Workshop | Visual Communication for Life Science Scientists
i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto

Dates: 26/6 and 28/6 | 14h - 17h
            03/7 and 05/7 | 14h - 17h
Organizers: Santiago Mourão (FBAUP) / Júlio Borlido Santos (i3S)
Lecturer: Santiago Mourão (FBAUP)

Overview
This workshop proposes to widen researchers' competence scope when it comes to scientific communications. Based on the specific needs of participants, this training action is entirely experiential and aims to develop the fundamentals of visual communication as well as strategies and communication skills, such as storytelling, infographics, sequential image, background/figure and text/image relations, digital image specifications, text as image, visual composition and other tools to effectively design presentations.

Objectives
To improve visual literacy for scientific researchers;
To strengthen the role of imagery in communication and scientific research;
To boost the dissemination and intelligibility of scientific culture.

Target Audience
Doctoral students in Life and Health Sciences in particular, but researchers in general are welcome.

Workshop requirements
Bring an idea (of an information that would like to convert into a scheme, a graph, an abstract or other); a personal laptop; photo device (such as mobile phone).

Language: Portuguese
Fee: not applicable
Places: Limited to 15 i3S participants / selection criteria: First come – first served
Registration: Limited to i3S participants

For more information, please contact:

Events Management Unit | Rua Alfredo Allen 208 | 4200-135 Porto, Portugal

Email: events@i3s.up.pt | Tel: +351 220 408 811