Talks
Annual Public Policy Lecture: We’re all going to die! (Or are we?)
Drawing on her experience as an entrepreneur, legislator and board member, Martha Lane Fox will explore what AI could mean for the next 50 years, including its effects on work, business, entrepreneurial opportunity, existing institutions, culture, security and defence. Chaired by Prof Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge.
| Tue 25 February 2025 | 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
Enhancing Diversity in Clinical Trials: A Touch of Humanity On 25th February at 1pm Dr Bridget Bannerman will give a seminar entitled ‘Enhancing Diversity in Clinical Trials: A Touch of Humanity’. A light sandwich lunch will be provided from 12:30 in the Shasha Suite, Woolf Building, Westminster College, Madingley Road Cambridge. |
| 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
Professor Sir John Aston: Research and its role in society Lecture by Professor Sir John Aston, Kt FRS on his vision and plans for research activities at the University of Cambridge. |
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| 5:30PM - 6:45PM |
‘A peculiar survey … for our peculiar purpose’: founding the Ordnance Survey of Ireland A talk by Finnian O’Cionnaith (Dublin) in the 'Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography' series. |
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| 7:30PM - 8:45PM |
Hot off the press: Former “Guardian” editor Alan Rusbridger on the state of the media Journalist and former editor of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, will share insights from his long and distinguished career in journalism. |
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| Wed 26 February 2025 | 6:00PM - 8:00PM |
Migrants in the Digital Periphery: New Urban Frontiers of Control Join us for a timely and critical panel discussion on the centrality of the exploitation of race and migrant mobility in the name of Silicon Valley capital. Drawing from his new book, Dr Matt Mahmoudi will lead a conversation with Professor Myria Georgiou, Professor Graham Denyer Willis, and Dr Amy Gaeta, moderated by Professor Caroline Bassett. |
| 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
Evening talk: Parallel Worlds: Evolution of Life Across the Cosmos Is there life 'out there'? Join us for an evening talk with science writer Wallace Arthur |
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| Thu 27 February 2025 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Highlight "Montaillou, village occitan de 1294 à 1324" by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie "Montaillou, village occitan de 1294 à 1324" by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, introduced by John H. Arnold (University of Cambridge) |
| 6:00PM - 8:00PM |
How women can win with the help of AI Join us for an exciting panel discussion featuring trailblazers who are driving AI research and its application in diverse fields. |