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1 | EAGxOxford 2016: Doing Good Better | ||||||||||||||
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5 | Times | Preconference Workshops Examination Schools, Oxford | |||||||||||||
6 | 80,000 Hours YC-backed Non-Profit | Center for Applied Rationality | |||||||||||||
7 | Afternoon | Careers Workshop with Benjamin Todd 12am - 4pm - ROOM 9 This is an advanced workshop for people who have already worked through 80,000 Hours' current careers guide and been involved in effective altruism for some time | Navigating Intellectual Disagreement 2pm-3pm: ROOM 7 4pm - 5pm: ROOM 9 | ||||||||||||
8 | Careers Workshop with Robert Wiblin 3pm-7pm: ROOM 7 This is 80,000 Hours' standard careers workshop, taking you through their five years of research on how to have a career in which you are competent, successful and fulfilled, while also having a powerful positive impact on the world. | Speed-dating / icebreaker activities 6pm - 7pm: ROOM 9 | |||||||||||||
9 | 19:00 | Conference Begins | |||||||||||||
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11 | Registration + Drinks Reception | ||||||||||||||
12 | 20:00 | Opening Session Speakers Jacob Lagerros & Ben Pace (Co-Directors, EAGxOxford) Will MacAskill & Toby Ord (Co-Founders, Effective Altruism movement) | |||||||||||||
13 | 21:00 | Close | |||||||||||||
14 | SATURDAY | ||||||||||||||
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16 | Times | Prioritisation | Execution | Community Sessions | |||||||||||
17 | 09:00 | Arrival and Registration | |||||||||||||
18 | 10:00 | Prospecting for Gold: Techniques for Finding High-Value Opportunities South school Keynote Speaker: Owen Cotton-Barratt, Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute | |||||||||||||
19 | 11:00 | Collaboration session | |||||||||||||
20 | 11:40 | The Situation in Biorisk East school Speaker: Catherine Rhodes (Centre for the Study of Existential Risk) | Planning Your Career South school Moderator: Jess Whittlestone (Nudge Unit) Panel: Richard Parr (Department for International Development) Robert Wiblin (80,000 Hours) Alexander Gordon-Brown (Jane Street Capital) Ben Clifford (Founder's Pledge) | Navigating Intellectual Disagreement (workshop) Room 6 Speaker: Duncan Sabien (CFAR) This workshop teaches CFAR's technique for resolving intellectual disagreement. | |||||||||||
21 | 12:40 | Lunch (On Site) | |||||||||||||
22 | 14:00 | The Long Term Situation in Artificial Intelligence South school Moderator: Tara Mac Aulay (Centre for Effective Altruism) Panel: Victoria Krakovna (Future of Life Institute) Toby Ord (Future of Humanity Institute) Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind) Nate Soares (MIRI) Murray Shanahan (Imperial College) | Overcoming Planning Biases (workshop) Room 6 with Duncan Sabien This workshop teaches CFAR's technique for iteratively improving your plans. | Why Doctors Don't Do Much Good, and How You Can Do More East school Speaker: Gregory Lewis Abbie Taylor | |||||||||||
23 | 15:00 | Collaboration session | |||||||||||||
24 | 15:40 | Talk Duo East school Look, Leap, or Retreat? Amanda Askell (New York University) The Younger Sibling Fallacy Stefan Schubert (Special Projects Division, Centre for Effective Altruism) | Talk Duo South school Why Founding Startups is High Impact Matt Clifford (Entrepreneur First) David Goldberg Q&A David Goldberg (Founder's Pledge) Will MacAskill | Careers in Technical AI Safety (workshop) Room 7 Owain Evans (Future of Humanity Institute) Jan Leike (Future of Humanity Institute) | |||||||||||
25 | 16:40 | Collaboration session | |||||||||||||
26 | 17:20 | Talk Duo East school Classification of Existential Risks Shahar Avin (Centre for the Study of Existential Risk) Human Enhancement Prioritisation Anders Sandberg (Future of Humanity Institute) | Talk Series South school Lessons from Starting Organisations Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh (Centre for Study of Existential Risk) Matt Clifford (Entrepreneur First) Michelle Hutchinson (Centre for Effective Altruism) David Goldberg (Founder's Pledge) Victoria Krakovna (Future of Life Institute) | Navigating Intellectual Disagreement (workshop) Room 6 Speaker: Duncan Sabien This workshop teaches CFAR's technique for resolving intellectual disagreement. | |||||||||||
27 | 18:20 | Dinner (Off Site) | |||||||||||||
