We still have around 5 spots left for the upcoming Compassionate Future Summit!
I’ll soon be sharing 10 example content contributions and contributors — but in the meantime, here’s what I suggest to anyone applying in order to get the most out of the preparation for your self and make your content contribution most valuable for the other attendees.
Ideally:
have a theory of change outlined for your career trajectory or your content contribution—with ranking strategies by their potential for impact and with risk/benefit ratio
include a long-term outlook — How might your strategy impact future sentient beings in the next 10, 50, or 200 years?
If you’re working on ideas that could meaningfully shape a more compassionate future, we’d love to hear from you!
Warmly,
Ruth
✨ Applications Still Open: Compassionate Future Summit
📅 21–25 August 2025 | 📍 Berlin, Germany
As attendance capacity remains dynamic, a few spots are currently available — perfect for last-minute applicants looking to join a transformative weekend focused on long-term strategies to reduce suffering across all sentient life.
From fast-paced lightning talks to in-depth workshops, here’s a snapshot of the content already driving this year’s Compassionate Future Summit.
Evelyn Hutter (Philosophy Student & Co-organiser): Suffering-Focused Ethics in Moral Philosophy & Psychology
Aditya SK (Co-organiser) & Oscar Horta (founder of Animal Ethics): Long-Term Opportunities for Animal Advocacy
Tristan Cook (Co-organiser & Managing Director at the Centre on Long-Term Risk): Having previously worked on macrostrategy and community building at CLR, Tristan will introduce CLR’s work on s-risk motivated AI safety and how CLR is approaching the robustness of longtermist suffering reduction efforts
Constance Li (Founder of Hive and AI for Animals): Wargaming the Future of Animal Advocacy — a role-play simulation exploring how different animal welfare interventions might perform in AGI-influenced futures
Stacey Akinyi (Medical Student, Kenya): Presenting her work on the WHO Youth Council Working Group for Accessibility and Equity, as well as her involvement with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
Corentin Biteau (Founder of ONEI, addressing the impacts of insect farming in France): Lightning ‘What should be done about Insect Farming’ and Cause Prioritisation Workshop
Magdalena Kolczynska (Volunteer at the Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering, OPIS): Providing Insights from OPIS’s Recent Survey on the intensity and duration of suffering associated with a wide range of diseases and life conditions.
Jordan Stone (Space Generation Advisory Council, Cosmic Futures Project Lead): Space Governance and Preventing Cosmic Suffering
Joseph Ancion (President of his university’s Animal Ethics Association; FutureKind (Electric Sheep) fellow, volunteering for the World Day for the End of Fishing and Fish Farming): Cause Prioritisation & Career Advice regarding AI and sentient beings.
And apply here.