CSaP Annual Conference 2025

Resilience in a changing world

The Royal Society, London

24 June 2025 (10am-5:30pm followed by a networking reception)

CSaP's annual conference is designed for an audience of researchers and policy professionals working in government, industry and the third sector, and for anyone who has an interest in the role of research evidence to inform policy making.

Conference themes

Speakers and other contributors are drawn from our extensive network of policy professionals and academics who will present examples of how we are working together to address new and emerging policy challenges.

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Morning sessions
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10:00 Welcome

10:10 Life sciences, healthcare and economic growth

11:15 Break

11:45 Parallel seminars

• Engineered pandemics
• Critical minerals and net zero
• Disinformation, security and democracy

14:30 Parallel seminars

• What can academic evidence and expertise contribute to the UK's housebuilding targets?
• Supporting mental health and neurodiversity in schools
• Inclusive innovation - experiences from Cambridge and Manchester

15:45 Break

16:15 Panel discussion: Resilience in a changing world

17:30 Networking reception

Networking sessions

As a networking organisation, CSaP events provide opportunities for our delegates to meet others who have similar interests, whether working in policy or research. CSaP staff will be on hand to help you make connections during the networking sessions - at lunch and the post-conference reception. When registering your attendance, please let us know your work area and interests, and the types of people you would like to connect with. We will aim to share a delegate list with all attendees in advance of the conference.

Speakers

Confirmed speakers and chairs so far include:

• Stephen Aldridge, Director for Analysis and Data, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Kevin Armstrong, Policy and External Relations Manager, Full Fact
• Duncan Astle, Gnodde Goldman Sachs Professor of Neuroinformatics, Department of Psychiatry, and Programme Leader, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge
• Claire Bryant, Professor of Innate Immunity & Wellcome Trust Investigator, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge
• Kathryn Chapman, Executive Director, Innovate Cambridge
• Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health and Social Care
• David Cleevely, Chair, Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub
• Tabitha Goldstaub, non-Executive Chair, Innovate Cambridge
• Mary Hockaday, former Controller, BBC World Service English and Master, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
• Loic Menzies, Senior Research Associate, Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, Cambridge
• James O'Shaughnessy, former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (2016-2018)
• Sharon Peacock, Professor of Public Health and Microbiology, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
• Jon Roozenbeek, Affiliate Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge
• Salma Shah, former Special Adviser to the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, (2018-2019); Director, Kraken Strategy
• Simon Staffell, UK Government Affairs Director, Microsoft
• Lalitha Sundaram, Senior Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge

Sponsorship opportunities

Sponsoring our annual conference offers a unique opportunity to connect with the CSaP network. Outputs from the conference are shared via CSaP’s website, newsletter and social media platforms. If you would like to find out more, please contact Jackie Ouchikh: jackie.ouchikh@csap.cam.ac.uk.

How to register