Online directors' meeting
On 18 and 19 May, the EPTA directors will meet for the first time in an online format, under the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST).
This year's EPTA director's meeting should have taken place under British presidency in Norwich on 18/19 May. The worldwide Covid-19 measures will lead to the first ever cyber directors' meeting. Timing of the meeting alone is delicate with members located in many different timezones, from Japan and South Korea, Europe to the US, Mexico and Chile. So the EPTA president scheduled the meeting for slots around noon in the UK. The agenda will focus on the obvious: the pandemic and the challenges for technology assessment.
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)
- Does convenience serve people? (NL)
- Interoperability and digital autonomy (NL)
- AI use in the cultural and media industries: social, economic and legal aspects (DE)
- Piloting European Green Air Mobility and Services for Urban Societal Readiness (PT)
- Artificial Intelligence For Cybersecurity Technology Assessment (US)
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)
- 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)
- Livestreamed child sexual abuse: Scale, detection and how it can be disrupted (GB)