Leadership transition announcement - The Future Society

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 Earlier this year, after an extensive search for The Future Society’s next Executive Director, the Board of Directors selected Nicolas Moës, former Director of EU AI Governance, to fill the role.

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 March 27, 2024

 After an extensive search for The Future Society’s next Executive Director, the Board of Directors selected Nicolas Moës , former Director of EU AI Governance, to fill the role. Nicolas brings with him 5 years of senior management within the organization, including having led the organization’s research and advocacy toward the EU AI Act and Codes of Conduct for developers of general-purpose AI models. Nicolas is also involved in AI standardization and policymaking efforts as a member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) SC42 and CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 committees on AI, as well as the OECD.AI Policy Observatory within the AI Incidents and Risk & Accountability Expert Groups. He holds a Master’s degree (M.Phil.) in Economics from the University of Oxford.

 I am deeply honored to be entrusted with the leadership of The Future Society, and grateful to the Board, the team and Nicolas Miailhe for their confidence and enthusiasm at this prospect. At a time where, for better or worse, AI makes the news on an almost daily basis, there could be no better role for someone committed as I am to the proper governance of this technology. With developers more or less accidentally redefining many aspects of our social contract and fundamental rights, AI will be a defining technology of our age. The decisions we make toward governing AI will determine whether it strengthens or weakens society, communities, and individuals, and I look forward to navigating these important debates at the helm of TFS.

 Nicolas Moës
 Executive Director, The Future Society 

 At this juncture, we reflect on the organization’s growth under the leadership of Nico Miailhe—from its early days as a student club at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS) to a recognized independent nonprofit known to “punch above its weight” in its contributions toward many of the world’s leading AI governance initiatives.

 The early days 

 The Future Society was launched in the fall of 2014 as a student club at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government by then-MPA students Nico Miailhe , Simon Mueller , Ionuts Lacusta, and Hugo Zylberberg. Having worked for 15 years in the aerospace industry—across India, Europe, and the US, and having started two think tanks on the governance of digital technologies on the side, Nico had come to HKS on a professional transition journey. From the outset, the club sought to create an open environment for students to apply their public administration studies of government toward discussions on the topic of AI and other emerging technologies.

 Simon Mueller
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