28 | 20:00 | A Conversation on Cause Prioritisation Room 7 Moderator: Michael Page Speakers: Tara Mac Aulay Owen Cotton-Barratt | A Conversation on Motivation Room 9 Moderator: Jess Whittlestone Speakers: Will MacAskill Nate Soares Jon Courtney | A Conversation on Applied Rationality Room 6 Q&A with Duncan Sabien | |||||||||||
29 | 21:00 | Pub Discussions & Close The Future of EA with William MacAskill at All Bar One. EA and Cause Prioritisation with Stefan Schubert at The Cape of Good Hope EA and AI Research with Jan Leike and Jelena Luketina at Cow and Creek The Impact of Medicine with Gregory Lewis at Angel and Greyhound EA and animals with Max Daniel at The Lighthouse EA and AI Organisations with Nate Soares and Niel Bowerman at The Royal Blenheim EA and Students at The Wig and Pen EA and Academia with Michelle Hutchinson at The Crown EA and Entrepreneurship with Michael Peyton-Jones and Richard Batty at The Old Tom | |||||||||||||
30 | SUNDAY | ||||||||||||||
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32 | Times | Prioritisation | Execution | Community Sessions | |||||||||||
33 | 08:30 | Open | |||||||||||||
34 | 09:00 | Talk Duo East school History of International Development Max Roser (Our World in Data) International Development in the Information Age Alena Stern (AidData) | Overcoming Planning Biases (workshop) Room 6 with Duncan Sabien | Careers in Effective Animal Activism (workshop) Room 7 by Natalie Cargill | Founding a High Impact Startup (workshop) Room 9 by Richard Batty and Michael Peyton-Jones (The Good Technology Project) | ||||||||||
35 | 10:00 | Short Break | |||||||||||||
36 | 10:20 | Using and Understanding Big Data East school Moderator: Sam Deere Speakers: Max Roser Alena Stern Anish Mohammed | Organisation Updates South school Organisations: CEA, FHI, MIRI, 80,000 Hours, EAF, Sentience Politics, CFAR, CSER | Careers in Tech and Entrepreneurship (workshop) Room 7 by Ben Clifford | Careers in Politics (workshop) Room 9 by Richard Parr | ||||||||||
37 | 11:20 | Collaboration session | |||||||||||||
38 | 12:00 | Talk Duo South school What Do People Think of Utilitarians? Molly Crockett (University of Oxford) Power-Laws and Extreme Events Anders Sandberg | Addressing the world’s most intractable problems with AI East school Sean Legassick (Google DeepMind) | Navigating Intellectual Disagreement (workshop) Room 6 Duncan Sabien This workshop teaches CFAR's technique for resolving intellectual disagreement. | |||||||||||
39 | 13:00 | Conference Photograph (Outside) | |||||||||||||
40 | 13:30 | Lunch (On Site) | |||||||||||||
41 | 14:30 | The Non-Identity Problem East school Derek Parfit (All Souls College, Oxford) | Long-Lasting Policy Change (South school) Moderator: Seb Farquhar (Global Priorities Project) Panel: Theo Talbot (Center for Global Development) Richard Parr Pia MacRae (Oxford Policy Management) | Talk Duo Room 7 An Overview of Animal Activism in the UK Toni Shephard (Animal Equality UK) Does Helping Animals Improve the Far Future? Max Daniel (Sentience Politics) | Navigating Intellectual Disagreement (workshop) Room 6 Duncan Sabien This workshop teaches CFAR's technique for resolving intellectual disagreement. | ||||||||||
42 | 15:30 | Collaboration session | |||||||||||||
43 | 16:00 | Expanding the Circle: The Next Step East school Moderator: Sim Dhaliwal Panel: Diana Fleischman Anders Sandberg Natalie Cargill Toni Shephard | Trigger-Action Planning: Building Blocks of Behaviour Change (workshop) Room 6 by Duncan Sabien | Community Talks Room 7 | Logical Inductors: Progress in AI Alignment Room 9 by Nate Soares | ||||||||||
44 | 16:50 | Collaboration session | |||||||||||||
45 | 17:30 | Figuring Out Where and How to Donate (workshop) Room 6 with Tara MacAulay | Tools to Change Your Mind East school Moderator: Duncan Sabien Panel: Gregory Lewis Amanda Askell TBA | Careers in X-Risk Beyond Research (workshop) Room 7 by Niel Bowerman and Kyle Scott (Future of Humanity Institute) | |||||||||||
46 | 18:30 | Break | |||||||||||||
47 | 18:45 | Closing Session South school | |||||||||||||
48 | 19:15 | Dinner (Offsite) | |||||||||||||
49 | 21:00 | Afterparty at The Varsity Club (venue open from 20:00; party starts at 21:00; levels 1 and 2 are private to us and there is a public rooftop bar) | |||||||||||||
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