Pugwash President Amb. Jayantha Dhanapala gave the keynote address on 13 June 2008, Brunei Gallery, SOAS. The meeting was co-sponsored by the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS and British Pugwash.
Philippe Sands, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals, Faculty of Law, University College London, gave the 2008 Joseph Rotblat memorial lecture at the Hay Festival on 1 June, co-sponsored by British Pugwash and the WMD Awareness Programme.