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Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025

Be part of a transformative three-day event uniting global thinkers, scholars, and leaders to shape the future—sign up today!

Sat 8 October 2022 8:30AM - 6:15PM

The Wo+Men’s Leadership Conference: Breaking the Bias

Cambridge Judge Business School's Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre’s eighth annual conference, Breaking the Bias, will take place on 8 October 2022. This year, we’re delighted to welcome as our keynote speaker, Demetra Pinsent, CEO of Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Ltd In conversation with Ruth Kennedy, Managing Director, Kennedy Dundas.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

A Feast for the Eye – an exhibition of paintings and collages by Jerry Scott

Clare Hall is delighted to present an exhibition of works by Jerry Scott, representative of the artist’s work over the last twenty years.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Life is Still Life

Life is Still Life presents an exciting selection of modern and contemporary works by women artists in the genre of still life.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight GAVIN TURK: IN SEARCH OF ARIADNE

A new exhibition by artist Gavin Turk opens on 6 October 2022. In Search of Ariadne unravels the cultural meme of the reclining figure in art. What is the reclining figure? Why is this something that artists have been intrigued with for centuries and where does this form originate?

2:00PM - 4:30PM

Highlight Anything but Still: Flower Workshop

Take part in this interactive flower workshop, which will include a curator-led tour of ‘Life is Still Life’ with a focus on the artists’ radical representations of flowers, a tour of the award-winning gardens at Murray Edwards and a hands-on session with Anna Taylor (Anna's Flower Farm)

2:30PM - 4:30PM

Uncomfortable Cambridge Tours

Discover Cambridge in a different way on this guided walking tour, focusing on the uncomfortable stories of power and privilege which have shaped both the university and the city.

4:30PM - 5:30PM

Family concert

Excerpts from Holst's The Planets illustrated by James Mayhew (artist/narrator)

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Holst's The Planets

A concert by City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra including a performance of Holst's The Planets with narrator/interactive artist James Mayhew, whose illustrations will be projected live on to a screen above the orchestra.