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)
- 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)