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. The conference brought together over 50 […]
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SYP UK Annual Meeting & Strategy Day – 2nd May – Virtual
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 […]
POSTPONED – Non-Proliferation Treaty RevCon 2020 – British Pugwash discussion meeting
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. Date / Time: Tues 21st April, 6pm to 7.30pm Venue: […]
Oxford event – The Russell-Einstein Manifesto (9th March)
On 9th March 2020, University of Oxford Student/Young Pugwash (SYP) will be hosting Prof. John Finney (UCL) to discuss ‘The Russell-Einstein Manifesto: Its Origins and Legacy’ Date/Time: 9th March, 7.45pm Location: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Physics Dept., Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU Facebook event here In March 1954, the US exploded the World’s first […]
Information for Warwick Technology & Peace – 7th March
Warwick Technology and Peace Conference (SYP UK Annual Conference 2020) A multidisciplinary conference about the risks posed by emerging technologies, as well as political and technical solutions to control them. Date / Start time: Sat 7th March, 10am Location: MB0.07 (Mathematical Sciences Building), Central Campus, University of Warwick Draft agenda // Register onlineCampus map // […]
Multimedia available – 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 […]