The currently 23 members of EPTA give advice to their parliaments on topical issues such as nanotechnology, brain research, mobility pricing, or future energy systems. Their projects use various methods and draw on insights from citizen panels, stakeholders, workshops as well as the foremost experts in the relevant fields.
On this website you get an overview of what technology assessment (TA) is and how we work. Explore our project database and find current policy advice on technology issues in reports and policy briefs!
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Latest EPTA News
A brief summary of the 2026 EPTA Conference & Council
The 2026 EPTA conference and the Council meeting took place in Athens 2-3 November 2026 with the main topic of sustainable urban mobility.
The Greek EPTA Presidency hands over to the 2027 Presidency Luxembourg, in Athens on 2 November 2026
Conference 2026 in Athens
The topic of the annual EPTA conference on 2-3 November is urban mobility.
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)
- Data management in the Austrian public sector (AT)
- Interoperability and digital autonomy (NL)
- Does convenience serve people? (NL)
- Medical Wearables in Clinical Decision-making Technology Assessment (US)
- AI use in the cultural and media industries: social, economic and legal aspects (DE)
Recent Policy Briefs from EPTA members
- How could quantum computers undermine digital security? (GB)
- Cybersecurity in the research process (DE)
- CO₂ transportation infrastructure and markets (EU)
- Supply chains for low carbon electricity infrastructure (GB)
- How reliant is the UK on other countries for critical space-based technologies? (GB)
- 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)