Professor David Spiegelhalter is the 2020 winner of the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Prize for his work in making statistics and probability entertaining and accessible to key decision-makers and the public. He is joined by data artist Stefanie Posavec who finds playful and friendly ways to communicate data visually. Together they will explain how an understanding of numbers can help us make informed decisions about our lives.
This is a partner event hosted as part of the Cheltenham Science Festival.
Speakers
- Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge
- Stefanie Posavec, Designer, data artist and author
Attending the event
- The event will be live streamed on the Cheltenham Science Festival YouTube channel on Sunday 13 June at 9.15pm BST
- Full joining instructions can be found on the Cheltenham Science Festival website
- For any enquiries, please contact events@royalsociety.org