Events

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Leadership in the Era of Quantum and AI

Monday 17 November

Muhtar Kent shares insights from his career at The Coca-Cola Company in a conversation with Professor Edward Brooks from the Department of Politics and International Relations. Around the world, we are facing major economic, social and environmental challenges that cannot be solved without collaborative global leadership. At the same time, advances in technology are reshaping how we live and work, creating new opportunities while challenging long-standing practices and assumptions. Leaders across business, government and civil society all have a role to play.

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Trees Through Time

Thursday 20 November

This year’s Autumn Science Lecture Series from Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum will run between October and December. In this free hybrid event, Professor Jennifer McElwain FRS, Professor of Botany at Trinity College Dublin and Director of Trinity College Botanic Garden, will explore the evolution of trees and forests through geological time. When did the first true trees evolve? What is a tree? What can fossil plants tell us about the oldest forests on Earth? How did forests survive volcanic events, extreme climates and meteorite impacts in Earth's geological past? Hosted online and at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

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Welcoming Cities: How Newcomers Shape Urban Policy Making

Thursday 4 December

A truly welcoming and inclusive city is not just an aspiration – it is essential to the future of our increasingly diverse urban societies. Yet too often, policy and practice lack the theoretical and research foundations needed for meaningful and effective implementation. Welcoming Cities is a book that bridges this gap. Engaging with key governance challenges, it explores how cities define and implement welcoming policies across multiple sectors. This book launch is part of the Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure seminar series.