Michael Herman will be opening space on Tuesday at MeshForum, which runs May 7-9 in San Francisco.

From their invitation:

Networks form the basis of everything, from how your body works to who you know, from how power is distributed to how the store on the corner is kept stocked. Networks are in the news, from the elections to anti-terrorism, to investigations of financial markets and the Blackout in the US.

At MeshForum 2006, May 7-9 in San Francisco, we will explore Networks in depth. We will examine the critical role visualization and visual thinking plays in understanding and managing networks. Then we will look at very large scale social networks as a significant case study of Networks.

And from the weblog:

make your net work

In four short words [that] captures what MeshForum 2006 will be about.

It is about the tools needed to make your net work – visualizations, visual thinking, analysis techniques.

It is about what you have to think about to make your net work – the issues of scaling, what happens as things change, the impact of technologies.

It is about the power of a net – to create beauty, to entertain us.