EAGT Unconference #1

(This event will take place in the EAGT Event Hall, which you can access via this link or via a portal in the main space.)

Since we started EA Gather Town (EAGT) in April, we’ve seen numerous examples of impactful conversations and connections made by coworking together in the space. So to encourage more of this, we’re hosting our first EAGT unconference event!

In a conference, it’s usually assumed that the speakers should teach the audience. In an unconference, that assumption is flipped, and it tries to be more about the speakers laying out their ideas and plans in the hope that they find people who can help them see how they can do better, or connect with people they can talk to about this more generally.

It’s an informal, flexible, participant-centered event where both the speakers and audience collaborate on the content throughout the event (imagine discussions, brainstorms, or feedback sessions).

Format & topics

During the event, there will be 10 speakers with two 30-minute sessions held simultaneously in separate rooms. Participants are free to walk in between the rooms and decide which of the sessions they wish to attend. The speakers decide how their session is structured, e.g. present for 20 minutes and take quick questions for 10, or present for 5 and discuss with participants for 25, etc.

Our topics & hosts (alphabetical order):

Contextualizing EA in Non-Western Contexts – Dion Tan
Economic or Emotional Altruism – Shalini Gopalkrishnan
Law x EA Presentation and Feedback –Julian Guidote
Long term risks from ‘minor’ catastrophes – Sasha Cooper
Making Trillions for Effective Charities through the Consumer Economy – Brad West and Vincent van der Holst
Movement Building through Art – Anthony Fleming
Productivity for Effective Altruists: How to Use Priorities to Make the Most of Your Time and Energy – Berenike Schriewer (Berenike had to cancel.)
Independent research and structural disincentives to optimal strategies – Emrik
Why you should work with an EA career coach – Dave Cortright
Workflows: an alternative to introductory fellowships – Sofya Lebedeva
Writing your first Will while giving to effective charities – Sharang Phadke

Find the full schedule and hosts information here.

EA Gather Town (EAGT) is a ‘physical’ virtual space for EAs to cowork, socialise and personalise—an all-year-round EAG with perpetual positive productivity, cool people and fun! Unconference #1 is our first experimental public event, please RSVP to help us coordinate better.