Biography:

David Shaw is a maths communicator and artist. David was the founding Editor of CSIRO‰Ûªs Maths by Email, and still writes and distributes the newsletter every fortnight. David is a seasoned maths presenter, touring nationally with the Tenix Questacon Maths Squad, and presenting a keynote presentation at The Mathematical Association of Victoria Annual Conference in 2010. David is a founding member of Boho Interactive, an interactive theatre group that produces interactive theatre performances based on the sciences of Game Theory, Complex Systems science and Network Theory. David has presented work around Australia for the Asia-Pacific Complex Systems Science Conference, the Brisbane Festival Under The Radar, the ACT Street Theatre and the Manning Clark House Cultural Centre, as well as internationally at Battersea Arts Centre, the Dana Centre, and University College London. Patrick Mahony is a science writer with Double Helix publications at CSIRO. He writes Science by Email, and also contributes to The Helix, Scientriffic and the Helix@CSIRO blog.

Presentations:

• Maths and science – the original frenemies
• On the Plus Side:  What People Love Hearing About Maths