Germany serves as the 2022 EPTA president
From 1st of January, the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB) has assumed the EPTA presidency for 2022.
© DTB/Achim Melde
The TAB is a long term member of the EPTA network and has held the EPTA Presidency the last time in 2011. This year's directors' meeting will be held - hopefully in person - in Karlsruhe in May, the Council meeting and EPTA conference in October in Berlin. The annual topic chosen by the TAB is "Disruption in Society. TA to the rescue".
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)