Cybercrime, cybersecurity and cyberwarfare are growing issues for all advanced states, including Canada and the UK. ‘In many areas the vast global information and communications system is improving lives, driving productivity and efficiency, accelerating research and creating new opportunities.

In 2006, Time magazine infamously declared that the Caribbean is 'the most homophobic place on earth,' one of many similar statements. In this talk, Rosamond S. King questions the truth of this statement and analyzes its problematic origins.

Damián Zaitch (Utrecht University) - For the past 15 years, several transformations have taken place at the levels of cocaine production in Latin America and subsequent export to Europe. These changes refer to the nature of drug trafficking organizations, their relation with legal structures and actors, territorial displacement, but also to the modus operandi of cocaine entrepreneurs in terms of routes and business modalities.

President & Provost Michael Arthur introduces the eight academics from across the faculties of Arts & Humanities and Social & Historical Sciences, who were pitching the book they felt the audience simply must read.

Dr Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva (UCL Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies) pitches Dom Casmurro By Machado De Assis.

Professor Iain Stevenson (UCL Department of Information Studies) pitches The Riddle Of The Sands By Erskine Childers.

Professor Michael Berkowitz (UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies) pitches On Snooker By Mordecai Richler.

Professor John Took (UCL Italian) pitches The Divine Comedy By Dante.

Dr Samantha Rayner (UCL Department of Information Studies) pitches The Buried Giant By Kazuo Ishiguro.

Dr Erin Michelle Goeres (UCL Scandinavian Studies) pitches Egil's Saga.