The Future Society

Seminars & Summits

The Future Society works with leading organizations around the world to bring together policymakers, technologists, academics, civil society, and business leaders in the effort to establish globally-recognized norms for the ethical development and deployment of technology across our societies.

This work is enabled by high-profile partnerships and a continuing series of summits, forums, and other gatherings. These spark new thinking and provide continuity to the global dialogue on the governance and impact of Artificial Intelligence.

November 18, 2020 ⋅ 8 min read

The Athens Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law 2020 Report

New York, November 17, 2020 The Athens Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law, held this year on November 16-17, is the premier international, multi- stakeholder roundtable specifically focused on legal systems and the rule of law. It was co-founded in 2019 by The Future Society, IEEE SA...

August 12, 2020 ⋅ 2 min read

AI & Education: an online workshop for UNESCO’s Recommendations on the Ethics of AI

The COVID-19 pandemic offers the chance to reflect on the opportunities and challenges of using AI and digital technologies for education and learning. As a...

June 25, 2020 ⋅ 2 min read

Global Webinar on AI and Education: Best Practices and Policy Recommendations

Two major trends can be distinguished in the realm of AI & Education: on the one hand, there is implementing AI solutions to improve education,...

June 15, 2020 ⋅ 1 min read

CogX Fireside Chat: AI DIVIDE

Getting the next ten years right means setting the pathways and frameworks for AI’s benefits to be distributed fairly and widely. It means ensuring AI...

May 13, 2020 ⋅ 2 min read

AI & Rule of Law: A Discussion with European Regulators

The Future Society co-hosted an online discussion with European regulators in New York City, in the context of our roundtable series on Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

March 17, 2020 ⋅ 2 min read

UNESCO Regional Forum on AI in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Future Society participated in the first Regional Forum on AI in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by UNESCO in partnership with the Brazilian...

March 17, 2020 ⋅ 1 min read

Workshop on the Ethical Stakes of Facial Recognition Technologies, organized during the French Government’s Public Innovation Week

Through virtual personal assistants, targeted advertising or medical diagnosis, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more and more common in our daily lives. In response to...

February 19, 2020 ⋅ 2 min read

AI Civic Forum Pilot Deliberation at ICESCO Future Forum

AI Civic Forum is a multi-stakeholder platform combining capacity building, online consultations, and face-to-face deliberations to raise awareness of key ethical issues of AI and...

February 17, 2020 ⋅ 1 min read

Future of Life Institute’s AI Alignment Podcast: On the long-term importance of current AI policy with Nicolas Moës and Jared Brown

AI Policy Researcher Nicolas Moës spoke with Future of Life Institute's Jared Brown in this podcast episode about current AI policy trends and their importance...

December 11, 2019 ⋅ 2 min read

Roundtable on AI and Democratic Development

BRUSSELS, Belgium - On 11 December 2019, The Future Society participated in a pioneering roundtable on AI and mapping priority areas for EU assistance to...

November 22, 2019 ⋅ 3 min read

Presentation of the AI Civic Forum at the Paris Peace Forum

PARIS, France - The Future Society, in partnership with Algora Lab (Mila) and the Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI , presented the AI...

November 22, 2019 ⋅ 1 min read

Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Educating the Legal Profession

On November 22nd, The Future Society and NYU | LAW's Center on Civil Justice co-hosted a full-day conference on AI implications for the legal system,...

November 19, 2019 ⋅ 1 min read

Breakfast Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law

On November 19th, over 50 legal scholars and practitioners joined The Future Society in New York City to discuss AI and the from a US-EU...

October 22, 2019 ⋅ 2 min read

‘Fundamental Rights in the Digital Era’ WLA-CdM Working Group

MADRID, Spain - On October 21st and October 22nd, the World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (in partnership with the IE School of Global...

September 24, 2019 ⋅ 3 min read

IEEE, Covington & Burling, The Future Society & ELONTech Host the Inaugural Athens AI Roundtable

ATHENS, Greece — More than 70 experts from over 18 countries met for two days of working sessions to reconcile views about the governance and...

September 17, 2019 ⋅ 1 min read

The Tallinn Digital Summit

The Future Society led discussions on societal impacts of AI at the Tallinn Digital Summit in Tallinn, Estonia. The Summit is hosted annually by the...

April 2, 2019 ⋅ 2 min read

PARIS 21 ‘Society in a data-driven world – Ensuring no one is left behind’ Conference 2019

The Future Society discussed the intersection of AI and development at 'The digital revolution and its impact on people : unpacking 'leave no one behind'...

March 24, 2019 ⋅ 1 min read

Washington DC Data Forum

We have partnered with the Consumer Technology Association and The Aspen Institute to host Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and executives from Uber and Postmates on...

March 20, 2019 ⋅ 2 min read

OECD Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum

In the framework of its Knowledge Partnership with the OECD Public Governance Directorate, The Future Society led the "AI for Anti-Corruption: potential, pathways and challenges"...

March 4, 2019 ⋅ 2 min read

UNESCO Principles for AI: Towards a Humanistic Approach? A Global Conference

The Future Society partnered with UNESCO to organize their Global Conference on “Principles for AI: Towards a Humanistic Approach?” The Future Society and its various...

December 21, 2018 ⋅ 1 min read

The Digital Society Conference 2018

The Future Society partnered with ESMT, one of Germany’s top business schools, to convene leaders and experts for a discussion about the societal implications for...

November 30, 2018 ⋅ 1 min read

NYU Law Summit on AI in a Democratic Society

Speakers included Judge Michael Baylson, Judge Katherine Forrest, Mike Philips( Microsoft Assistant General Counsel), Michael Fitzpatrick (GE Head of Regulatory Policy), Chris Storm (Uber Legal...

November 21, 2018 ⋅ 2 min read

World Bank 2018 Annual Summit

Nicolas Miailhe had the privilege of joining a panel on “disrupting development: digital platforms and innovation” organized by the World Bank during the plenary session...

October 9, 2018 ⋅ 1 min read

Finland AI Forum

The roundtable included EU Commissioners, experts from the European Commission’s High-Level Group on AI and representatives from leading tech companies and civil society organizations who...

September 26, 2018 ⋅ 2 min read

Report Launch at the European Parliament “A Global Civic Debate on Governing the Rise of Artificial Intelligence”

We have organized a conference at the European Parliament for the release of the report on our Global Civic Debate on Governing the Rise of...

August 23, 2018 ⋅ 1 min read

Human-Level AI 2018: Solving the AI Race

The Future Society co-organized the ‘Solving the AI Race’ panel at The Human-Level AI 2018 conference hosted by at GoodAI in Prague in August 2018....

June 29, 2018 ⋅ 1 min read

The Inaugural US-China AI Tech Summit

The summit was the first-ever public dialogue between U.S. and Chinese technology executives about the ethics and governance of AI. The gathering featured a keynote...

November 22, 2016 ⋅ 1 min read

Cities for Life in Quito and Paris

CitX is one of the organizing partners of Cities for Life Paris 2016, the global summit on inclusive, smart and resilient cities, hosted by Paris...

March 15, 2014 ⋅ 1 min read

CitX plenary meeting in Paris

The meeting brought together an interdisciplinary group of twenty global thinkers who met over two days to debate the issues and opportunities arising from the...

September 5, 2012 ⋅ 1 min read

CitX launch meeting in Mumbai

In collaboration with the Reliance Foundation, the meeting brought together an interdisciplinary group of ten global thinkers who met over two days to debate some...