Engagement events across the world build connection and affinity.
Spotlight on global engagement
Engagement events offer our community of alumni, donors and prospects a portal into the life of the University today, access to the very latest academic insights and thinking on hot topics, and opportunities to contribute to vital conversations, no matter where they live.
A broad mix of online sessions and in-person events provides a variety of ways to engage with an extensive range of fascinating topics.
More than 180 in-person events supported by Development and Alumni Relations collectively engaged in excess of 5,700 unique attendees. Over the course of the year, more than 150 Cambridge academics participated in these alumni and cultivation events.
An array of online sessions were also held, attracting more than 3,600 registrations over the year. These included a Cambridge Conversations webinar with Professor Paul Wilkinson, Dr Amy Orben and Professor Tamsin Ford CBE discussing the impact of the digital age on children's development, and The Future of Physical Sciences webinar series which featured 19 academics who shared their expertise across five themes, from cutting-edge energy storage to the challenges presented by melting sea ice.
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In the UK, the London Engagement Series events covered topics from identifying vulnerabilities in global supply networks to targeting the immune system in Parkinson's disease, with talks given by 12 academics and drawing 220 attendees from across all 6 Schools.
Further afield, the Vice-Chancellor hosted an informal reception in Tokyo that provided over 100 guests with an opportunity to network and reconnect with Cambridge.
Global Cambridge events were held in Singapore, Sydney and Hong Kong. Academics provided illuminating talks, and combined these events drew 548 alumni, prospects and donors. The Hong Kong event in April attracted 167 attendees of whom 100 were alumni representing 28 different Colleges. A fascinating discussion between the Vice-Chancellor, the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Luke Syson, and the Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, Dr Louis Ng, focused on how museums can open up the past to help an understanding of today’s world, acknowledging the ways art, images and objects have shaped beliefs, challenged assumptions and launched new ideas.
In North America, alumni and friends gathered at more than 50 events to network, make new connections and to hear from prominent Cambridge leaders, academics and alumni. These Cambridge in America-led events brought Cambridge to alumni and friends across the continent and attracted 1,627 total attendances, demonstrating both strong initial participation and meaningful repeat engagement. When combined with College-specific events and alumni group-led initiatives, the total event offering exceeded 140 gatherings, creating a year-round calendar of connection opportunities for Cambridge’s North American community.