{"id":458,"date":"2026-02-18T06:37:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/?page_id=458"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:15:57","slug":"keynotes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/conference-2027\/keynotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><strong>Keynotes<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/04\/Yonca-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-580 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/04\/Yonca-Photo.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/04\/Yonca-Photo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uantwerpen.be\/en\/staff\/yonka-erkan_23911\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Yonca Erkan<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-heading-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);line-height:1\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-heading-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);line-height:0\">University of Antwerp, Belgium<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);grid-template-columns:auto 35%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right is-style-default\" style=\"line-height:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citystgeorges.ac.uk\/about\/people\/professional-services-staff\/dr-nicola-kirkby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Nicola Kirkby<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-heading-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);line-height:1.3\">Centre Manager for DIVERSE CDT, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diversity in Data Visualization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-heading-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0px;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);line-height:0\">City St George&#8217;s, University of London<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/02\/portrait-photo-default-e1772106883480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/08\/Avery-1-1005x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-728 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/08\/Avery-1-1005x1024.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/08\/Avery-1-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/08\/Avery-1-768x783.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/08\/Avery-1-1507x1536.jpg 1507w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/08\/Avery-1.jpg 1884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-heading-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.208), 1rem);line-height:0.5\">Early Career Researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udel.edu\/hagley\/current-students\/current-hagley-scholars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kayle R. Avery<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-heading-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);line-height:1\">UNIDEL Graduate Scholar and PhD Candidate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-heading-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);line-height:0\">University of Delaware, US<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);grid-template-columns:auto 35%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-heading-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.208), 1rem);line-height:0.5\">Early Career Researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right is-style-default\" style=\"line-height:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/en\/people\/mikko-manka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mikko Manka<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-heading-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);line-height:1\">PhD Candidate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-heading-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);line-height:0\">Tampere University, Finland<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/06\/Mikko-Manka-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jonne Renvall \/ Tampere University\" class=\"wp-image-683 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-746633a2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/08\/CfP_RAILIMAGE-Conference-2027-v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/02\/railway-icon-e1771333410797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14.642px, 0.915rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.766), 22px);\"><strong>Call for Papers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/conference-2027\/registration\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/02\/railway-icon-e1771333410797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14.642px, 0.915rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.766), 22px);\"><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/conference-2027\/program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/02\/railway-icon-e1771333410797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14.642px, 0.915rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.766), 22px);\"><strong>Program<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/conference-2027\/keynotes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/02\/railway-icon-e1771333410797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14.642px, 0.915rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.766), 22px);\"><strong>Keynotes<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e130c5fd wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/conference-2027\/travel-and-accommodation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/02\/railway-icon-e1771333410797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14.642px, 0.915rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.766), 22px);\"><strong>Travel and Accommodation<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/conference-2027\/bursaries\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/02\/railway-icon-e1771333410797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14.642px, 0.915rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.766), 22px);\"><strong>Bursaries<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.visitturku.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/02\/railway-icon-e1771333410797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14.642px, 0.915rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.766), 22px);\"><strong>About Turku<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abo.fi\/en\/about-abo-akademi-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2026\/02\/railway-icon-e1771333410797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14.642px, 0.915rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.766), 22px);\"><strong>About \u00c5bo Akademi<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keynotes Dr Yonca Erkan Associate Professor University of Antwerp, Belgium Dr Nicola Kirkby Centre Manager for DIVERSE CDT, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diversity in Data Visualization City St George&#8217;s, University of London Early Career Researcher Kayle R. Avery UNIDEL Graduate Scholar and PhD Candidate University of Delaware, US Early Career Researcher Kayle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":474,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-458","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/474"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/458\/revisions\/740"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/railimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}