Meeting Minds 2026
Friday 18 September 2026 to Sunday 20 September 2026About the event
Meeting Minds is a yearly programme of events exclusively for Oxford alumni featuring live talks, panels and tours, plus opportunities to network.
This year, it is taking place between Friday 18 and Sunday 20 September 2026 with a special series of events hosted at Green Templeton College.
Green Templeton programme
Friday 18 September – Alumni and friends BBQ
Saturday 19 September – Osler Lecture presented by Research Fellow Dr Lennard Lee: ‘Accelerating Oxford into the AI Age – cancer vaccines, robotics and the rise of intelligent medicine’
Saturday 19 September – Annual Alumni Dinner
Contact
If you have any questions please contact alumni@gtc.ox.ac.uk.
Reconnect with your peers, network with your college community, and meet the Development and Alumni Engagement team. Along with great food and drink, the evening will be accompanied by a music ensemble.
Date: Friday 18 September 2026
Time: 18:00-21:00
Venue: Main Quad and Stables bar, Green Templeton College, Oxford
Price: £35 pp
This event forms part of our fundraising efforts in support of the Student Support Fund.
Join Research Fellow Dr Lennard Lee as he delivers the prestigious Osler Lecture as part of the university’s Meeting Minds 2026 weekend. This talk explores how the University of Oxford is helping to lead a new era of medicine shaped by artificial intelligence, robotics, and advanced immunology.
Date: Saturday 19 September 2026
Time: 16:30-17:30
Venue: Life and Mind Building, Oxford, OX1 3EL
Registration yet to open
Accelerating Oxford into the AI age, this talk explores how AI, robotics, and immunology are enabling personalised cancer vaccines. Centred on the UK Cancer Vaccine AI Scientist Project, it highlights continuously learning systems, autonomous labs, and sovereign supercomputing, transforming discovery speed, improving patient outcomes, and positioning Oxford at the forefront of intelligent, data-driven medicine.
Hosted by Principal Sir Michael Dixon, this four-course dinner is an intimate gathering for those wanting a walk down memory lane, bridging past with present experience of college dinner. Booking early is recommended as this event quickly sells out every year.
Date: Saturday 19 September 2026
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory, Green Templeton College, Oxford
Price: £60 pp
Dress Code: Black tie
This event forms part of our fundraising efforts in support of the Student Support Fund.
