When Science and Technology come into Parliament11:15Introduction to the themeDavid Cope,Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, United KingdomHarnessing Science and Technology for our Future: Policy-making oninnovations in science, technology and democracyProf. WiebeBijker,University of Maastricht, Technology& Society Studies

Policy-makers statementsPetrBratský,Member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Committee onEducation and Science(to be confirmed)Daniel Jositsch,Member of the Swiss Parliament (National Council), Vice-chairman of the Committee for Science, Education and Culture.Adomėnas Mantas,Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania

Responding to global challenges: the role of TechnologyAssessment14:00Introduction to the themeLars Klüver,Danish Board of TechnologyTechnology Assessment: Prospects and Limitations in a GlobalizedWorldProf. OrtwinRenn,University of Stuttgart, Department of Social Sciences,GermanyPolicy-makers statementstbd, Member of the Danish ParliamentHans-Josef Fell,Member of the German Bundestagtbd15:45DialoguePolicy-makers share opinions, experiences and ideas15:30Break

Parliamentary TA: lessons learnt and future developments16:00Introduction to the themetbdParliamentary TA in Europe: First results of the PACITA projectRinie van Est and JurgenGanzevles,Rathenau Institute, NetherlandsPolicy-makers statementsProf. Pedro Saraiva,Member of the Portuguese Parliament and University ofCoimbra, Department of Chemical EngineeringJoëlleKapompolé,Member of the Wallonia Parliament, BelgiumProf. Martin Neumann,Member of the German Bundestag and Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences16:45DialoguePolicy-makers share opinions, experiences and ideas17:30ConclusionsMember of the advisory panel (tbd when the AP is completed).

End of the meeting, followed by dinner