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SUMMARY:DINNER FOR THE NEW YEAR WITH MILES YOUNG\, WARDEN OF NEW COLLEGE
DESCRIPTION:“Through a spoon darkly” \nThoughts for a New Year from Warden Miles Young \n \n\n\n  \nMiles Young read history at New College from 1973 to 1976. \nAfter a business career in advertising and marketing \, spent largely in China and North America with Ogilvy and Mather\, Miles returned to Oxford in 2016 as Warden of New College. \nHe has served the University chairing the Conference of Colleges as well as contributing to policy on Disability\, Development and Donations reviews. \nOutside the College he is involved in Enlightenment Studies as Chair of the Voltaire Foundation https://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/\, as well as music (Oxford Bach Soloists) and education (English-Speaking Union)\, and he retains a strong interest in the issues facing developing countries especially in Asia. \nAn accomplished speaker\, he will be our guarantee to a thought-provoking New Year as we enjoy a cocktail and 3-course dinner at the Alsace Brasserie. \nTickets are are €65 per person and are available through the OUSP website.\nThe venue is L’Alsace\, 39 Avenue des Champs-Elysées\, 75008 Paris and you will be welcomed at 7h30pm.
URL:https://cambridgesocietyofparis.com/event/dinner-for-the-new-year-with-miles-young-warden-of-new-college/
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SUMMARY:UK Alumni Network in Paris - Monthly Drinks
DESCRIPTION:The UK Alumni Network in Paris will meet for the give you the opportunity to meet other UK and Irish graduates in Paris. These gatherings take place on the fourth Thursday each month\, during the Pub’s “Happy Hour” from 7pm to 8:30pm. \nPlease find below the dates and locations for the UKAN pub events in Paris which is an opportunity to meet fellow alumni in addition to other UK and Irish graduates in Paris on the fourth Thursday each month in a casual and friendly environment. Pop in for a quick afterwork drink or for long leisurely evening. \n26th January – Bombadier \n23rd February – Galway \n23rd March – Bombadier \n27th April – Galway \n25th May – Bombadier \n  \nIf you plan to come\, please let us know if possible the numbers per university as we should give the pub staff a rough idea of numbers. \nAddresses: \nBombardier (2 Pl. du Panthéon\, 75005 Paris) \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://cambridgesocietyofparis.com/event/uk-alumni-network-in-paris-monthly-drinks/
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SUMMARY:UK Alumni Network in Paris - Monthly Drinks
DESCRIPTION:The UK Alumni Network in Paris will meet for the give you the opportunity to meet other UK and Irish graduates in Paris. These gatherings take place on the fourth Thursday each month\, during the Pub’s “Happy Hour” from 7pm to 8:30pm. \nPlease find below the dates and locations for the UKAN pub events in Paris which is an opportunity to meet fellow alumni in addition to other UK and Irish graduates in Paris on the fourth Thursday each month in a casual and friendly environment. Pop in for a quick afterwork drink or for long leisurely evening. \n26th January – Bombadier \n23rd February – Galway \n23rd March – Bombadier \n27th April – Galway \n25th May – Bombadier \n  \nIf you plan to come\, please let us know if possible the numbers per university as we should give the pub staff a rough idea of numbers. \nAddresses: \nThe Galway top floor (13 Quai des Grands Augustins\, 75006 Paris) \n  \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://cambridgesocietyofparis.com/event/uk-alumni-network-in-paris-monthly-drinks-2/
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SUMMARY:A dinner talk 23 February 2023 7.30 PM  at the BRASSERIE BOFINGER
DESCRIPTION:A dinner talk 23 February 2023 7.30 PM at the BRASSERIE BOFINGER \n \n \nWe are delighted that Professor Robert Lethbridge will be our speaker at a dinner on Thursday 23 February 2023 for 7.30 PM at the BRASSERIE BOFINGER \n  \nCoupe de Cremant  at 19h00\, followed by a seated 3-course set dinner : cost 60 € \n– vegetarian options will be available on request \nThe BRASSERIE BOFINGER is a ‘gem’ located in the  Bastille area (Metro lines 1 \, 5 and 8) \nFurther information : mail to events@camsocparis.org \n‘Mastering Oxbridge‘\, Professor Robert Lethbridge\, former Master of Fitzwilliam College\, Cambridge will share with us the role of the Master in changing times giving us all an intimate view of the position. \nA stimulating topic exploring what that role entails in modern Cambridge and how it is changing with the current increase of    non-academic Heads of House.  Most former students would be    hard-pressed to define that role even during their own College  careers! \n  \nProfessor Lethbridge was Master of Fitzwilliam from 2005 – 2013\, and Provost of the Gates Cambridge Trust from 2010 – 2013. \nProfessor Lethbridge was educated at the University of Kent at Canterbury (B.A.\, 1969)\, McMaster University (M.A.\, 1970) and St John’s College\, Cambridge (Ph.D.