History

Time line

• 1985
  Technology 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: Gunther 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 (TA01)
   
• 2004
  Founding member of the German-speaking Network Technology Assessment (NTA)
   
• 2005
  Symposium "20 Years TA in Austria" (TA05)
   
• 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 TA08
  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
   
• 2019
  Founding member of the globalTA network
   
• 2021
  20th annual conference together with the 9th conference of the Network Technology Assessment (NTA)