The first conference in the I-CON World Scholarship Series had the title "Understanding Conflicts--Cross-Cultural Perspectives" (also abbreviated as 'UC2008') and took place in Aarhus, August 19-22, 2008. It featured 116 speakers (3 keynote lectures, 22 plenary and semi-plenary talks, 89 session talks and 2 workshops in 26 thematic parallel sessions) and about registered 300 participants from Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Guinea, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Malaysia, Mali, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Senegal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, Zaire.