History
Time line
- 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
- 1987
Foundation of the Technology Assessment Commission
Conversion into the Technology Assessment Unit (TAU)
- 1991
New Director: Gunter Tichy
- 1993
Associate member of European Parliamentary Technology Assessment (EPTA)
- 1994
Conversion and renaming as Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA)
- 2001
Organisation of the institute's first international TA conference (TA'01)
- 2004
Founding member of the German-speaking Network Technology Assessment (NTA)
- 2005
Symposium "20 Years TA in Austria" (TA'05)
- 2006
New Director: Michael Nentwich
Spin-off of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) group, foundation of a Ludwig Boltzmann Institute
- 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
- 2009
ITA becomes part of the European Technology Assessment Group (ETAG) for the European Parliament
- 2013
ITA becomes full member in the European Parliamentary Technology Assessment (EPTA) network
2017
Framework agreement on foresight and technology assessment with the Austrian Parliament