The French Academy of Technologies (Académie des technologies) is a learned society

Learned society

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, founded in 2000, with an emphasis on technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

. It is the newest of French academies. Since 2007, it has acquired the status of établissement public, which enforces its public role.

Its stated missions are as follows:

• Help to better exploit technologies in service of mankind
• Provide clarity on emerging technologies
• Contribute to public discussion of the risks and benefits of technologies
• Contribute to professional and technological education
• Interest the young and their parents in technologies and new careers
• Raise public interest and comprehension in technologies

As of 2006, the Academy consists of approximately 200 active members plus emeritus and foreign members. It is organized into a number of commissions, committees, and work groups on subjects including ethics, energy and the environment, transport, simulation, defense, etc.