France takes over EPTA presidency for 2015
Following Norway in 2014, the French parliamentary TA office OPECST (Office parlementaire d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques) serves as the president of EPTA in 2015.
Therefore this years directors’s meeting will be held in Pont-à-Mousson/Lorraine in April and the Council meeting in Paris in September. The OPECST celebrates this year its 30th anniversary.
New Projects from EPTA members
- The potential and risks of using AI agents (DE)
- Artificial Intelligence For Cybersecurity Technology Assessment (US)
- Sustainable Urban Mobility. Policies, Implementation and Societal Impact (EU)
- On the Horizon: Three Science and Technology Trends That Could Affect Society 2026 (US)
- AI for Science (JP)
- Human resources for science and technology society (JP)
- Neurotechnology (JP)
Recent Policy Briefs from EPTA members
- KIxBio: Risks posed by research to security and bioweapons proliferation (DE)
- The impacts of screen and AI use on children and young people (GB)
- Digital sovereignty (GB)
- Livestreamed child sexual abuse: Scale, detection and how it can be disrupted (GB)
- Impacts of social media on children and young people (GB)
- Climate scenarios and what they help us explore (GB)
- FemTech: Consumer technology to support women's health (GB)