Our dinner takes place at La Maison des Polytechniciens.  Members of the Cambridge Societies of Paris, Belgium or Luxembourg may apply for one or two members’ tickets. The price for aperitif, dinner and drinks is €75 per person. Additional guests are also welcome, although their ticket price is €90 each.

For our younger members, under 30 years of age, tickets are €55 per person, again with one guest being able to be invited at the same price, irrespective of the age of the guest. Additional guests are €90 each.

Alumni of Cambridge University who are not members of the Paris, Belgian or Luxembourg Societies may also join us, with tickets available at €90 per person.

Our guest Speaker is Professor Deborah Prentice, who became the University of Cambridge’s 347th Vice-Chancellor on July 1, 2023. 

Dress: Black tie (or lounge suits if preferred).

Please note that refunds will only be possible for cancellations received by Wednesday 12th October 2025.

Our guest speaker, Professor Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor

Professor Deborah Prentice became the University of Cambridge’s 347th Vice-Chancellor on 1 July 2023.

An eminent psychologist, Professor Prentice carried out her academic and administrative career at Princeton University, which she first joined in 1988. At Princeton, she served for twelve years as Head of the Department of Psychology, three years as Dean of the Faculty, and six years as Provost, with primary responsibility for all academic, budgetary, and long-term planning issues. She was also the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs and taught in both the psychology department and the policy school. Her academic expertise is in the study of social norms and specifically how norms function as inhibitors and facilitators of behaviour change. She continues to lecture on this topic in Cambridge and elsewhere.

As Vice-Chancellor, Professor Prentice serves on the boards of Cambridge University Health Partners, Cambridge Ahead, and the Russell Group, among others. She chairs the University Council, and represents the University on several international bodies, including the League of European Research Universities and the International Alliance of Research Universities.

Professor Prentice did her first degree in Human Biology and Music at Stanford University and her PhD in Psychology at Yale University.

The University Council nominated Professor Prentice for appointment as Vice-Chancellor in September 2022, and her appointment was subsequently approved by the Regent House.