\, 1975). His first academic post was as Leathersellers’ Teaching Fellow in French at Fitzwilliam College. He was Senior Tutor for the decade 1982-92. In 1994\, he was appointed to the Chair of French Language and Literature at Royal Holloway\, University of London\, where he was successively Head of Department\, Dean of the Graduate School and Vice-Principal. He has been a Life Fellow of Fitzwilliam since 1994. Before his return to the College\, he was Director of the British Institute in Paris\, now renamed as the University of London Institute in Paris. He has held Visiting Professorships at the University of California at Santa Barbara and at the University of Melbourne. \nHe is Emeritus Professor of French Language and Literature in the University of London. His current research and postgraduate teaching is now in association with Cambridge’s Department of French\, where he was a University Lecturer until 1994 and is now Honorary Professor. His work is focused on late nineteenth-century France and\, in particular\, the relationship between literature and the visual arts in that period. He was made Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 2013 for services to French culture and scholarship.  He has written several books.
URL:https://cambridgesocietyofparis.com/event/a-dinner-talk-23-february-2023-7-30-pm-at-the-brasserie-bofinger/
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SUMMARY:UK Alumni Network in Paris - Monthly Drinks
DESCRIPTION:The UK Alumni Network in Paris will meet for the give you the opportunity to meet other UK and Irish graduates in Paris. These gatherings take place on the fourth Thursday each month\, during the Pub’s “Happy Hour” from 7pm to 8:30pm. \nPlease find below the dates and locations for the UKAN pub events in Paris which is an opportunity to meet fellow alumni in addition to other UK and Irish graduates in Paris on the fourth Thursday each month in a casual and friendly environment. Pop in for a quick afterwork drink or for long leisurely evening. \n26th January – Bombadier \n23rd February – Galway \n23rd March – Bombadier \n27th April – Galway \n25th May – Bombadier \n  \nIf you plan to come\, please let us know if possible the numbers per university as we should give the pub staff a rough idea of numbers. \nAddresses: \nThe Galway top floor (13 Quai des Grands Augustins\, 75006 Paris) or Bombardier (2 Pl. du Panthéon\, 75005 Paris) \nPlease read the address in detail. \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://cambridgesocietyofparis.com/event/uk-alumni-network-in-paris-monthly-drinks-3/
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SUMMARY:UK Alumni Network in Paris - Monthly Drinks
DESCRIPTION:The UK Alumni Network in Paris will meet for the give you the opportunity to meet other UK and Irish graduates in Paris. These gatherings take place on the fourth Thursday each month\, during the Pub’s “Happy Hour” from 7pm to 8:30pm. \nPlease find below the dates and locations for the UKAN pub events in Paris which is an opportunity to meet fellow alumni in addition to other UK and Irish graduates in Paris on the fourth Thursday each month in a casual and friendly environment. Pop in for a quick afterwork drink or for long leisurely evening. \n26th January – Bombadier \n23rd February – Galway \n23rd March – Bombadier \n27th April – Galway \n25th May – Bombadier \n  \nIf you plan to come\, please let us know if possible the numbers per university as we should give the pub staff a rough idea of numbers. \nAddresses: \nThe Galway top floor (13 Quai des Grands Augustins\, 75006 Paris) \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://cambridgesocietyofparis.com/event/uk-alumni-network-in-paris-monthly-drinks-4/
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SUMMARY:Grand Fete to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on Saturday 6 May\, the Standard Athletic Club\, in conjunction with the British Community Committee of France\, will be holding a GRANDE FETE with lots of fun and activities for members and non-members and all their families. Activites start at 11am and will continue until 7pm. As the Cambridge Society of Paris is a member of the BCC\, all members of our Society and their families are invited to take part at the member rate. \nThe “Entente package” is €45 per person (€17.50 for the under 14s) for members of the SAC or any member association of the BCC (which includes the Cambridge Society of Paris).  This includes a three course lunch provided by the Entente British Brasserie as well as access to all the games and other fun events. \nYou can also just come along for the activites\, with the “Entrance only” ticket at €10 per person (€4 for U14s) for SAC and BCC association members. \nPLEASE NOTE: these prices apply for bookings made up to 29th April after which a higher price will be charged. \nPlease get your tickets using this HelloAsso link: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/standard-athletic-club/evenements/grande-fete-coronation \nThe event takes place at the SAC’s sports ground in Meudon\, Route Forestière Du Pavé De Meudon\, 92360 Meudon-La-Forêt.
