Theme: Invisible City

Chapter 1 of our Salons story aims to cast new light on the world around us. With an exciting lineup of student and non-student speakers, alongside fascinating TED Talks videos, unforgettable set design and live student music, it's sure to be an enjoyable and thought provoking evening!

The Cambridge Brewhouse
1 King Street
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1LH
United Kingdom

Jasmin Thien

Education: English, Drama and the Arts Student

Losing her vision at age eight owing to retinal blastoma, Jasmin Thien is a passionate advocate for people with disabilities, disenfranchised women from Southeast Asia, and young people pursuing a better quality education. She is currently reading an undergraduate degree in Education: English, Drama and the Arts

Malar Chellasivalingam

PhD Student, Department of Engineering

As a PhD student in Cambridge University's Engineering Department, Malar explores the designing of Micro-Electro-Mechanical sensors that could detect the ultra-fine invisible particles which remain hidden as if they are under the spell of an invisibility cloak.

Séamus Fox

Poet

Séamus Fox is a spoken and written word poet with a conscious mind. He has published two books and written thousands of poems over the last couple of decades.

Vincent Mak

Decision Sciences Researcher

Vincent Mak is a decision sciences researcher at Cambridge Judge Business School. He studies how people and firms make decisions as they interact with each other, and what economic and psychological factors influence those decisions.