SGR Conferences
Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) organises a conference roughly once a year (in the autumn) on issues of concern related to science, design and technology.
Keynote speakers are leading researchers/commentators in their field, and the event also includes SGR's Annual General Meeting, together with poster sessions or workshops.
This section of the website includes reports of previous conferences. Links to conference presentations and related material are provided where available.
SGR online conference and AGM
Videos now available
SGR online conference and AGM
From the war in Ukraine to the climate emergency, from economic crises to disruptive technologies, the world is confronted by what many are calling the 'polycrisis'. This event offered analysis of false solutions and where we should really look for hope.
Videos of main presentations now available.
SGR's 30th anniversary conference and AGM; online
Speakers included: Prof Kevin Anderson; Ann Pettifor; Andrew Simms; Dr Paul Dorfman; Anna Jonsson; Dr Stuart Parkinson; Anne Kretzschmar; Josie Wexler
Presentations available to watch and/or download
SGR online conference and AGM
Speakers included: Dr Lewis Akenji; Andrew Simms; Dr Jan Maskell; Dr Stuart Parkinson; Dr Liz Kalaugher; Dr Emily Heath
Presentations available to watch and/or download
Recovering from Covid-19, will responsible science and technology be tools of rapid change?
Part II: Responsible technology and the climate emergency
SGR online conference (part II) and AGM
Speakers included: Prof Nick Robins; Dr Lucy Gilliam; Dr Philip Johnstone; Dr Stuart Parkinson; Dr Alice Bell
Presentations are now available to watch and/or download
Recovering from Covid-19, will responsible science and technology be tools of rapid change?
Part I: Responsible science and the climate emergency
SGR conference (part I)
Speakers included: Prof Alice Larkin; Prof Bill McGuire; Prof Julia Steinberger; Jess Worth
Presentations are now available to watch and/or download
SGR conference and AGM, London
Speakers included: Prof Kevin Anderson; Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh; Prof Bill McGuire; Prof Rebecca Willis; Andrew Simms; Dr Jan Maskell; Farhana Yamin
Conference outputs are now available to download
Is artificial intelligence evolving quicker than the regulation to manage it? Are we sufficiently able to imagine what major problems may emerge, and can it even be effectively regulated?
Conference outputs are now available to download!
SGR's 25th anniversary conference and AGM
With the world facing heightened risks of nuclear war, the growing threat of severe climate change, and numerous other major problems, fears are once again growing for our future.
SGR conference and AGM 2016
This conference discussed the ways in which the arms, fossil fuel and other controversial industries are involved at UK universities, how government policies encourage this, and the range of detrimental effects - and then discussed proposals for change.