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Effective Altruism Summit 2014

by Ben_LandauTaylor
21st Mar 2014
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[-]benkuhn11y130

Definitely attend this if you can! I went last year and it was an amazing experience. Highly, highly recommended. (Yes, even more highly than donating the price of tickets to your favorite effective charity.)

EDIT: also, feel free to ask me stuff about the participant experience, either here or by private message.

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[-]AnnaSalamon11y20

Yes; I totally loved attending last year.

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[-]John_Maxwell11y10

How did it compare to CFAR? I thought CFAR was a bit overrated myself. (Maybe because I'm already in the Bay Area and have lots of local EA/LWer friends I tend to get less out of these events?)

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[-]benkuhn11y40

I don't think they're comparable? I enjoyed the EA summit for different reasons than I enjoyed CFAR. (I had already been to a CFAR workshop by the time of the summit, and was still very happy I went.)

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[-]Alexei11y90

Is there going to be an after-party open to the "public"?

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[-]Nevin11y00

Yes, but probably not advertised publicly. It will be Sunday evening. Details will be announced at the event, so ask someone who is there if you aren't.

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[-]owencb11y80

Request: if this happens again in subsequent years, could you announce the dates earlier? I would have liked to go, but have booked a family vacation that week, and I know at least one other person in the same situation.

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[-]Nevin11y20

Sorry about that. We will do our best to announce further in advance, since we really would like to accommodate people who are booked very far ahead of time.

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[-]Alexei11y40

Here are more videos from last year's EAS.

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[-]lukeprog11y110

In particular, Holden's Keynote was really good for anyone who's only just starting to get familiar with EA.

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[-]ESRogs11y10

Seconded. I've been following GiveWell closely since late 2009, and I learned a bunch of new stuff from that keynote.

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[-][anonymous]11y30

Do you know when people will be notified? It would be useful in making travel plans if we found out sooner.

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[-]ESRogs11y30

Dumb question: how selective will the application judging be? I'm trying to determine how much time I need to put into my answers to the application free response questions.

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[-]Ben_LandauTaylor11y10

Space is limited, so we have to be pretty selective. I'd say it's worth taking some time to present the relevant information.

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[-]Josh Jacobson10y10

In 2015, the EA Summit has become EA Global, taking place in San Francisco, Oxford, and Melbourne. See eaglobal.org to apply by May 30!

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[-]ColonelMustard11y00

Any word on this? We submitted applications ~6 weeks ago and it would be useful to find out who will be offered a spot.

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[-]Ben_LandauTaylor11y00

We're working on putting the guest list together. I'll notify people as soon as we have definite answers.

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[-]EricHerboso11y00

While your application correctly identifies Animal Charity Evaluators by its current name, the main EA Summit webpage lists ACE under its old name of "Effective Animal Activism". Is there any chance you could update the page to use the new name?

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In 2013, the Effective Altruism movement came together for a week-long Summit in the San Francisco Bay Area. Attendees included leaders and members from all the major effective altruist organizations, as well as effective altruists not affiliated with any organization. People shared strategies, techniques, and projects, and left more inspired and more effective than when they arrived.

More than ever, rationality and existential risk reduction are part of the Effective Altruism movement, and so I'm glad to announce to LessWrong the 2014 Effective Altruism Summit.

Following last year’s success, this year’s Effective Altruism Summit will comprise two events. The Summit will be a conference-style event held on the weekend of August 2-3, preceded by a smaller Effective Altruism Retreat from July 27-August 1. To accommodate our expanding movement and its many new projects, this year’s Summit will be bigger than the last. The Retreat will be similar to last year’s EA Summit, providing a more intimate setting for attendees to discuss, to learn, and to form lasting connections with each other and with the community.

We’re now accepting applications for the 2014 events. Whether you’re a veteran organizer trying to keep up with Effective Altruism’s most exciting developments, or you're looking to get involved with a community of people who use rationality to improve the world, we’d love for you to join us.

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