Events
We engage with students, researchers, government, policy makers and the public through our talks, seminars, workshops and conferences. Our events are open to students, staff and the general public.
Upcoming events
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NVIDIA Quantum Day: Accelerated Quantum Supercomputing with CUDA-Q
17 September 2026
Discover how to harness CUDA-Q and GPU acceleration for quantum computing, hybrid algorithms, and next-generation quantum hardware. *Please Note: This event is for The University of Manchester internal staff only As the era of hybrid quantum-classical computing matures, programming these heterogeneous architectures becomes essential. This course...
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Fire and Ice: The Conception, Birth and Infancy of Cybernetics.
13:00 - 15:00 24 September 2026
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All...
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GDI Lecture: The Rulers: Corporate Power in the age of AI and the cloud
16:30 - 18:00 7 October 2026
Why are Amazon, Microsoft and Google different from every other company and why should people and governments care? The Rulers explains how the power of these three giants lies in their dominance over today’s control technologies, from simple digital tools to frontier AI models, deployed within and beyond the tech sector. Combining more than...
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GDI Lecture: The Political Economy of Rwanda's Rise
16:30 - 18:00 21 October 2026
In this lecture, GDI’s Pritish Behuria will launch his recent Open Access book, The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Rise. Drawing on a decade of research and more than 580 interviews, this innovative political economy case study explores Rwanda's bold attempt to transform its economy after the 1994 genocide into one of the most rapidly growing...
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