of data visualization."
https://www.datavisualizationsociety.org/