Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA): Impact on policy and decision-making - The 2006 FTA International Seville Seminar

摘要

The contributions included in this special issue build on material presented at the Second International Seville Seminar on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA)1 that took place on the 28th and 29th of September 2006. The Seminar was sponsored and organised by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) which is part of the Directorate General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. A Technical Committee was supporting the scientific content preparation of the Seminar, and was done together with the European Techno-Economic Policy Support (ETEPS) Network. This International Seminar was founded on the success of the joint EU-US Seminar on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) that was organised by JRC-IPTS in 2004. JRC-IPTS is currently organising this international seminar on FTA with ETEPS on a biannual basis and the next conference is scheduled for the 16-17 October 2008 in Seville. This biannual event is becoming a reference within the FTA communities to increase understanding of the advances occurring in the field of FTA for academics, practitioners, and public and private sector decision makers from all regions of the World.