Rethinking Innovation 2026
Thursday 16 April 2026
Rethinking Innovation brings senior leaders together to explore how to drive innovation and growth in a world that’s becoming more complex and fast-moving. Drawing on research and practical experience from the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), the event focuses on people-centred tools and frameworks, and new technology applications that help organisations turn complexity into clarity and ideas into action.
Manufacturing Innovators - Dan Summerbell, Poppy Bewer and Pippa Horton
Thursday 14 May 2026
Manufacturing Innovators is a talk series hosted at the IfM bringing together science, technology, and manufacturing to explore how new ideas become real products, and why closer collaboration between these worlds really matters.
Manufacturing Innovators - Clennell Collingwood
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Manufacturing Innovators is a talk series hosted at the IfM bringing together science, technology, and manufacturing to explore how new ideas become real products, and why closer collaboration between these worlds really matters.
Cambridge Forum for Future Food Supply Chains 2026
Thursday 4 June 2026
The Cambridge Forum for Future Food Supply Chains will bring together policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders to explore how to build future-ready food supply chains that support both global collaboration and national security in a sustainable way.
Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium 2026
Thursday 10 to Friday 11 September 2026
The annual Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium is your chance to hear from world-leading business figures and thinkers on the challenges facing modern manufacturing.








