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At the 2010 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh SIGVIS sponsored its first ever workshop. It was included in the program when the Program Committee saw that our ambitious panel proposal would greatly benefit from a longer time slot. We took the opportunity and ran with it, holding a half-day panel with speakers who presented recent or nascent research and actively sought audience input into their work. We hoped that the workshop format would allow the speakers to benefit from hearing the ideas of other individuals interested in this area of research. Five speakers and eighteen participants later, we found that this was a very good idea. We wish to repeat this workshop format for the 2011 conference in New Orleans. SIGVIS is calling for speakers to participate in this year's workshop, to be held before the Annual Meeting. Specifically, we are calling for recently completed or in-process research dealing with methods of bridging the communication gaps / gulfs that exist surrounding media who would like to present and, importantly, receive feedback from the attendees concerning their work. Depending on the number of speakers, each will have approximately an hour and a half to present their research efforts, incorporate an activity for the attendees, and lead a discussion of their findings and/or research concerns. If materials are needed (paper, pens, printed materials, etc.), they should be listed in the proposal submission.. Submissions should be sent to [log in to unmask] The deadline for workshop proposals is Friday, April 29th. SIGVIS will submit a final proposal to the Conference Chairs by May 22nd, and we expect to have an answer to the presenters by June 28th. Many Thanks, Chris Landbeck Joan Beaudoin Chair, SIGVIS Vice-Chair, SIGVIS -- JungWon Yoon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of South Florida School of Information 4202 E. Fowler Ave, CIS 1040 Tampa, FL 33620