Alain Mongeau has directed the New Media division of the Montral International Festival of New Cinema and New Media (FCMM) from 1997 till 2001 and has become the acting President of the Board of Directors of the Inter-Society for Electronic Arts, as well as Director of the organization's head office in Montreal from 1996 to 2000, when he founded the MUTEK festival in 2000 and has directed the development of the organisation and its related activities ever since.