ASSESSMENT OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF TECHNOL OGY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ENGINEER

This special event held at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the GVC addresse d the bright and the dark sides of technological forecasting. The revi ew article on pp. 44 to 54 presents the content of a lecture delivered by Prof. Dr. ORTWIN RENN, Baden-Wurttemberg Academy for Assessment of the Consequences of Technology. As an introduction to the assessment of the consequences of technology, Prof. Dr.-lng. KARL STEPHAN, Univer sity of Stuttgart, examined the significance of the assessment of the consequences of technology for the professional activities of the engi neer. In this issue we publish extracts from his lecture.