| Posted: February 5, 2007 |
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(Nanowerk News) A forum for analysing future-oriented technology has been launched by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).
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The objectives of the Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) Forum will be to:
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– provide an open space for dialogue between different but overlapping communities, such as foresight, technology assessment, future studies, technological forecasting, evaluation, quality management, with a view to promoting mutual understanding;
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– to nurture the FTA community's ability to organise itself;
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– to identify needs within the FTA community and to enable mutual support between its members.
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The FTA will start by discussing issues raised at an international seminar on FTA that took place in September 2006: building capacity; customer-client relations and corporate foresight; evaluation, monitoring and quality control; preparedness to address global problems; and building community links.
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Users are welcome to propose new issues for future rounds of discussion.
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