54th Pugwash Conference, Seoul

54th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs:
Bridging a Divided World Through International Cooperation and Disarmament
4-9 October 2004, Seoul, South Korea

Seoul Conference Photo


Pugwash Council Statement

Report of the Secretary General

Science and Politics: Lessons from Iraq, Hussain Al-Shahristani, Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture

 

 


Program:

Saturday, October 2:
Pugwash Council (PC) and International Student/
Young Pugwash (ISYP) arrivals
Sunday, October 3:
9:00amISYP pre-conference
3:00pmPugwash Council meeting
Monday, Oct. 4:
All day:PC meeting, ISYP pre-conference
Arrival of conference participants
Tuesday, Oct. 5:
9:00Opening Conference plenary, Welcome, Keynote address
10:30Coffee Break
11:00Plenary – Secretary General report
13:00Lunch
14:00Working Groups meet
15:30Coffee Break
16:00Working Groups meet
Wednesday, Oct. 6:
9:00Working Groups meet
10:30Coffee Break
11:00Plenary – Security and the Korean Peninsula
13:00Lunch
14:00Plenary – Panel Session on Nuclear Weapons and the NPT
16:00Coffee Break
16:30Working Groups Meet
Thursday, October 7:
9:00Plenary – Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture
10:30Coffee Break
11:00Plenary – Panel session on Consequences of the Iraq War
13:00Lunch
14:00Excursion – afternoon free
Friday, October 8:
8:30Plenary – Working Group reports
11:00Coffee Break
11:30Plenary – Presidential Address
13:00Lunch
14:00Conference adjourn
Some participants depart
Pugwash Council meeting
Saturday, October 9:
9:00Pugwash Council meeting (if necessary)
Participants and Council members depart
Sunday, October 10:
9:00Council members depart
Working Group Topics(1) Eliminating Nuclear Weapons
(2) Building Cooperative Security: the Case of the Middle East
(3) International Terrorism and Consequences of the ‘War on Terror’
(4) Economic Cooperation and Development in East Asia
(5) Non-Military Threats to Security