Christian Ehler is the new STOA chair

MEP Christian Ehler is the new chair of European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA), following Eva Kaili. MEP Ehler was elected on 10 March, after being the rapporteur for the Horizon Europe research programme. As a shadow rapporteur, he also contributed to topics on cultural recovery and to budget guidelines for 2022 and 2023.

You can read more about MEP Ehler here and about the entire new STOA leadership here.

The STOA panel is tasked with aiding policymaking by independently assessing new technologies. The European Chemical Society (EuChemS) collaborated with STOA on multiple occasions. In 2011, EuChemS, Cefic and STOA co-organised the workshop “Chemistry for a better life”, and in 2016 EuChemS, EFMC and STOA jointly organized a working breakfast about Antimicrobial Resistance.

Learn more about the activities of STOA here.