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Read more at: Speaker spotlight: Dr Inês Prata Machado

Speaker spotlight: Dr Inês Prata Machado

For Brain Tumour Awareness Month 2026, we spoke to Dr Inês Prata Machado about her work at the CRUK Cambridge Centre where interdisciplinary teams translate scientific discoveries into real-world benefits for patients.


Read more at: Celebrating women through research: The Cambridge Festival marks International Women’s Day

Celebrating women through research: The Cambridge Festival marks International Women’s Day

To mark International Women’s Day (Sunday 8 March), the Cambridge Festival (16 March–2 April) is spotlighting the outstanding achievements of women across a wide range of disciplines.


Read more at: CamFest reading list for World Book Day!

CamFest reading list for World Book Day!

Here at CamFest HQ, we love books! To celebrate World Book Day (5 March), we've pulled together the ultimate festival reading list.


Read more at: Speaker Spotlight: Dr Terri Apter

Speaker Spotlight: Dr Terri Apter

Ahead of Grandparenting: Perspectives from Across the Globe on 29 March 2026, our speaker spotlight with Dr Terri Apter, family expert and author, dives into grandparents’ underestimated role and the evolving meaning of grandparenting.


Read more at: Speaker Spotlight: Dr Prashant Kakoday

Speaker Spotlight: Dr Prashant Kakoday

In our speaker spotlight, we talk with Dr Prashant Kakoday about his upcoming event, Training the Brain for Calm: Insights from Neuroscience and Psychology, on 19 March.


Read more at: Speaker spotlight: Professor Ljiljana Fruk

Speaker spotlight: Professor Ljiljana Fruk

In this speaker spotlight, we chat with Professor Ljiljana Fruk ahead of her Cambridge Festival talk, The Future of Nanomedicine, on 21 March.


Read more at: Speaker Spotlight: Professor Havovi Chichger

Speaker Spotlight: Professor Havovi Chichger

Professor Chichger dives into the weird and wonderful locations in the body that can taste, and also consider how and why these tissues and organs, including the brain and heart, sense taste and what this means in relation to our diet and health.


Read more at: Speaker Spotlight: Professor Keyoumars Ashkan

Speaker Spotlight: Professor Keyoumars Ashkan

Professor Keyoumars Ashkan MBE explains why he performs deep brain stimulation with patients awake and playing instruments – and what those moments in the operating theatre reveal about the brain that no scan can capture.


Read more at: Speaker Spotlight: Dr Jenifer Varzaly

Speaker Spotlight: Dr Jenifer Varzaly

We spoke to Jenifer Varzaly about whether world peace is a political fantasy, why international law appears powerless, and the bold governance reforms she believes are needed to build a more just and united global order.


Read more at: Speaker Spotlight: Professor Jagjit S. Chadha

Speaker Spotlight: Professor Jagjit S. Chadha

In our Speaker Spotlight with Professor Jagjit S. Chadha we explore the policy choices, missed warnings and short-term politics that shaped three turbulent decades, and what lessons the UK can no longer afford to ignore.


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