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)
- 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)