OPECST holds EPTA presidency in 2025
France holds the EPTA presidency in 2025.
Photo: © OPECST
France's Office parlementaire d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques (OPECST) - Parliamentary Office for Scientific and Technology Assessment - is taking over EPTA presidency from Norway. It will be the fourth time since the creation of EPTA in 1990 (previous presidencies in 1993, 2004 and 2015). OPECST is looking forward to welcoming all EPTA members in France in 2025 and continuing the fruitful collaboration between its organisations.
The photo shows the handover of the EPTA Presidency at the French Embassy in Oslo from the chairman of the Norwegian Board of Technology Sverre Gotaas to the president of OPECST, senator Stéphane Piednoir on 21 October 2024.
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)
- Artificial Intelligence For Cybersecurity Technology Assessment (US)
- Sustainable Urban Mobility. Policies, Implementation and Societal Impact (EU)
Recent Policy Briefs from EPTA members
- KIxBio: Risks posed by research to security and bioweapons proliferation (DE)
- Cybersecurity in the research process (DE)
- Supply chains for low carbon electricity infrastructure (GB)
- Who decides how land is used? Collaboration in multifunctional land-use decisions (GB)
- Digital sovereignty (GB)
- Livestreamed child sexual abuse: Scale, detection and how it can be disrupted (GB)
- Climate scenarios and what they help us explore (GB)