Time line
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1985 |
Technoloogy assessment working group as part of a pre-existing research institute, the latter being renamed Institute for Socio-Economic development, Resarch and Technology Assessment (ISET), Director: Ernest Braun |
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1987 |
Foundation of the Technology Assessment Commission Conversion into the Technology Assessment Unit (TAU) |
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1991 |
New Director: Gunter Tichy |
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1993 |
Associate member of European Parliamentary Technology Assessment (EPTA) |
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1994 |
Conversion and renaming as Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA) |
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2001 |
Organisation of the institute's first international TA conference (TA'01) |
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2004 |
Founding member of the German-speaking Network Technology Assessment (NTA) |
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2005 |
Symposium "20 Years TA in Austria" (TA'05) |
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2006 |
New Director: Michael Nentwich Spin-off of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) group, foundation of a Ludwig Boltzmann Institute |
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2008 |
Local organisation of the 3rd conference of the Network Technology Assessment NTA3 together with TA'08 1st meeting of the new international Scientific Advisory Board |
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2009 |
ITA becomes part of the European Technology Assessment Group (ETAG) for the European Parliament |
Further reading: W. Peissl and M. Nentwich: Twenty Years Technology Assessment in Austria (2005) (in German)