Archive | 2019

biotech

Ethics of Biotech – 17th Oct – Warwick Pugwash event

Warwick Pugwash Student Society (WPSS) welcomes Dr. Simon Jenkins for a discussion about recent discoveries in the field of biotechnology and gene editing, and the ethical concerns that arise around them. After the event, attendees will go to Terrace Bar to continue the conversation. There will be free pizza during the talk. All welcome!

British Pugwash Newsletter – August 2019

Topics covered in the British Pugwash Autumn 2019 Newsletter include: Ethical Science Mini-Conference: Nottingham, All welcome! Tehran meeting on JCPOA: Pugwash delegation to Iran Training day – DIY Media – Create compelling video! Hypersonic missiles and strategic stability: Geneva workshop ‘Drones, swarming and the future of warfare’: Pugwash at APPG Salisbury poisonings one year on: […]

doha

Doha announced as host of 63rd Pugwash Conference, March 2020 – POSTPONED

THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK. —– Pugwash is pleased to announce that the 63rd Pugwash International Conference will take place from 1 – 5 March 2020, kindly hosted by the Government of the State of Qatar in Doha. In preparation, Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta Ramusino and Senior Program Coordinator […]

ISODARCO 2019

Arms Control Winter Course, Italy – International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (ISODARCO) – Jan 2020

Details have now been released of the fantastic ISODARCO Winter Course, organised by Italian Pugwash. Full details and registration is online here: www.isodarco.it ——— 59th Winter Course of the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (ISODARCO) Subject: Emerging Technologies, Evolving Nuclear Postures, and Deteriorating Norms: is the Global Nuclear Order Eroding? Venue: Andalo (Trento, […]

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Pugwash training day – DIY Video – Create compelling videos to spread the message

British Pugwash and Christian CND are co-hosting a media training day that will focus on how to produce compelling videos to promote a cause, explain an issue and reach new audiences. Spaces are limited. If you would like to apply, please complete a short form here. We’re working with ShortForm Media (here), a video production […]

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Ethical Science? – Nottingham University – 23rd October 2019

British Pugwash co-hosted with University of Nottingham Physics Department a mini-conference about ethical issues in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The conference was open to all ages and disciplines. The agenda is below. The conference was reviewed by Nottingham’s Professor Philip Moriarty (here) in a blog post titled ‘Some down-to-earth, blue sky thinking’. Ethical […]