We are preparing and organizing the third EuroVis Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities, proposed to be collocated with the EuroVis conference in Stuttgart, Germany during the 2027 edition.
June 2027, Stuttgart, Germany
🧩 We are preparing our proposal to be part of EuroVis 2027!
Join us in Stuttgart, Germany for the next VisGames workshop. 🧩✨
Dates below are tentative and given as month/year while we finalize the schedule. Exact deadlines will be at 11:59 pm (23:59) Anywhere on Earth (AoE)
February 2027
April 2027
*Decisions will be shared with authors ahead of the early registration window for EuroVis 2027.
May 2027
May 2027
For the complete EuroVis schedule, visit the official program page
A detailed, timed schedule will be published closer to the workshop. Here's a rough outline of the day:
Registration & welcome, followed by the opening and fast-forwards session.
World Café Sessions
Two hands-on World Café-style sessions for exploring the submitted visualization games, with a coffee break in between.
VisGames Challenge
Hands-on co-design & play-testing, followed by finalizing and a Show & Tell, with a coffee break in between.
Discussion & closing remarks, followed by the conference social event.
Our mission is to advance data visualization games and playful activities as dynamic tools for communication, co-creation, and collaborative problem-solving in interdisciplinary environments and contexts.
We consider a data visualization game as an interactive activity or game-based tool that incorporates elements of data visualization to engage people in a playful way.
This workshop will showcase innovative uses of data visualization games beyond education, emphasizing their potential to enrich dialogue, build shared understanding, and inspire creative solutions in real-world contexts.
The full-day workshop will feature an opening and fast-forward session, two hands-on World Café-style sessions for exploring submitted visualization games, a VisGames Challenge session, and a reflection session for discussing experiences and concluding the workshop.
The full workshop proposal is available here.
A hands-on co-design, play-testing session. Teams of 4-6 members will design innovative games using the Five Design Sheets methodology, brainstorm ideas, define audiences and rules, and create mini-test scenarios.
Demonstrate visualization games (e.g., card games, digital games, etc.) and engage with the audience by playing the games at the conference, in a World Café setting.
Submit an extended abstract in the VisGames template format. We will publish the extended abstracts in the online blog Nightingale, run by the Data Visualization Society, as well as in the EuroGraphics Digital Library.
The following topics fall within the scope of the workshop, but we encourage broader contributions.
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The workshop's extended abstract will be peer-reviewed by at least two PC members and one workshop organizer.
The maximum length for the extended abstract to the VisGames workshop is 2-6 pages including all images, acknowledgements, and references. We accept both double-blind (anonymized) and single-blind (not anonymized) submissions.
Submissions must be made using the Computer Graphics Forum style, using the conference LaTeX template for workshops. In the template you will find a proposed structure for the extended abstract.
Submission via PCS:
Society: Eurographics Conference: EuroVis 2027 Track: EuroVis 2027 VisGames
Important LaTeX step for VisGames submissions
In the EuroVis LaTeX template, make sure the VisGames command is uncommented so your paper is formatted correctly:
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