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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 28 April 7:00PM - 8:00PM

Highlight The Really Popular Book Club: The Duke & I by Julia Quinn

Join cambridge University Library for their monthly, online reading group.

Wed 29 April 11:00AM - 12:30PM

Publishing your first trade book

Have you got a great idea for a trade book? Join members of the Margaret Anstee Centre for Global Studies as we hear from a panel of experts about how to approach publishing your first trade book.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

From Climate Change to Energy Securitisation: Advancing the green transition amid shifting narratives of power and crisis

Uniting perspectives from academia as well as policy, this panel will examine whether the new push for energy security is helping to accelerate investment in – and deployment of – renewable and other low-carbon technologies.