@kristinHenry That's great!
Maybe we really can organize a covid-cautious event where you don't have to pay for travel expenses...
I can't promise anything. But there are conferences like "News-Infographics-Analytics-Maps" that could be up your alley, see #NIAM25
And also other possibilities, I'm involved with the 'Interdisciplinary Center for Digitality and Digital Methods in Campus Mitte [Humanities, Social Sciences, Economics]'



