As a prequel to this years Council meeting Hugo Estrella Tampieri of the South American Peace Studies Programme is hosting an international conference. For more Information please read the conference program (pdf) or the whole announcement in Newsletter 50 (pdf). Have also a look at the conference photo galley

These are the papers released during the conference:

• Chernobyl 2006
• European Social Forum Athens 1
• European Social Forum Athens 2
• European Social Forum Athens 3
• European Social Science Forum ESSF
• INESAP Report 2004-2005
• Nuclear free Europe 1
• Nuclear free Europe 2
• Renewable Material Resources 1
• Renewable Material Resources 2

Follow-up Symposium on Teaching Ethics
to Science and Engineering Students
15-16.04.2005
Copenhagen, Sweden

INES, the Center for the Philosophy of Nature and Science Studies at the University of Copenhagen and the Danish UNESCO Commission, Centre for Ethics and Law in Nature and Society organise a follow-up symposium to the 1999 UNESCO World Conference on Science. The conference timetable and more details can be found in this agenda (pdf)

The ethics and responsibility of science should be an integral part of the education and training of all scientists. It is important to instil in the students a positive attitude towards reflection, alertness and awareness of the ethical dilemmas they may encounter in their professional lives. Young scientists should be appropriately encouraged to respect and adhere to the basic ethical principles and responsibilities of science. (Recommendation from the WCS).

International Workshop EINSTEIN and PEACE (education)
LESSONS for TODAY
11-12.3.2005
Bruxelles, Belgium

As a contribution to the Einstein year 2005 INES is organizing a conference in Bruxelles (11/12.03.2005) in cooperation with Pole Bernheim/ULB. The conference will take place in the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Institut d´Etudes européennes, Seminarroom III 39 avenue FD Roosevelt, B 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Download this flyer (pdf) for more information.

Conferences 2004

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III. European Social Forum 2004
15.-17. October 2004
in London, Great Britain

Following the successful INES participation in the II. ESF in Paris in 2003, INES will again be represented during the III. ESF in London in October 2004. We will participate in/ organise four seminars/ workshops in cooperation with several other international Organisations, many of them also resulting from our seminars in Paris. In the following you will find further details. INES will also have a stall during the ESF where you can contact our organisation directly and where you will find further information material as our Newsletter, Flyer etc. The ESF will be held at Alexandra Palace which is in the north of London.

For more information on the ESF please visit their official Homepage www.fse-esf.org

Seminar S8

Sunday, 17.10.2004, 9 pm - 12 am

Title:

"Towards citizen assemblies on research in Europe: against the commercial control of science, for citizens intervention in the definition of new research policies in another Europe"

Organisations:
AUT, Espaces Marx, FMTS, FSC, INES, Laser Transform!, Science for the people, SNESup

Description: Scientific research increasingly depends upon decisions at European level, in board rooms and in secret military meetings. Citizens, including scientists, must intervene in the process of decision making, to democratise science, empower people and prevent war. This seminar prepares for the citizen's assemblies for research in Europe proposed at the 2^nd ESF.

Seminar W26

Sunday, 17.10.2004, 9 pm - 12 am

Title:

"Militarization of the European Union"

Organisations:
Aldermaston Women's Camp(aign), DFG-VK, ENAAT/CAAT, Forum voor Vredesactie, INES, War resisters international

Topics:

• EU militarization and the EU constitution
• European arms industry cooperation, including the new EU armaments agency, European military operations, including EU-US/NATO relationship
• Privatisation of military - military contractors
• The drive towards military-oriented research and how that affects scientists
• Effects on the global south

Workshop 1

This seminar will expose the strong influence that the military has on scientific research and technological development, and argue for major changes in the way science and engineering are run. It will include new, up-to date research on this issue. There will be speakers from several Euorpean countries.

Workshop 2

Title:

"Science and Citizenship"

Organisations:
Espaces Marx, FSC, INES, Science for people

• Build equitable and supportive research partnerships between scientists and NGOs
• Support the development of scientists and policy makers awareness of public concern issues
• Democratise science and empower people - who needs, controls and benefits from the scientific process?
  
  

INES Council meeting 2004
02.-07. July 2004
in Sopron, Hungary

The Council meeting 2004 took place parallel to the IPRA conference in Sopron, Hungary (see their website for more information: http://www.human.mie-u.ac.jp/~peace/index.htm). Among other things the Council worked out the INES Iraq appeal and discussed how to prepare for the Einstein year 2005 (see Projects for more Information). Here a link to the Photos.

Conferences 2003

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European Social Forum
12.-16. November 2003
in St. Denis, Paris, France

INES gladly announces its participation in the ESF 2003. In cooperation with SNESup and WSFW we will offer two seminars and participate in one of the major plenaries. For a draft on the seminars follow these links "Science between war and peace" and "Peace and sustainability"

INES Council meeting
10.-12. November 2003
in Paris, France

This years Council meeting will be hosted by Jean Paul Laine and his colleagues from SNESup. Please read the invitation and program for more details and fill in the attached application if you intend to participate in this years Council meeting. Please also have a look at the Council 2003 Photo album.

