From Politics to Tech with Nick Clegg
Few people have seen the relationship between government and technology from both sides of the table. Sir Nick Clegg spent two decades in politics, from the European Parliament to Downing Street, before joining Meta in 2018 to lead its global affairs. Today he backs and advises European tech companies working on everything from spatial computing to AI infrastructure. In this fireside chat, he reflects on what each world misunderstands about the other and what it really takes to move between them. Expect a candid conversation, with plenty of time for your questions
Speaker Bio:
Sir Nick Clegg is the former UK Deputy Prime Minister (2010-2015) and former President, Global Affairs at Meta (2018-2025). Prior to being elected to the UK Parliament in 2005, he worked in the European Commission and served for five years as a member of the European Parliament. He became leader of the Liberal Democrat party in 2007 and served as Deputy Prime Minister in the UK’s first coalition government since the war, from 2010 to 2015. He joined Meta, then called Facebook, in 2018 and became the company’s chief policy decision-maker and its principal interlocutor with world leaders, governments and policymakers around the globe. He has authored numerous publications, including, How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict; Politics: Between the Extremes; and How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again).
In December 2025 Sir Nick Clegg announced he was becoming a General Partner at Hiro Capital, fostering the growth of leading spatial computing technologies in Europe alongside prominent figures in the tech industry, such as Professor Yann LeCun and Sir Ian Livingstone.
In March 2026, Nick announced he was joining the Board of Directors at Nscale, a London-based AI infrastructure company building large-scale compute and data-centre capacity to support the next generation of artificial intelligence technologies.
Nick also sits on the advisory board of Efekta, a European EdTech company providing AI powered learning tools to support teaching and personalised learning, especially in countries across the global south with chronic teacher shortages.
WHEN: Thursday, 12th November 2026
5.30 PM – 6.30 PM: Fireside discussion in Keynes Lecture Theatre
6.30 PM – 7.00 PM: Drinks reception and networking in King’s Bar
WHERE: King’s College, Cambridge
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