URL:https://cambridgesocietyofparis.com/event/grand-fete-to-celebrate-the-coronation-of-his-majesty-king-charles-iii/
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SUMMARY:Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla
DESCRIPTION:Join the British in France to celebrate the coronation of their majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the terrasses of Les Salons Hoche on 22 May 2023 from 6pm to 9pm. \nHer Excellency Dame Menna Rawlings\, the UK’s Ambassador to France\, will attend and give a short speech. \nA British Community Committee of France event – all members of the Cambridge Society of France and their guests are welcome. \nTickets €45 (including Champagne\, wine\, soft drinks and canapés) \nPlease pay by 11th May 2023 using the following link: \nPurchase your tickets \nLes Salons Hoche\, 9 avenue Hoche\, 75008 Paris
URL:https://cambridgesocietyofparis.com/event/coronation-of-king-charles-iii-and-queen-camilla/
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SUMMARY:UK Alumni Network in Paris - Monthly Drinks
DESCRIPTION:The UK Alumni Network in Paris will meet for the give you the opportunity to meet other UK and Irish graduates in Paris. These gatherings take place on the fourth Thursday each month\, during the Pub’s “Happy Hour” from 7pm to 8:30pm. \nPlease find below the dates and locations for the UKAN pub events in Paris which is an opportunity to meet fellow alumni in addition to other UK and Irish graduates in Paris on the fourth Thursday each month in a casual and friendly environment. Pop in for a quick afterwork drink or for long leisurely evening. \n26th January – Bombadier \n23rd February – Galway \n23rd March – Bombadier \n27th April – Galway \n25th May – Bombadier \n  \nIf you plan to come\, please let us know if possible the numbers per university as we should give the pub staff a rough idea of numbers. \nAddresses: \nBombardier (2 Pl. du Panthéon\, 75005 Paris) \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://cambridgesocietyofparis.com/event/uk-alumni-network-in-paris-monthly-drinks-5/
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SUMMARY:Why innovation matters\, and why it is so hard to do?
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 13th June at 7pm (CET – 6pm BST) \nOn GoogleMeet \nThe Cambridge Society of Paris invites you to join us for a virtual lecture \nInnovation improves our lives. For all organisations – large and small\, public and private – innovation drives growth and productivity.  For nations\, innovation is a key driver of improvements to quality of life\, and underpins vibrant and resilient economies and communities.  Innovation is clearly something really important for all of us. However\, it is incredibly hard to do well\, and getting it wrong can have huge consequences. This talk will explore some of the issues on why innovation is so hard to get right\, and what organisations and nations can do to improve the chances of success. \nThe lecture will take place on Tuesday 13th June from 7pm to 8pm and will be hosted on GoogleMeet.  There is no charge for this event. A meeting link will be sent to all registered attendees two or three days in advance of the event. You can of course participate from wherever you may be in the World! \nOur Speaker – Professor Tim Minshall – Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation & Head of the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) \n \nTim is the inaugural Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge\, Head of the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM)\, Head of the IfM’s Centre for Technology Management (CTM)\, and a Fellow of Churchill College. His research\, teaching and engagement activities are focused on the links between manufacturing\, innovation\, and skills. \nTim is a member of the board of directors for IfM Engage Ltd\, St John’s Innovation Centre Ltd\, and the Møller Institute Ltd. \nHe is a recipient of a University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize for Teaching Excellence and a Royal Academy of Engineering/ExxonMobil Excellence in Teaching Award. \nHe is Chair of Trustees of the Foundation for Young People’s Mental Health (YPMH) (https://www.ypmh.org/).
