EPTA welcomes two new members
The EPTA Council welcomed its 24th and 25th member, the Committee for the Future of Lithuania and the Spanish Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology.
During the 2021 Council meeting (Zoom) under the Dutch Presidency on 8 November two new members were accepted:
(1) The Committee for the Future of Lithuania is now the 12th associate member of EPTA. It is a parliamentary committee simiilar to the one in Finland (see here) and has been established at the end of 2020.
(2) The Spanish Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology became the 13th full member of EPTA. It was founded by the Spanish Congress of Deputies and the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) in March 2021 on the initiative of the scientist association Ciencia en el Parlamento.
More information on the two members will appear soon here on the website in the members section.
The EPTA family is looking forward to exchanges with its new members in upcoming meetings, next in Germany in 2022, as the German member, TAB, will hold the presidency next year.
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)