Dream Space at Microsoft Ireland provides immersive, research-based STEM experiences for students, teachers and communities to enhance their STEM skills alongside crucial social-emotional skills such as empathy, creativity, ethical decision making and collaboration.

Franz Schwindlein is former school teacher and inventor of IZAK9 cubes, an interactive maths-learning resource aimed at children in the final years of primary school.

Chris Budd OBE, is based at the University of Bath, where he is Professor of Applied Mathematics and Director of the Centre of Nonlinear Mechanics. He has a long history of engagement in the public understanding of science and mathematics through institutions such as the Royal Institution and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. Professor Budd was awarded an OBE in 2015 for services to science and mathematics education.

Sophie Maclean is a mathematician and experienced maths communicator currently studying for a PhD in Analytic Number Theory at King's College London. When not discovering new maths, Sophie shares her love of maths with others by delivering talks and workshops all around the UK and beyond. She is a regular on the Numberphile Youtube Channel and also has spoken about maths at the renowned Cheltenham Science Festival.

She was awarded her undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge, and has since explored many mathematical careers, having worked as both a Quantitative Trader and a Software Engineer.

Antonio Camina is an Industrial electronics technician and foreign trade technician, Trainer of teachers and entrepreneurs, Actor/Improviser at the WIT School, a trainer in the art of mime at the Noveau Colombier School and Circus training at the Carampa Circus School. He is Also a scriptwriter and producer at the company Magic 11 and a professional magician since 2009. Working for companies such as IFEMA, Peugeot, DIA, Ikea, Illusionists Without Borders, HP... He also performs as a regular magician in showrooms such as Galileo Galilei, Houdini, La Cuchara Mágica and is Commercial responsible for Divermates since 2013. 

Tiago Hirth is a math enthusiast. He commits himself to the ludic: magic, movement, games … In his leisure time he researches, promotes science, organises events and teaches (when asked). Since 2018, he has been part of the Interuniversity Centre for the History of Science and Technology as a PhD student at ULisboa. He is one of the founding members of the Circo Matemático, joining maths and circus for over a decade. (Recreational) Math, Conjuring Arts, and their History are his favourite subjects. 

Zoe Griffiths is a mathematician who travels the UK and internationally giving talks and workshops in schools, at science festivals, teacher conferences and at comedy nights.

She regularly gives talks at Maths Inspiration events, and has talked about maths in places ranging from the Cheltenham Science Festival to BBC Radio 4.

Before entering the world of maths communication, Zoe worked as a classroom maths teacher in secondary schools. It was whilst teaching that she first developed her love for maths communication. After teaching, Zoe took up a position at the Royal Institution (the home of Christmas Lectures) and then began her work with Think Maths in 2017.

Fernando Blasco is Spain’s best know speaker on the popularization of maths. A mathematician at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Fernando is one of Spain’s best known maths promoters. “Most people envisage mathematics only as a necessary tool for science and technology. A tool rather abstruse, composed largely of equations and complex definitions. While it is true that maths provides the language for science, and that its development has been motivated by problems in areas such as physics, chemistry or biology, it is also true that many practitioners have focused since ancient times on its recreational side. Surprisingly, this side of maths tends to be forgotten by both the general audience and not so few mathematicians.” Dr. Fernando Blasco uses magic to introduce the public to topics such as prime numbers, knot theory, sudoku, topology, number systems, mind games, Rubik’s cube, calendars or quick calculations. He has collaborated with TV shows in Spain and has played in Civic Centers, Science Museums, University Classrooms and other stages. 

The Explorers Education Programme aims to inspire school teachers and their students in developing their interest, knowledge and engagement in our ocean. Supported by the Marine Institute and funded under the Marine Research Programme by the Irish Government, the programme provides cross curricular lesson plans, resources and activities that support the national curriculum. The Programme also provides teachers training and CPD courses approved by the Department of Education and outreach experts visit schools around the coast of Ireland.

Graduated in Mathematical Sciences in 2006 by the UCM, lecturer with stage experience, disseminator and teacher trainer. His entire professional career has developed halfway between mathematics and magic. 

He started in the world of illusionism in 1998. Since then he has participated in all kinds of events, both for the general public and for important companies such as Mapfre, HP, Yahoo, BBVA, Vodafone... and many others. He was the star of the theatrical show Magical, which toured the Spanish geography for more than 3 years, and the magician of the programme "Comecaminos" on Televisión Española for two seasons. 

In 2010 he was awarded in the category of parlour magic at the XXX National Congress of Magic held in La Coruña. Nowadays he continues in the world of magic, both on stage and collaborating in several research groups on this artistic discipline. He is currently working on the show "Uncertainty" where, through powerful magical effects, he gives us a glimpse of the history of mathematics and its characters, trying to find some order in chaos. 

In the field of mathematics and popularisation, he began to stand out very early on, winning the "Puig Adam" prize for problem solving in 1997 and first prize in the Young Researchers Competition organised by Injuve and the Ministry of Education in 1998, among others. 

Since finishing his studies at the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences at the UCM in 2006, he has been giving lectures, seminars and teacher training courses where he applies his knowledge of communication and stage concepts to the teaching of mathematics. 

In 2011 she founded the DIVERMATES project, specifically dedicated to bringing mathematics in a fun way, taking it to schools and giving another point of view on mathematics to more than 15,000 students every year. Around this project, he has developed content for textbooks, conferences, workshops, and has participated in many outreach and teacher training events, such as Science Week, the Autumn University, the JAEM and the CIBEM. 

He has been a professor of the ESTALMAT project of the RSME since 2013, and professor of Didactics of Mathematics at the Faculty of Education of the UCM since 2019. 

He is the author of the book "This is not the title of this book", published in 2023 by Shakelton Books. 

Contact: nelomaestre@divermates.es