URL:https://cambridgesocietyofparis.com/event/25325/
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SUMMARY:Oxford and Cambridge Garden Party
DESCRIPTION:  \nAll tickets have now been sold for this event \n  \nHosted by the British Ambassador to France\, Dame Menna Rawlings\, the Cambridge Society of Paris and the Oxford University Society in Paris \nOpen to: Alumni and guests Postgraduate students Undergraduates \nLocation: The British Ambassador’s Residence \nWe are pleased to announce that Wesley Kerr OBE\, former BBC Royal Correspondent\, will be our guest for the 2023 Garden Party. The event will again be held at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Paris. \n \nWesley Kerr OBE is a freelance broadcaster\, and writer and also a historian and horticulturist. He is the longest serving Board Member and Trustee of London’s magnificent Royal Parks\, and a Council Member of the Royal Horticultural Society and Vice President of the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association. For 7 years he chaired the Heritage Lottery Fund’s Committee for London\, restoring and regenerating historic places and culture. He received his OBE personally from Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 for services to heritage. \nWesley was born in Perivale\, Middlesex\, although conceived In Jamaica\, and had wonderful English foster parents. He was educated in state schools and then aged 12 won a Hampshire County Bursary to Winchester College and aged 17 was awarded an Open Scholarship to Trinity College\, Cambridge where he read history from 1976- 79. He joined the BBC that year as its first black graduate production trainee\, becoming producer\, reporter\, correspondent\, presenter on a huge variety of programmes. Over a long career he has reported from 40 countries. Throughout the turbulent 1990s he was a Court and then Royal Correspondent at BBC News. Among the stories he was present at or reported live from; The Heysel stadium disaster\, the Windsor Castle Fire\, the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bomb\, The Queen’s return to the Palace after Diana’s death. \nWesley is a frequent contributor to Royal and history documentaries and discussions on Channel 4\, Channel 5\, ITV1\, BBC\, Sky and internationally from Canada to Germany and Australia. \nHe has written for The Telegraph\, Times\, Guardian\, and numerous magazines including recent royal features for The Tatler. He has recently curated a number of exhibitions of work by the British-Jamaican artist Rudi Patterson. \nHe covered the Queen’s funeral and the King’s Coronation live for ITV and CBS News. The Royal Parks were central to both events. He has been closely involved in huge restoration projects at Brompton Cemetery\, Greenwich Park and a new 2 acre garden being created in The Regent’s Park celebrating the late Queen. \nHe says Cambridge gave him confidence\, knowledge\, synthesis and many lifelong friends. \nBooking information:\nIf you would like to attend this event\, please complete the booking form using the link below. \nPrice: \n€69 per person for members of either the Cambridge or Oxford Societies – one guest can also be invited at this same price; \nadditional guests are €80 per person as are tickets purchase by non-member alumni; \n€49 per person for members of either society under 30 years of age with the ticket for one guest also available at this same price. \nCapacity: 150 \nLocation: \nThe British Ambassador’s Residence\n39 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré\, 75008 Paris\, France\nSecurity at the Ambassador’s Residence is strict. \nOnly those members and guests appearing on the security list will be admitted and photographic proof of identity is required. \nThis also means that bookings will close on Tuesday 18th July\, and we can only accept cancellations if they are received no later than that date. No refunds will be given for any cancellation communicated to us in the 7 days preceding the event. \nAccessibility:\nMetro Concorde or Madeleine\nParking Concorde
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SUMMARY:Freshers Welcome Drinks
DESCRIPTION:Each year\, CamSoc takes part in the University’s world-wide program of events for those students who have recently been successful in gaining a place at Cambridge\, whether as an Undergraduate or a Graduate. \nThe aim is to give them an opportunity to meet other new students coming from France and to chat to our members about their experience in Cambridge so they are better prepared on arrival in their College at the end of the month. \nWe have booked the upstairs room of the Frog Revolution\, 9 rue de la Bastille (metro Bastille) with drinks and snacks provided. There will be a charge of €20 per person for members\, although admission is free for all current students of the University whether members of CamSoc or not and\, of course\, the Freshers. \nBooking closes on Monday 11th September at 11:30am.
