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“We’re all going to die! (Or are we?)”

What could AI mean for the next 50 years? Guest speaker, Martha Lane Fox, entrepreneur, legislator and board member, will draw on her wide-ranging experience to explore AI’s potential effects on work and business, entrepreneurial opportunity, existing institutions, culture, security and defence.

Chaired by Prof Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge.

? Thursday 26 November 2026
 ? 17:30 to 19:00 (doors open at 17:00)
Lee Seng Tee Hall, Wolfson College, Cambridge, CB3 9BB

Free - booking is required

Book your place https://bit.ly/policylecture2026

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 3 June 2025 1:00PM - 2:00PM

Applying Christian Values to a Genetic Age

On 3rd June at 1pm Prof. Chris Wild will give a seminar entitled ‘Applying Christian Values to a Genetic Age’. A light sandwich lunch will be provided from 12:30 in the Healey Room, Westminster College, Madingley Road Cambridge. Please be seated by 12:50 so that the seminar can start promptly.

Wed 4 June 2025 8:30AM - 5:30PM

Scents and imagination

The symposium explores the complex relationship between olfactory heritage and imagination, examining how cultural, material, and symbolic meanings of smells shape and are shaped by imaginative practices. The event also includes practical activities.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Hidden in Plain White: Aztec Articulations of Catholic Lessons

Dr Joshua Fitzgerald's talk will delve into a rare 16th-century Aztec translation of Latin scriptures and uncover its hidden lessons.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Organizing Spirit: A Theological Book Symposium

Join us for a discussion of an intriguing new book by Jamie Pitts, Professor of Anabaptist Studies at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Indiana, USA.

Thu 5 June 2025 9:00AM - 6:30PM

Revitalising Peace Theologies for Today: A Multi-Faith Peace Conference

This in-person conference will bring together religious practitioners, scholars and theologians from around the world for a multi-faith conference which aims to revitalise non-violent theologies of peace for our troubled world.

2:15PM - 4:00PM

Highlight Robert Evans on "The Holy Roman Empire" by James Bryce

Robert Evans on "The Holy Roman Empire" (1864) by James Bryce

3:15PM - 5:15PM

The Spirit that Crosses Borders

Public lecture given by Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño on the topic of the Virtue of Compassion, Mercy & Justice Must Shape the World We Live In

6:30PM - 8:00PM

An Evening with Diana Souhami, Sadie Lee and Rebecca Birrell

Join us for an evening with Diana Souhami, Sadie Lee and Rebecca Birrell.

Fri 6 June 2025 8:45AM - 5:15PM

Revitalising Peace Theologies for Today: A Multi-Faith Peace Conference

This in-person conference will bring together religious practitioners, scholars and theologians from around the world for a multi-faith conference which aims to revitalise non-violent theologies of peace for our troubled world.

Sun 8 June 2025 11:30AM - 12:30PM

Ramsden Sermon- by Bishop Minerva Carcano

The Ramsden sermon entitled 'A Promise Fulfilled' to be preached by Bishop Minerva Carcano global Migration Leader for the Council of Bishops and Strategic Leader for the Holistic Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean of The United Methodist Church. All are most welcome