INESPE conference "Between Greed and Conscience: When Whistleblowing Becomes Dangerous"
5.-7. September 2003
in Starnberg, Germany

Showing courage and responsibility is often not without danger. Justice, politics, economy and science make it difficult for the individual, sometimes even impossible. However, society and nature are vulnerable, the progression of technique claims its victims, greediness is unscrupulous all too often. We believe that those people must be supported and protected by law, who for reasons of conscience openly declare against these excesses, who protest against corruption and devote themselves to an alternative science that serves mankind and the preservation of the fundaments of life instead of their destruction. The Conference will be held in the DGB Bildungswerk Starnberger See at P�king near Starnberg, 15 km to the south of Munich. Conference languages are English and German with simultaneous translation. You are cordially invited to this conference for a dialog on responsible behaviour.

Please see the invitation for more details or visit the INESPE homepage www.ethikschutz.de

INES Executive Committee meeting
31.01.-02.02.2003
in Paris, France

This years Executive Committee meeting was hosted by Prof. Jean-Paul Laine and his colleagues from SNESup. Please see here for the INES appeal to resist the war on Iraq.

Conferences 2002

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International Scientific meeting "Mathematics and war"
29.-31. August 2002
in Karlskrona, Sweden

Mathematics has for centuries been stimulated, financed and credited by military purposes. Some mathematical thoughts and mathematical technology have also been vital in war. During World War II mathematical work by the Anti-Hitler coalition was part of an aspiration to serve humanity and not help destroy it. At present, it is not an easy task to view the bellicose potentials of mathematics in a proper perspective.

At the conference, we will present historical evidence and recent changes in the interaction between mathematics and the military. We will discuss the new mathematically enhanced development of military technology which seems to have changed the very character of modern warfare.

Speakers will include historians of mathematics, science and engineering, historians of war, military analysts, and philosophers.

This conference was held in cooperation of Maurice de Gosson (Mathematician, Karlskrona, Sweden), Reiner Braun (Executive Director, INES, Germany), Stig Andur Pedersen (Philosopher, Roskilde, Denmark).

For more information see the website at http://mmf.ruc.dk/~booss/mathwar/

INESAP conference "New movement towards a Space Weapons Ban"
11. June 2002
in Berlin, Germany

On June 10 and 11, a workshop and expert meeting was held in Berlin, Germany, on the questions how a space weapons ban could be achieved. On the invitation of three scientific organizations, experts from the US, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, and Germany met to discuss proposals for a space weapons ban that have been officially.

Visit this link www.mbmd.org/PressReleases/berlin0602.html or the INESAP homepage www.inesap.com for more information, or directly contact the INESAP Coordinator Regina Hagen by E-mail at inesap@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de.

INES Council meeting
22.-23. May 2002
in Bradford, Great Britain

This Council meeting was held at the University of Bradford in Great Britain. It was hosted by Owen Greene, Department of Peace studies.

Please read the invitation and program for more details and visit this link to read more about the INES call upon the international community: "Statement on nuclear dangers".

Here you will find the INES statement to the ousting of Jos�Busrani, the director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

INES Seminar "New security challenges, global and regional priorities"
23.-24. May 2002
in Bradford, Great Britain

An INES co-operation with Scientists for Global Responsibility and the University of Bradford, Dept. of Peace Studies:

The events of September 11th and their aftermath have undoubtedly forced further review of questions of the international security priorities and architectures for the 21st century to the top of the international agenda.

Central to this seminar are considerations of, and calls for, strengthening a civilian security politics. The seminar is less concerned with an analysis of the militarization which was strengthened by the events of September 11th than with a comprehensive discussion about civilian alternatives and prospects of security politics which should orientate itself at the following criteria: de-militarization; de-escalation of conflicts; prevention of conflicts; civilisation of politics; disarmament; peace in a sustainable society (sustainable development).

Please see the links below for articles and speeches to the above topics. See the invitation for more details on the program.

"The nuclear issue after the posture review", a speech by Prof. Joseph Rotblat during the Conference "New security challenges"

Demands for a peacful and sustainable development in Africa
1.-2. March 2002
in Mlheim, Germany

This seminar is hosted by INES and Evangelische Akademie Mlheim an der Ruhr:

Focuses of this seminar are the demands for a sustainable and peaceful development in Africa - a continent that is regarded by many as a lost one.

Beginning with an analysis of the political, social and economical situation in Africa, we will also deal with the issues of conflict management, for peace is an unalterable part and an assumption for sustainable development. Therefore the topics like civil wars or warlike disputes - first of all in the region around the great lakes needs to be discussed. We would also like to put emphasis on the European and German Africa-policies and initiatives by German NGOs concerning worldwide sustainability.

Please read the invitation and program for more details.

"Political, Economic and Environmental Challenges in Africa and African demands to the Johannesburg Summit (WSDD)", speech in two parts (PowerPoint presentation), by Prof. Ogunlade Davidson during the Mlheim conference

Visit this link to view conference pictures.

Last but not least see here for the final statement.

The topics discussed can be reviewed in the program.

See especially:

• The talk of Prof. Addy "Africa and sustainability"
• Two talks by Ogunlade R Davidson, available as PowerPoint Sildes here: Political, Economic and Environmental Challenges in Africa and African Demands to the Johannesburg Summit (WSSD).
• Last but not least the ending statment.