OpenConCam is back for its third year on 16th November 2017 - the conference for open access, data and education in Cambridge. OpenConCam is a satellite event of the international OpenCon which will be held this year in Berlin.

Bringing together voices from governments and the conflict and peace-building community, this Overseas Development Institute (ODI) event seeks to unpack the issue of complexity in conflict recovery and answer the question at the heart of it all: Are inclusive peace and recovery possible? Our expert panel discusses how to achieve inclusion after conflict in ways that are appropriate and politically feasible.

This theme looks at the proposed role of Open IP in creating greater agency and freedoms for firms and individuals and examines how patterns of control over emerging technologies could change, including what responsible governance for open and democratised technologies might look like in the future.

The sixth Festival of Economics, programmed by Diane Coyle (University of Manchester and Enlightenment Economics) and supported by ESRC, includes economists and other experts from around the world who will be debating with each other - and their audiences - some of the key economic questions of our time.

Join the Cambridge Food Security Forum for a private screening of the new documentary film 'Food Evolution,' which focuses on the debate surrounding the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Hosted by the Virtual Institute for Responsible Innovation, Julius Weitzdörfer will be outlining some ideas on responsible research and innovation and its relationship to chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear (CBRN) risks, in advance of a workshop he is holding with DEFRA.

The Michaelmas 2017 edition of the REAL Centre Seminar Series (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge) will explore topics related to the innovation, leadership, policy and specific cases of the social context of education. All welcome.

What constitutes a ‘good’ policy is conditioned not only by technology and financial factors but also by social norms and values, institutions, geopolitics, public trust and history. The talk is part of the "In Search of ‘Good’ Energy Policy" Research Group, which focuses on energy policy from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Now in its fourth year, the annual CIPH conference and lecture series presents an opportunity for public health researchers, policymakers and professionals to come together, discover and discuss the latest public health research breakthroughs at Cambridge.

In this talk organized by Cambridge Governance Labs, Dr John Barker will discuss the need to build governance and economic literacy to grasp some fundamental issues that merit greater scrutiny.