London/United Kingdom, 26 September 1996

Sustainable Development has been adopted as an important guide to policy in EU states, but it is far from clear what it actually means for the way we live. National Parliaments of EPTA States have asked the question what dös sustainable development mean in a number of different areas. EPTA, the association of the current parliamentary technology assessment offices of EU states, brings these studies together.

The Programme

Dr Michäl Norton, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, UK
Chairman's Introduction.

Lydia Sterrenberg, Rathenau Institute, Netherlands
"Crop Protection suitable for Sustainability and Economic Development in the Netherlands".

Mr Jean-Francois Mattei, Office Parlementaire des Choix Scientifiques et Technologiques, Paris
"Health and the Environment".

Professor H. Paschen, Technology Assessment Board of the German Bundestag, Bonn
"Integrated Environmental Technology, Environment Policy and Sustainable Development".

Ida Andersen, Danish Board of Technology
"Consumption and Sustainability".

Gary Kass, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST, UK)
"Transport and its Implications for Sustainability".

Richard Holdsworth, Science and Technology Options Assessments (STOA, European Parliament)
"Sustainability and the Information Society".

Discussion of common themes from the national presentations.

A limited number of places are available for non-EPTA participants at a registration fee of £35 to cover lunch and reception.

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