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)
- 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)