- Rustat Conferences
Conference Proceedings - Ethics & the Media in an Era of Complex Moral Challenge
Publication of proceedings of Cambridge conference on the media coverage of ethics and faiths.
Infrastructure and the Future of Society
Cambridge meeting on 10 June 2010 discussed critical issues relating to future of infrastructure for energy, cities and water.
Conference Videos on Rustat Website
Launch of Media Resources section on the Rustat Website
Publication of Proceedings
The proceedings of the Future of Democracy conference have been published on the Rustat website.
Future of Democracy
Rustat Conference tackles most challenging issues facing Democracy
The Rustat Conferences
Overview
The Rustat Conferences are an initiative of Jesus College, Cambridge and provide an opportunity for decision-makers from the frontlines of politics, the civil service, business, the media, and education to exchange views on the vital issues of the day with leading academics. They were founded in 2009 by Jesus College, Cambridge where they are based.
In 2009-2011 the Rustat Conferences series will address the following themes: The Future of Democracy; Infrastructure and the Future of Society: Energy, Water, and Cities; Cyber-security; Pressures on Philanthropy; Food Security. The theme of the inaugural Rustat Conference in May 2009 was The Economic Crisis.
The Rustat Conferences format is a round-table discussion: academic speakers set the framework for each session by a brief exposition of points followed by a moderated discussion among all invited participants. The meetings are limited to fifty participants.
Previous participants include:
Robert Mair CBE FRS FREng, Master, Jesus College, and Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Head of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cambridge University
Lord Eatwell, Professor of Financial Policy, Cambridge University
Sir Terry Leahy, CEO, Tesco
Ray O'Rourke, Chairman and CEO Laing O'Rourke
Lord Turnbull, former Cabinet Secretary and Head of UK Civil Service
Paul Skinner, Chairman, Infrastructure UK, former Chairman, Rio Tinto
Dr John Jenkins, HM Ambassador to Iraq
Sir Samuel Brittan, Financial Times
Sally Keeble MP, Treasury Select Committee
Baroness Onora O’Neill, former President, British Academy
Dominic Casserley, Managing Partner UK, McKinsey & Co.
Simon Hayes, Chief Economist, Barclays Capital
Chris Saul, Senior Partner, Slaughter and May
David Strachan, Director, Financial Stability, FSA
Peter Horrocks, Director of BBC World Service
Lord Wilson, former Cabinet Secretary and Master, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
John Harley, Head of Private Equity, Ernst & Young
Will Hutton, Chairman, The Work Foundation
Tony Wright MP
Peter Kellner, President YouGov
Matthew Taylor, CEO, RSA, former Chief Adviser on Strategy to the Prime Minister
Robert Chote, Director of Institute for Fiscal Studies
Lord Gus Macdonald, Macquairie Capital, former Minister for Transport and for the Cabinet Office
Lord Watson of Richmond CBE, Chairman, CTN Communications
James Wardlaw, Goldman Sachs, and Adviser to the Homes and Communities Agency
Martin Daunton, Professor of Economic History and Master, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Chris Hope, Judge Business School, Cambridge University, Lead Author, 3rd Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Peter Guthrie OBE FREng, Professor of Engineering for Sustainable Development, Cambridge University
Professor Andrew Gamble, Head of Department of Politics, Cambridge University
Nick Chism, Partner and Head of Global Infrastructure, KPMG
The Rustat Conferences are directed by John Cornwell and chaired by the Master of Jesus College, Professor Robert Mair CBE FREng FRS.
In addition to acting as a forum for the exchange of views on a range of major and global concerns, the Rustat Conferences provide outreach to a wider professional, academic and student audience through the publication of reports of the meetings in a variety of media. If you are interested in participating in a Rustat Conference or would like to receive proceedings please contact us.
The conferences are held at Jesus College, Cambridge, one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge, and are named after Tobias Rustat (d.1694), an important benefactor of the college and the University. He is best remembered for creating the first fund for the purchase of books for the Cambridge University Library.
In 2009-2011 the Rustat Conferences series will address the following themes: The Future of Democracy; Infrastructure and the Future of Society: Energy, Water, and Cities; Cyber-security; Pressures on Philanthropy; Food Security. The theme of the inaugural Rustat Conference in May 2009 was The Economic Crisis.
The Rustat Conferences format is a round-table discussion: academic speakers set the framework for each session by a brief exposition of points followed by a moderated discussion among all invited participants. The meetings are limited to fifty participants.
