St Mary's Festival of Ideas

St Mary's Festival of Ideas brings world-leading thinkers and different ideas into School.

Inspired by Cambridge University's brilliant Festival of Ideas our week-long Festival programme, brings experts into School from diverse sectors to share their big ideas.

Recent programmes included:

• Women in Technology - Dr Ennacuer, CEO and Co-founder at CorrisionRADAR Ltd
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Dr Cave and Dr Dihal, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge
• Book Writing - From Idea to Print - Sorrel May, creator of Hidden Tales - an immersive adventure quest set in Cambridge
• Exploring Greenland - Josef Woodward, Managing Director, Churghgate Consulting
• Women in Science - Dr Bojana Popovic, Principal Scientist in Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering at MedImmune part of AstraZeneca, Cambridge
• Space - Prof. Giorgio Savini, Professor of Astrophysics, University College London

Questions explored included:

• What are the challenges of being a female CEO?

• How would you plan an arctic expedition?

• Will we replace class teachers with robots one day?

This event ignites imaginations and encourages girls to think critically and creatively, as part of our academic enrichment for all.