On December 2nd 2014, in Brussels, Belgium, the EST-Frame project will hold its final Conference. The EST Frame Project the EST-Frame project is an FP7 Science and Society Collaborative Project (funded the European Union’s Research and Innovation Program) that has ‘identified needs for more integrated assessment of emerging science and technologies’.

The Assessing emerging technologies – Towards an integrated approach Conference will take place in the Covent Garden Building, Place Rogier 16, starting at 1:00 PM. The contributions of EST-Frame will be put in perspective by leading practitioners, policy makers and stakeholders in the field of assessment and governance of emerging science and technologies.

The program is as follows:

13.00 – 13.10: Welcome and introduction of the afternoon
Dr. Thomas Reiss, Fraunhofer ISI, EST-Frame partner and chair

13.10 – 13.40: On the needs for integrated assessments and on TranSTEP as one way to proceed
Dr. Ellen-Marie Forsberg, Oslo and Akershus University College, EST-Frame coordinator

13.40 – 14.00: Responsible Research and Innovation and integration in assessment
Dr. Philippe Galiay, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission

14.00 – 14.20: Integrated assessment, from biotechnology to all emerging technologies?
Prof. Sissel Rogne, Director of The Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board

14.50 – 15.10: An NGO perspective on integrated assessment
Dr. Christoph Then, Executive Director of the NGO Testbiotech

15.10 – 15.30: Reflections on the future of integrated assessment and the place of TranSTEP
Jan Bakkes, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Vice-President The Integrated Assessment Society

15.30 – 16.25: Other comments, general discussion
16.25 – 16.30: Closing of workshop

The conference will have particular relevance for European and national policy makers and stakeholders engaged
in the research and innovation field, and professionals involved in assessment of emerging technologies. Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins will represent the Bassetti Foundation at the event, and will publish a report on the event through the website.

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(image from EST-frame site)

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