Previous participants include:
Robert Mair CBE FRS FREng, Master, Jesus College, and Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Head of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cambridge University
Lord Eatwell, Professor of Financial Policy, Cambridge University
Sir Terry Leahy, CEO, Tesco
Ray O'Rourke, Chairman and CEO Laing O'Rourke
Lord Turnbull, former Cabinet Secretary and Head of UK Civil Service
Paul Skinner, Chairman, Infrastructure UK, former Chairman, Rio Tinto
Dr John Jenkins, HM Ambassador to Iraq
Sir Samuel Brittan, Financial Times
Sally Keeble MP, Treasury Select Committee
Baroness Onora O’Neill, former President, British Academy
Dominic Casserley, Managing Partner UK, McKinsey & Co.
Simon Hayes, Chief Economist, Barclays Capital
Chris Saul, Senior Partner, Slaughter and May
David Strachan, Director, Financial Stability, FSA
Peter Horrocks, Director of BBC World Service
Lord Wilson, former Cabinet Secretary and Master, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
John Harley, Head of Private Equity, Ernst & Young
Will Hutton, Chairman, The Work Foundation
Tony Wright MP
Peter Kellner, President YouGov
Matthew Taylor, CEO, RSA, former Chief Adviser on Strategy to the Prime Minister
Robert Chote, Director of Institute for Fiscal Studies
Lord Gus Macdonald, Macquairie Capital, former Minister for Transport and for the Cabinet Office
Lord Watson of Richmond CBE, Chairman, CTN Communications
James Wardlaw, Goldman Sachs, and Adviser to the Homes and Communities Agency
Martin Daunton, Professor of Economic History and Master, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Chris Hope, Judge Business School, Cambridge University, Lead Author, 3rd Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Peter Guthrie OBE FREng, Professor of Engineering for Sustainable Development, Cambridge University
Professor Andrew Gamble, Head of Department of Politics, Cambridge University
Nick Chism, Partner and Head of Global Infrastructure, KPMG
The Rustat Conferences are directed by John Cornwell and chaired by the Master of Jesus College, Professor Robert Mair CBE FREng FRS.
In addition to acting as a forum for the exchange of views on a range of major and global concerns, the Rustat Conferences provide outreach to a wider professional, academic and student audience through the publication of reports of the meetings in a variety of media. If you are interested in participating in a Rustat Conference or would like to receive proceedings please contact us.
The conferences are held at Jesus College, Cambridge, one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge, and are named after Tobias Rustat (d.1694), an important benefactor of the college and the University. He is best remembered for creating the first fund for the purchase of books for the Cambridge University Library.
Upcoming Events
Cyber-Security
22 March, 2011
Could a country’s – or company’s - infrastructure be destroyed as decisively by a cyber-attack, as by an armed invasion by air and land? With Google seeking the assistance of the US intelligence community following alleged cyber attacks and espionage oriented hacking on its systems from China, increasingly, say experts, yes. If so, how can one defend against that and identify the criminals?
Society's increasing reliance on IT infrastructure creates risks as well as opportunities to be exploited by criminals. Whether through online financial fraud, the dangers posed by hacking, cyber-attacks, or the extensive use of the internet by terrorists and other extremists, the risks to international and national security are increasing. But this is not simply a problem for governments and companies – the threat is also seen as very real by individuals whose identities and personal data are increasingly at risk as more and more information sits online in cyberspace.
This Rustat Conference will bring together a group of academic experts with leaders from the technology and online industries, politics, energy, defence, the law, the media, and the security services.
For more information please contact the Rustat Conferences.
Could a country’s – or company’s - infrastructure be destroyed as decisively by a cyber-attack, as by an armed invasion by air and land? With Google seeking the assistance of the US intelligence community following alleged cyber attacks and espionage oriented hacking on its systems from China, increasingly, say experts, yes. If so, how can one defend against that and identify the criminals?
Society's increasing reliance on IT infrastructure creates risks as well as opportunities to be exploited by criminals. Whether through online financial fraud, the dangers posed by hacking, cyber-attacks, or the extensive use of the internet by terrorists and other extremists, the risks to international and national security are increasing. But this is not simply a problem for governments and companies – the threat is also seen as very real by individuals whose identities and personal data are increasingly at risk as more and more information sits online in cyberspace.
This Rustat Conference will bring together a group of academic experts with leaders from the technology and online industries, politics, energy, defence, the law, the media, and the security services.
For more information please contact the Rustat Conferences.
Past Programme
Infrastructure and the Future of Society - Energy, Water and Cities
10 June, 2010
Jesus College, Cambridge
The growth in global and urban populations, the increasing demand for housing, products, services, travel, food and water in both the developed and the developing worlds, will place huge demands on the infrastructure of energy, water and cities. Delivering this infrastructure presents a major challenge in terms of investment and financing, and will carry associated socio-economic costs, as well as opportunities for business. All this at a time when there is an onus on governments to achieve tough carbon reduction targets and replace fossil fuels with renewable sources of energy.
