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Video: Killer robots? (SYP Webinar)

Published on 3rd July 2020 in Events, Ethics of Science, Remote Control Weaponry, Recent events, Recently published, Student Young Pugwash Past Events

SYP UK held its second webinar, on the ethical, political and technical issues around lethal autonomous weapons (or ‘killer robots’), on 30th June 2020.

Speakers included:

  • Laura Nolan, a software engineer who recently resigned from Google in protest over its involvement with the US DoD’s ‘Project Maven’ – Starts at 0min20s – Slides here
  • Elizabeth Minor, an Advisor at Article 36, an NGO that works to develop new legal standards to prevent civilian harm from weapons – Starts at 20mins30s – Slides here
  • David Ellwood, a theoretical physicist, mathematician, and Exec Committee member of British Pugwash (former Research Director of the Clay Mathematics Institute) – Starts at 37mins – Slides here

The webinar was chaired by Orlanda Gill, a University of Warwick graduate.…

Sebastian Brixey-Williams

Video: The pandemic and non-proliferation (SYP webinar)

Published on 3rd July 2020 in Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Disarmament, NPT, Events, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Recent events, Recently published, Student Young Pugwash Past Events

SYP UK held its first webinar, on the topic how COVID-19 is affecting the fields of arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament (16th June 2020)

The guest speaker was Sebastian Brixey-Williams, Co-Director of the arms control think tank British American Security Information Council (BASIC).…

Multimedia from Technology & Peace Conference (SYP UK), 7 March 2020

Published on 17th March 2020 in Nuclear Weapons, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Disarmament, Events, Ethics of Science, Publications, Remote Control Weaponry, Recent events, Recently published, Student Young Pugwash Past Events

Student / Young Pugwash UK held its fifth Annual Conference in March 2020, titled ‘Warwick Technology & Peace Conference‘, in association with the Warwick Pugwash Student Society. 

It was a multidisciplinary conference about the risks posted by emerging technologies, as well as political and technical solutions to control them.…

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SYP UK Annual Meeting & Strategy Day – 2nd May – Virtual

Published on 10th March 2020 in Events, Forthcoming events, Student Young Pugwash Past Events

On afternoon of May 2, Student Young Pugwash (SYP) UK will be hosting an Annual Meeting and Strategy Day on Zoom.

We will be discussing our work for the coming year, including:

  • A conference on ethical science
  • Media training events for SYP UK members
  • Next year’s SYP UK Annual Conference
  • Partnerships with other NGOs, campaigns and concerned scientists

Please RSVP to syp@britishpugwash.org…

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POSTPONED – Non-Proliferation Treaty RevCon 2020 – British Pugwash discussion meeting

Published on 2nd March 2020 in Uncategorised, Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, NPT, Events, Forthcoming events, International Peace & Security, Student Young Pugwash Upcoming Events

In light of government advice on COVID-19 and the fact that the NPT RevCon 2020 has been postponed, we have decided to postpone this event (possibly to next year).

We have also postponed the AGM of British Pugwash, which was supposed to precede this meeting.…