3rd International TA Conference in 2017
Call for sessions for the conference May 17th - 19th 2017 is open.
After the 1st PACITA conference in Prague in 2013, the 2nd PACITA conference in Berlin in 2015, a few of the PACITA project partners decided to continue the series beyond the end of the PACITA project and organise the 3rd European Technology Assessment Conference in 2017. It will take place in University College Cork (UCC) on May 17th - 19th 2017. The aim of the conference is to discuss how technology assessment and related activities such as science and technology studies, responsible research and innovation (RRI), public engagement, and foresight can strongly contribute to knowledge-based policy-making on science, technology and innovation, to engage policymakers and other stakeholders in this endeavour, and to learn from each other’s perspectives.
The theme of the conference is New technologies and societal challenges: Bridging the worlds of science, society & policy making.
The organisers have just published the Call for Sessions.
New Projects from EPTA members
- The potential and risks of using AI agents (DE)
- The spread of antibiotic resistance and new options for combating it (DE)
- Data management in the Austrian public sector (AT)
- Interoperability and digital autonomy (NL)
- Does convenience serve people? (NL)
- Medical Wearables in Clinical Decision-making Technology Assessment (US)
- AI use in the cultural and media industries: social, economic and legal aspects (DE)
Recent Policy Briefs from EPTA members
- KIxBio: Risks posed by research to security and bioweapons proliferation (DE)
- How could quantum computers undermine digital security? (GB)
- Cybersecurity in the research process (DE)
- How reliant is the UK on other countries for critical space-based technologies? (GB)
- Supply chains for low carbon electricity infrastructure (GB)
- CO₂ transportation infrastructure and markets (EU)
- Who decides how land is used? Collaboration in multifunctional land-use decisions (GB)