A team of Cambridge academics and practitioner experts joined decision makers from the fields of engineering, finance, energy, water, politics, sustainable development and the media for round-table discussions and debate on the most vital issues at stake in these important themes. Conference proceedings will be published in September on this site.
Jesus College, Cambridge
The growth in global and urban populations, the increasing demand for housing, products, services, travel, food and water in both the developed and the developing worlds, will place huge demands on the infrastructure of energy, water and cities. Delivering this infrastructure presents a major challenge in terms of investment and financing, and will carry associated socio-economic costs, as well as opportunities for business. All this at a time when there is an onus on governments to achieve tough carbon reduction targets and replace fossil fuels with renewable sources of energy.
A team of Cambridge academics and practitioner experts joined decision makers from the fields of engineering, finance, energy, water, politics, sustainable development and the media for round-table discussions and debate on the most vital issues at stake in these important themes. Conference proceedings will be published in September on this site.
The Future of Democracy
13 October 2009
Jesus College, Cambridge
This Rustat Conference brought together some of the world's leading political theorists, historians and leaders from the worlds of politics, the media, industry and public sector to tackle the key issues at stake in the debate over the Future of Democracy.
The proceedings of this conference are published as a pdf here
Videos of the conference sessions are available in the Media Resources section
The proceedings are also available as an ebook by clicking on the title page below:
Future of Democracy - Proceedings of the second Rustat Conference
Jesus College, Cambridge
This Rustat Conference brought together some of the world's leading political theorists, historians and leaders from the worlds of politics, the media, industry and public sector to tackle the key issues at stake in the debate over the Future of Democracy.
The proceedings of this conference are published as a pdf here
Videos of the conference sessions are available in the Media Resources section
The proceedings are also available as an ebook by clicking on the title page below:
Future of Democracy - Proceedings of the second Rustat Conference
The Economic Crisis
9 May 2009
Jesus College, Cambridge
Leading academics from the fields of economics, politics, business and history discussed the key issues of the Economic Crisis with leaders from the worlds of politics, finance, industry, the public sector and the media.
To read the conference report click on the link below.
Jesus College, Cambridge
Leading academics from the fields of economics, politics, business and history discussed the key issues of the Economic Crisis with leaders from the worlds of politics, finance, industry, the public sector and the media.
To read the conference report click on the link below.
Rustat Conferences Panel
Professor Lord Eatwell
President of Queens’ College, and Judge Business School, University of CambridgeJohn Cornwell
Director, Rustat ConferencesProfessor Peter Nolan
Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management, Judge Business School, University of CambridgeProfessor Peter Guthrie OBE FREng
Professor of Engineering for Sustainable Development, University of CambridgeProfessor John Thompson
Department of Politics, University of CambridgeSir Samuel Brittan
Financial Times, and Honorary Fellow, Jesus College, CambridgeTomás Carruthers
CEO Interactive Investor InternationalProfessor Barry Ryder
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and Jesus College, CambridgeProfessor Andrew Gamble FBA AcSS FRSA
Head of Department of Politics, University of CambridgeJonathan Cornwell
Publisher and Director, Media Symposia
Lord Eatwell, Professor of Financial Policy, Cambridge University and Robert Chote, Director of Institute of Fiscal Studies
Sir Terry Leahy, CEO Tesco, and Sir Samuel Brittan, The Financial Times
Ed Husain, Director Quilliam Foundation and John Jenkins, HM Ambassador to Iraq
Matthew Taylor,CEO RSA, and Professor Ali Ansari, Director of the Institute of Iranian Studies, St Andrews University
Sally Keeble MP, Treasury Select Committee, and Lord Turnbull, former Cabinet Secretary and Head of Civil Service.
Dominic Casserley, Managing Partner, McKinsey, UK and Middle East, and Doug Richard, entrepreneur
Ed Stourton, BBC journalist and presenter, and Catherine Pepinster, Editor, The Tablet
Paul Skinner, Chairman, Infrastructure UK and former chairman Rio Tinto
Lord Watson of Richmond, Chairman CTN Communications, and Professor Robert Mair, Master, Jesus College and Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, Cambridge University
Lord Gus Macdonald CBE PC - Adviser to Macquairie Capital, former Minister for Transport and Minister for the Cabinet Office, and Dr Julian Allwood, Senior Lecturer in Engineering, Cambridge University
Ray O'Rourke, Chairman and CEO, Laing O'Rourke
Peter Horrocks, Director BBC World Service and Peter Nolan, Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management, Cambridge University
Dr David Runciman, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Cambridge University and George Brock, Professor of Journalism, City University
Terry Macalister, Energy Editor, The Guardian
Rustat Conference lunch in the Master's Lodge, Jesus College, Cambridge