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Thursday, 23 March 2017, Jesus College, Cambridge

Our ageing population is one of the most important and pressing issues facing policy makers today. Join experts from medicine, economics, policy, sociology, health and social care, architecture and design, labour market, government and technology to discuss a range of topics:

- Economic and Demographic Perspectives on Ageing

- State/ government reaction to changing demographic profile of the population

- National and international responses to changing demographic profile of populations

- Public Policy and Public Perspectives on Ageing

- Social and cultural attitudes to the old in the workplace - Medical Perspectives on Ageing, Health, Wellness

- Intergenerational integration Political economy of an ageing population

- Attitudes to Ageing Amongst the Old and Very Old

- Ageing and Technological Innovation

For more information about this conference please email info@rustat.org

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Tuesday, 22 November 2016, Jesus College, Cambridge

The conference brought together technologists, economists, historians, philosophers, sociologists, architects and specialists from HR, organisational behaviour, finance, lifelong learning, government, policy making and industry to address the wide range of interconnected questions and ideas related to the Future of Work.

The conference was sponsored by Harvey Nash and KPMG and a report will be published shortly via this website.

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Thursday, 29 September 2016, Jesus College, Cambridge

The report of this Rustat Conference is now available here

. The conference addressed a range of questions concerning blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies DLTs.



For more information on this conference please contact us: info@rustat.org

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Thursday, 2 June, 2016 Jesus College, Cambridge

The report of this conference is now available here

. The consequences of superintelligence and machine learning beyond the economic, political, defence and social welfare.

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Thursday, 26 November 2015, Jesus College, Cambridge

The report of this conference is now available here

. The North-South Divide in the UK is a critical and vital issue, with added significance and importance today in the context of questions of inequality, Scottish independence, regional and national devolution in the UK, and the seemingly unstoppable rise of the south-east and London, now labelled by some as a ‘City-State’.

The November 2015 Rustat Conference addressed the North-South Divide, aiming to clarify and debate some of the key issues.

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Wednesday, 30 September 2015, Jesus College, Cambridge

A group of experts from academia, government and industry addressed the opportunities and challenges presented by Big Data.

The report of this conference is now available here

The meeting was held with the collaboration of Cambridge Big Data, a University of Cambridge Strategic Research Initiative, which brings together researchers from across the University to address challenges presented by the access to unprecedented volumes of data. The initiative's research spans all six Schools of the University, from the underlying fundamentals in mathematics and computer science, to applications ranging from astronomy and bioinformatics, to medicine, social sciences and the humanities.

The conference discussed a range of ideas and questions:
- How to exploit Big Data for useful, actionable knowledge to address practical problems?
- How Big Data impacts on business and the economy, health, social science research and engineering.
- Big Data and Industrial Collaboration: case study from KPMG and McLaren Racing
- Big Data and ethical concerns: questions of ownership and use of data, access,privacy and security.
- Big Data Science: how is it making a difference to the way we live and work?

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Thursday, 19 March 2015, Jesus College, Cambridge

A group of senior decision makers from academia, government, industry, NGOs, think tanks, and the media met to discuss inequality - a global and vital issue of the day.

The report of this conference is now available here

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Thursday 27 November, 2014

Leading experts from academia, industry, government and the media met to discuss a range of issues relating to Transport and Energy.

The agenda topics inlcuded : Freight - road, rail, ship and air; fuel efficiency; low emission vehicles; battery technology; nuclear energy for shipping; electrification of transport; autonomous electric vehicles; transport and energy in our cities; air traffic and fuel; low carbon transportation systems. Participants included experts from the University of Cambridge, KPMG, Laing O'Rourke, McLaren Racing Ltd, BP, Shell, HS2, and Transport Catapult Systems.

The report for this conference is now available here.

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Thursday 11 September 2014

Leading academics in the field of Food Security joined senior decision makers from industry and government for a one-day roundtable conference at Jesus College, Cambridge.

Agenda topics included:
- GMOs and the future of biotechnology - controversial science?
- Supply: will growing more provide more food security?
- Demand: feeding a growing world population healthily – the policy challenges
- Threats to UK public health from poor diet - whose responsibility is this?
- Sustainable production, consumption and waste
- The Water Crisis and feeding the world
- Climate change, energy and Food Security

The report for this conference is available here

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Tuesday 4 March 2014

Speakers included:
Professor David Spiegelhalter OBE FRS, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge
Professor Bernard Silverman FRS, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Home Office
Professor Sheila Bird OBE FRSE FRSS, Programme Leader at the MRC Biostatistics Unit at the University of Cambridge
Rt Hon Sir Tony Baldry MP, former Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

The report of this conference is now available here

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30 September & 1 October 2013

In collaboration with the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory
An Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research - ACE CSR

Conference Background and Objectives:
- New technologies and processes are revolutionising the global financial sector, presenting a range of opportunities as well as vulnerabilities and uncertainty. London’s status as a global financial hub will depend on how it reacts to technological innovation in the cyber economy. This conference provided a chance to learn about these important changes and challenges.

- The conference created a dialogue between the influential stakeholders in this rapidly changing landscape: bankers, regulators, technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, and government – each can share with others the developments in their own fields of expertise.

