Switzerland resumes EPTA presidency
From 1 January, Switzerland has resumed EPTA presidency for the year 2017.
After the Austrians, the long-standing EPTA member TA-SWISS, the Center for Technology Assessment, located in Berne, resumes for the second time (after 2003) the annual presidency of EPTA. Dr. Sergio Bellucci, the TA-SWISS director and his team are already in full swing: the dates of the main meetings are already fixed (April and November) as is the 2017 EPTA topic: "Mobility of the future" – one of the core issues on our path to sustainability in the face of growing populations and peak oil. Dr. Bellucci is expecting interesting and intensive debates. Furthermore, in 2017 EPTA will discuss further membership applications, probably from Portugal and Chile. In 2017 there will be also a practitioners' meeting in the Netherlands, organised by the staff of the Rathenau institute.
[View of Bellinzona, picture by Ramessos, public domain]
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)