Dr Dr.Phil. René von Schomberg is a philosopher and an STS scholar. He graduated as an agricultural scientist from Wageningen University, was a European Union Fellow at George Mason University (USA) in 2007, and was with the European Commission from 1998 to 2021. René is currently a senior research fellow at the Kate Hamburger Kolleg, International Centre for advanced studies: Cultures of Research, RWTH university of Aachen, Germany. He is also a Guest Professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt.

Dr. Miltos Ladikas is a senior researcher at the Institute of Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. He advises the European Commission, the European Research Council, the European & Developing Countries Clinical Countries Partnership, and a number of National Research Funds on social-ethical issues in research. Here we discuss global technology assessment, responsible innovation & S&T development.

Technology Assessment (TA) is one of the key roots of Responsible Innovation (RI). So, what is TA and how can we use it to improve our innovation success? Professor Dr. Armin Grunwald from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, takes us on a journey from Technology Assessment to Responsible Innovation.