Actualité

Le deuxième Consortium Meeting PACITA se tiendra du 7 au 9 septembre 2011 à l'Instituut Samenleving & Technologie à Bruxelles.Il sera notamment l'occasion d'une conférence le mercredi 7 au Parlement Européen initiée par le STOA et organisée par EPTA sur le Technology Assessment paneuropéen.

Plus d'informations (english).

Draft programme:

1. Opening (15:00-15:15) by Mr P. Rübig, MEP, STOA Chairman, and Mr. C. Tabajdi, MEP, STOA, project supervisor

2. PTA in Europe:  Overview of PTA in Europe, by Christien Enzing, co-author of the report ‘Parliamentary Assessment in Europe’, Technopolis Group, The Netherlands (15:15-15:35)

Examples of PTA in Europe, by representatives of national and regional PTA organisations. The presentations will show the different models of PTA and cover different European regions, illustrating the diversity in PTA approaches across Europe:

o Paula Tiihonen, Committee Counsel, Committee for the Future, Finland (15:35-15:55)

o Frans Brom, Head Technology Assessment, Rathenau Instituut, The Netherlands (15:55-16:15)

o Judit Castellà, Member of CAPCIT and Director of Programmes, FCRI, Cataluña, Spain (invited) (16:15-16:35)

3. Pan-European approaches and perspectives:

- Potential and challenges for PTA in policy-making, by Mr. António Correia de Campos, MEP, STOA Vice-Chairman (16:35-16:50)

- Transnational TA in Europe, Gerhard Banse, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (16:50- 17:10)

- Governance of science-in-society, Ulrike Felt, Social Studies of Science, University of Vienna, Austria (invited) (17:10-17:30)

- Panel discussion with members of parliament (regional / national / European), Lars Klüver (EPTA, PACITA), Gerhard Banse, Ulrike Felt (17:30- 18:15)

4. Closing by Mr. C. Tabajdi, MEP, STOA (18:15-18:30)

Meeting chaired by Mr. C. Tabajdi, MEP, STOA

Co-chair and facilitator: Prof. dr. Wiebe Bijker, Science and Society, University of Maastricht, Netherlands