- The meeting provided stakeholders with an opportunity to set the direction of travel and shape the changes ahead to optimise benefits and minimise threats across a range of vital issues including:

i. The future of UK financial regulation and British competitiveness post-FSA.
ii. Cyber Innovation: for example, behavioural analytics; the rise of private cyber cash, new payment platforms, mobile banking, privacy and consent, economics of cyber security.
iii. Threats to national economic security from cyber crime and attack, and to the City of London from new financial capitals such as Shanghai and Dubai.
iv. How to optimise Cyber Finance collaboration between Silicon Fen and Silicon Valley, research, entrepreneurs, VCs, the City, government and security services.

We thank our sponsors:
- The Bank of England
- Detica (BAE)
- Standard Chartered Bank



Please contact us for a copy of the report from this conference.

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25 April 2013
Conference Overview
The conference is prompted by the continuing crisis posed by substance abuse and dependency, their far-reaching consequences, and an awareness of the need for further debate and new policy initiatives. There is a widespread impression that the current drug policies in the UK are not working; it is also clear that there are divisions of opinion, especially over the issue of decriminalisation that invoke strongly-felt social, emotional and moral principles. There has been a lack, moreover, of open parliamentarian debate.
For more information please follow link below.

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29 January 2013
Conference Overview
This one-day conference on 29 January told the story of how the development of monoclonal antibodies and their applications as medicines have transformed prospects for people suffering from a variety of medical conditions. Specifically, the conference illustrated these advances through the example of Multiple Sclerosis MS, the most common disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord affecting young adults in developed countries. The conference partners included the University of Cambridge Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in association with Rustat Conferences. A report will be published soon on this website.

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4 December 2012
Sponsors: Harvey Nash - Cobbetts - Penna
Conference Overview
Western economies have seen exceptional changes over the past five years, working through both the credit crunch and banking crisis. These changes present new challenges for leaders worldwide. This Rustat Conference brought together leaders from business, government and academia to address the key organisational and people challenges facing the public and private sectors against the background of the global financial crisis, ageing populations, and growing youth unemployment. To read the conference report please click here.

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4 April 2012
Conference Overview
The Rustat conference on the Geopolitics of Oil and Energy addressed issues such as: sustainability, clean energy, security of supply, new technologies, peak oil and infrastructure.
The conference report can be read here.

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17 January 2012
Conference Overview
The sixth Rustat Conference discussed the future of research-intensive universities and was jointly hosted by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, and Professor Ian White, Master of Jesus College.

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24 November 2011
Conference Overview
The fifth Rustat Conference aimed to answer the following questions: What contribution does manufacturing make to the UK economy? To what extent is it in decline, and does it matter? And what is the UK government’s policy on the need to stimulate the manufacturing sector?

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BIS Conference Centre, 1 Victoria St, London SW1, 29 September, 2011

To read the conference report and for information on this conference visit the dedicated Cyber Security Forum website.

The Cyber Security Forum 2011 was organised by an industry-government-academic grouping in association with the Rustat Conferences. It had the official support of the Cabinet Office - Office for Cyber Security and Information Assurance OCSIA, and the Department for Business Innovation & Skills BIS, the Information Assurance Advisory Council IAAC, and the ICT KTN.PA Consulting was the lead partner and sponsors were i2 Ltd, Cisco, McAfee and Finmeccanica. The conference explored a broad range of Cyber Security themes with a strong focus on business and private sector including: the contributions made by the private sector to ensuring national and economic security; R&D and Innovation in Cyber Security; private sector partnerships with academia and government; the economics of Cyber Security; Cyber Security leadership and corporate strategy; insider threats; data exfiltration, leaks and the prevention of corporate data loss.

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3 February 2011
Conference Overview
The revolution brought about by computer technology and the internet has delivered huge benefits and opportunities to society, but it also poses a threat as it may expose us – government, organisations and individuals – to digital attack. How real is this and how clear and present this danger? This conference set out to provide an informed judgement on the extent and nature of this threat to governments, commerce, national infrastructure and individuals. The meeting brought together a group of leading academic experts with decision makers from government,intelligence, finance, defence, technology, the law, the media, and the security services. Follow the link for more information on the agenda, participants. The Rustat Conference on Cyber Security report is available to read here.

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10 June, 2010
Conference Overview
The growth in global and urban populations, the increasing demand for housing, products, services, travel, food and water in both the developed and the developing worlds, will place huge demands on the infrastructure of energy, water and cities. Delivering this infrastructure presents a major challenge in terms of investment and financing, and will carry associated socio-economic costs, as well as opportunities for business. All this at a time when there is an onus on governments to achieve tough carbon reduction targets and replace fossil fuels with renewable sources of energy.A team of Cambridge academics and practitioner experts joined decision makers from the fields of engineering, finance, energy, water, politics, sustainable development and the media for round-table discussions and debate on the most vital issues at stake in these important themes.
The proceedings of this conference are available here.

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13 October 2009
Conference Overview
This Rustat Conference brought together some of the world's leading political theorists, historians and leaders from the worlds of politics, the media, industry and public sector to tackle the key issues at stake in the debate over the Future of Democracy.

The proceedings of this conference are published as a pdf here
The proceedings are also available as an ebook by clicking on the title page below:

Read Future of Democracy - Proceedings of the second Rustat Conference
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9 May 2009
Conference Overview
Leading academics from the fields of economics, politics, business and history discussed the key issues of the Economic Crisis with leaders from the worlds of politics, finance, industry, the public sector and the media. To read the conference report and view list of participants click on the link below.