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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Mireia Crispin

12 Feb 2025

Dr Mireia Crispin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at the University of Cambridge and leads a research group focusing on the...

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Matt Bothwell

12 Feb 2025

Dr Matthew Bothwell is an astrophysicist, science communicator and author, and the current Public Astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy...

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Tim Minshall

12 Feb 2025

Professor Tim Minshall is the inaugural Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge, Head of the Institute for...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Anna Moore

26 Mar 2024

Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge and programme lead, Dr Anna Moore, discusses the NIHR BioResource’s national...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: George the Poet

25 Mar 2024

George the Poet is a spoken word performer whose innovative brand of musical poetry has won him critical acclaim both as a recording artist and a...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Tom McClelland

20 Mar 2024

Tom McClelland is a lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He will be speaking about his and...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Saleyha Ahsan

18 Mar 2024

Broadcaster and PhD student Dr Saleyha Ahsan, co-convenor of the CRASSH ‘Healthcare in Conflict’ research network, will chair a panel discussion...

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How do we protect doctors, media and NGOs in war? - a time to discuss

18 Mar 2024

Dr Saleyha Ahsan explores why journalists and medics are now increasingly seen as targets in warzones and what can potentially be done to support...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Adrian Liston

17 Mar 2024

Adrian Liston, Professor of Pathology at the University of Cambridge, talks about our extraordinary immune system ahead of his event, Diversity in...

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Cambridge ReseARch Trail

14 Mar 2024

A new augmented reality trail, launched as part of the Cambridge Festival, is showcasing the world leading research of the University of Cambridge in...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Matteo Zallio

14 Mar 2024

Matteo Zallio is an award-winning designer and researcher, dedicated to promoting accessibility and inclusivity in emergent technologies.

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Tristan Dot

13 Mar 2024

Am I Normal? and Dreamy Cops are two art installations that investigate notions of AI, including computer vision, surveillance, the human body and...

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