INTRODUCING
Mêtis[X]
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T H O U G H T S Q U A D
O N T H E H Y P E R F U T U R E
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Mêtis[X] is a hybrid. An incendiary mix of action-minded millennials from 50 countries regrouped in a revolutionary concept of global futuristic taskforce firing breakthrough ideas on the world's future.
From the future of Europe in 2020 to the future of humanity in 2200, Mêtis[X]'s rapid-fire thought squad dissects the future's multidimensions.
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Our punchy "snapshot" one-pagers have a double value:
1) Readable in 180 seconds, they deliver fresh and actionable intelligence in bite sizes to high-level decision makers (Ministers, CEOs, entrepreneurs) at a time where no one has time.
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2) They offer a glimpse full of oxygen into the millennial thought-process around the world. Read: into the ideas of the new generations to come.
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Launched in summer 2017 to shake the present, Mêtis[X] is also a futuristic forum that connects millennials to global public and private decision makers. The aim is to create an apolitical, intergenerational dialogue on pressing issues of the future to catalyse change now.
Our board of mentors includes a co-editor at The Economist, Google execs, BCG senior partners as well as influential EU decision makers.
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Mêtis[X] is run in their free time by a taskforce of action-minded young professionals from around the world, including Europe, the Americas, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
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Mêtis[X] has 5 differentiators. We are:
1) GLOBAL: with people from different countries involved in Mêtis[X].
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2) YOUNG & FAST: 20 to 30 years old problem solvers. Punching out 180 second briefs and ready-to-snack reports that reinvent research itself: our Mars paper is written as a movie scenario.
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3) ECLECTIC: Well-connected group of Googlers, family entrepreneurs, EU cabinet advisers, MIT engineers, artists, lawyers, social innovators, BCG strategists, neurosurgeons, AI technologists, WEF Global Shapers, UN youth diplomats... Incurably curious about the world's future.
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4) FROM THE FIELD: We are not researchers from an institute, but a turbocharged group of young professionals from the world who bring a practical perspective.
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5) FUTURISTIC & FREE: Solving tech together. Storytelling stuff no one tells about. Doing it with zero budget. Mêtis[X] is not funded by anyone: we do with our own means.
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Derived from "mῆτις", The Ancient Greek Divinity Symbolizing Craft and Cunning.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS:
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• November 2017:
Sofiane Croisier, founder of Mêtis[X], was invited to represent Mêtis[X] at Saudi Arabia Prince's prestigious Global Forum this year
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Sofiane will also give a speech at the University College London (UCL) in 2018 on"The Future of Humanity in 2200"
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Together with partners L'Oréal & Airbus, Mêtis[X] moderated the Startup Street Pitch at the Hello Tomorrow Summit, where the world's most revolutionary tech startups competed
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• Sept. 2017 [Coming Soon]:
We will launch "Europe's Futuristic Policy Lab": a new concept of a global taskforce of 10 millennials from Mêtis[X] meeting with three European Heads of State and former Ministers to brainstorm ideas for Europe.
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The output will be an intergenerational report on the "Future of Europe in 2050", dissecting its political, economic and technological promises.
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• August 2017:
We just finished a new concept report (a mix of research, strategy and movie-documentary) for Elon Musk on: "How can we organize human society on Mars in 2200?"
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We had a lot of positive response, including follow-on discussions with:
• The NASA
• EU Commission Cabinets
• The Prime Minister Office of Singapore
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• June 2017:
Together with partners IBM, Oxford University and the Financial Times, Mêtis[X] was partner of VIVATECH, one of the world's biggest innovation summits, where we were jury of their global startup competition in Paris.
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Nasty topics. Told neatly.
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From humanity's next chapter
to the future of Europe's hyper innovation
SOME OF OUR TEAM
Sofiane Croisier
Founder & Director
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Sofiane works at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The first in his family to go to university, he graduated as a Clarendon Scholar from the University of Oxford.
He previously worked at the Council of the EU, the French Ministry of Economy and at Google, where he authored a report for Google on the future of AI. He also worked in Macron's campaign team, where he drafted a blueprint of France's digital & innovation strategy for 2050.
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Sofiane was ranked among the Top 10 Future Business Leaders of the United Kingdom and was global finalist of the 2014 World Debate Championship. He speaks French, Spanish and Russian. In his spare time he ineptly plays football and runs a small horror movie studio with his brother.
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Fun fact: When he was younger Sofiane survived one week on a Canadian mountain during a winter survival trip in - 40°C
Elisabeth Pipice
Head of Events
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Elisabeth is doing an MSc in International Immigration and Public Policy at LSE. She completed her BA at Trinity College in Dublin. Elisabeth has always had a strong interest for working with refugees and asylum seekers and is interested in the impact of technology on immigration. She is running Mêtis[X]'s global reunions.
She spent five months in in Melbourne working for the Refugee Council of Australia where she began to familiarize herself with the intricacies of asylum law and refugee integration.
Since then, she has worked in both the public and private sector and has focused on analysing and assessing the efficacy of EU harmonisation policies for asylum and refugee influxes.
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Fun fact: Her family originates from Bosnia and Croatia, yet she was raised in Vienna and studied in the UK and Ireland
Jòan Gondolo
Chief of Staff
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Jòan studied law in the south of France and Paris. He is now a strategy consultant
for Altermind while also teaching and writing a PhD on data protection law at Sorbonne Law School. He is now overseeing Mêtis[X]'s global research.
Avid legal thinker, his research got him to work at some of the top U.S law schools such as Harvard and Columbia while also turning him into a bit of a tech nerd.
His ambition is to research and disrupt the intersection of law and technology.
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Jòan now advises companies on strategy matters.
In his spare time he teaches handball to young kids.
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Fun fact: He started his PhD at the age of 21
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