Event Date: June 19, 2025 9:30 am – June 20, 2025 6:00 pm
Venue: Ray Dolby Centre, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0US
This landmark event, supported by the Dolby Family Fund for Excellence in Physics, will celebrate the grand opening of the Ray Dolby Centre, our new state-of-the-art centrepiece for the Cavendish Laboratory, and the culmination of our 150th anniversary year.
The two days will feature research talks, panel discussions, and tours of our stunning new building, as well as opportunity to explore the revamped Cavendish collections and enjoy exclusive viewing of work from the Cavendish Arts Science Fellows.
Booking for this event is now closed.
We look forward to welcoming esteemed speakers from across the globe for enlightening discussions on pivotal questions about the future impact science will have on our society.
Please note the timings below are subject to change. We look forward to confirming more exciting speakers soon.
See the latest version of the programme here.
Thursday 19 June |
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| 9.30am | Registration with refreshments |
| 10.00am | Welcome address Professor Mete Atatüre |
| 10.20am | Energy, Matter, Planet: Physics for a sustainable future Professor Sir Richard Friend, Professor Dame Clare Grey, Professor Sian Dutton and Professor Akshay Rao |
| 11.00am | Cavendish Arts Science Introduction Professor Suchitra Sebastian and Dr Una Ryan |
| 11.10am | BREAK including Cavendish Arts Science exhibition and refreshments |
| 11.50am | Entrepreneurial Physics: turning ideas into impact Professor Russell Cowburn, Dr Hermann Hauser, Dr Ondrej Krivanek and Dr Carmen Palacios-Berraquero |
| 12.30pm | LUNCH including tours of the Ray Dolby Centre labs, the Cavendish Museum, and Cavendish Arts Science exhibition |
| 2.00pm | Charting the Unknown: Future directions in High Energy Physics Professor Tina Potter, Professor Ben Allanach, Professor Oleg Brandt and Professor Michel Lefebvre. |
| 2.40pm | Cavendish Outreach: Attracting future talent Dr Nicola Humphry-Baker |
| Transforming STEM Education Professor Lisa Jardine-Wright |
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| 3:10pm | BREAK including Cavendish Arts Science exhibition and refreshments |
| 3.30pm | The Discovery Factory – 150 Years of the Cavendish Laboratory Dr Harry Cliff |
| 4.30pm | Drinks reception including Cavendish Arts Science exhibition and RDC lab tours |
| 6.00pm | Event closes |
Friday 20 June |
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| 9.30am | Registration with refreshments |
| 10.00am | Welcome address Professor Mete Atatüre |
| 10.10am | Astrophysics: A new paradigm Professor Hiranya Peiris, Dr Eloy de Lera Acedo, Dr Sandro Tacchella and Dr Paul Rimmer |
| 10.50am | Living Systems, Physical Laws: Exploring the physics of life Dr Gemma Bale, Professor Ben Simons and Professor Teuta Pilizota |
| 11.30am | BREAK including including Cavendish Arts Science exhibition and refreshments |
| 12.00pm | Power, Policy, and the Particle: Physics in the public sphere Dr Rob Doubleday, Dr Gemma Bale, Dr Helen Czerski and Professor Jeremy Baumberg |
| 12.40pm | LUNCH including tours of the Ray Dolby Centre labs, the Cavendish Museum, and Cavendish Arts Science exhibition |
| 2:10pm | Smarter Science: How artificial intelligence is reshaping discovery Dr James Fergusson, Dr Loubna Bouarfa and Professor Nicola Marzari |
| 2:50pm | Early-career researcher presentations Dr Stefan Diesing, Dr Bo Peng, Anna Mullin, Zheyu (Tony) Wu and Katie-Lou White |
| 3:25pm | BREAK including Cavendish Arts Science exhibition and refreshments |
| 3:45pm | Harnessing a Quantum Future: From thought to impact Professor Sir Peter Knight, Professor Douglas Paul, Professor Ulrich Schneider and Dr Helena Knowles |
| 4:25pm | Closing remarks Professor Mete Atatüre |
| 4:30pm | Drinks reception including Cavendish Arts Science exhibition and RDC lab tours |
| 6:00pm |
Event closes |