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Society of Paris Annual Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Booking has now closed\nIf you would like to be put on the waiting list in the event of late cancellations\, please send an email to Tony Banton treasurer@camsocparis.org \nYou are invited to the\nCambridge Society of Paris Annual Dinner \nwith Tim\, Lord Clement-Jones\, CBE \n19h30 to 23h30 \nWednesday 11th October 2023\n\nLa Maison des Polytechniciens\, 12 Rue de Poitiers\, 75007 Paris \nl’Hôtel de Poulpry\n \nThe mansion was built in 1703. The house has accommodated several political and artistic organizations over the centuries. Successive occupants have left their mark with the installation of elegant fireplaces and balconies. The name “Poulpry” comes from one of its owners in the late eighteenth century. \nThe house is now the base of the Association des Amis des Polytechniciens and is also made available to other groups for their events. \nOur Guest Speaker\n \nTim\, Lord Clement-Jones (Trinity College) was born in Neath in South Wales.  He was educated at Haileybury and then went on to study economics and then law at Trinity College\, Cambridge\, the fourth generation of his family to do so. \nHe was chair of the Liberal Party from 1986-88 and made CBE for political services in 1988 and a life peer in 1998. \nHe started his legal career as a trainee in Coward Chance\, the magic circle city law firm as it then was. He became Group Company Secretary and Legal Adviser of Kingfisher Plc from 1986-95\, where he coordinated Kingfisher’s contribution to the Shopping Hours Reform Campaign which led to the Sunday Trading Act 1993.  Before Kingfisher\, he held senior legal positions at Grand Metropolitan\, now Diageo plc and London Weekend Television\, now part of ITV plc. \nHe is the Liberal Democrat House of Lords spokesperson for Science\, Innovation and Technology and previous positions held including Lords spokesperson for Digital and for the Creative Industries.  He is the Former Chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence which reported in 2018 with “AI in the UK: Ready Willing and Able?” and its follow-up report in 2020 “AI in the UK: No Room for Complacency“.  In 2016\, he co-founded the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence which he co-chairs. \nFrom 2023\, he has been a member of the Industry and Regulators Committee and the initiator of and subsequent member of the Special Inquiry Select Committee into AI in Weapons Systems. \nHe is a former member of the Joint Select Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill (2021-22) and Vice Chair for a number of All-Party Parliamentary Groups – including Data Poverty; Data Analytics; Digital Skills; and Digital Regulation and Responsibility. \nHe is a founding member of the OECD Global Parliamentary Group on AI and a former Consultant to the Council of Europe’s Ad-hoc Committee on AI. \nHe is Chair of the Board of Trust Alliance Group (formerly Ombudsman Services)\, the not-for-profit\, independent ombudsman service that provides dispute resolution for the communications\, energy\, and parking industries.  He is a Consultant on AI Policy and Regulation with global law firm\, DLA Piper where former positions held include London Managing Partner (2011-16)\, and Co-Chair of Global Government Relations. \nHe is Chair of the governing council of Queen Mary University of London.  He was Chair of Council of the School of Pharmacy\, University of London (2008-12) before its merger with University College London (“UCL”) whereupon he became an external member of UCL’s Council and Chair of the Audit Committee (2012-17). \nHe is President of Ambitious about Autism (formerly Treehouse) an autism education skills and employment charity and school for children with autism and other communication disorders. \nTicket Application\nThe Cambridge Society of Paris is delighted to invite you and your guests to one of the landmark events of the CamSoc year. \nMembers of the Cambridge Societies of Paris\, Belgium or Luxembourg may apply for one or two members’ tickets. The price for aperitif\, dinner and drinks is €75 per person. Additional guests are also welcome\, although their ticket price is €85 each. \nFor our younger members\, under 30 years of age\, tickets are €55 per person\, again with one guest being able to be invited at the same price\, irrespective of the age of the guest. Additional guests are €85 each. \nAlumni of Cambridge University who are not members of the Paris\, Belgian or Luxembourg Societies may also join us\, with tickets available at €85 per person. \nTo apply for tickets: \nIf you have any questions about the Dinner\, please contact Tony Banton\, Treasurer.. \nDress: Black tie (or lounge suits if preferred). \nPlease note that refunds will only be possible for cancellations received by Friday 29th September 2023
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