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EA Global 2016

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9:00am PDT

Flowthrough Effects 2. Pauley Ballroom EastRob Wiblin Helping Animals with Morality or Technology? 4. Senate ChambersTobias Leenaert Risks and Benefits of Advanced AI 1. Zellerbach HallRiva-Melissa Tez • Dario Amodei • Daniel Dewey • Dileep George • Toby Ord • Max Tegmark Applied Forecasting: Improving Organisational Decision Making 7. Bay ViewBen Goldhaber Building a local EA community 5. Tilden RoomSydney Martin High Frequency EA Pitching 6. MandroneChris Cundy

9:20am PDT

Affecting the Far Future with Animal Causes 4. Senate ChambersAdriano Mannino

9:40am PDT

Upstream Altruism: applying EA principles to early-stage action 4. Senate ChambersChristine Peterson Basic Income: The GiveDirectly Experiment 2. Pauley Ballroom EastSam Deere • Ian Bassin

10:20am PDT

Research Meeting: Lightning talks 4. Senate Chambers Aggregating Knowledge 2. Pauley Ballroom EastTara Mac Aulay • Amanda Askell • Sarah Constantin • Julia Galef • Heidi McAnnally-Linz Creating Effective Policies 1. Zellerbach HallGenya Dana • Seb Farquhar • Tom Kalil • Rajesh Mirchandani Open Philanthropy Project Q&A 5. Tilden RoomNick Beckstead Scalable Solutions to Mental Health 7. Bay ViewEric Gastfriend Lessons from Convergence Models I - Side effects of research and ensuring your project is net good n. Eshleman Hall - Room 338Justin Shovelain • Andrew Stewart Presentation and Q&A about FP k. Eshleman Hall - Room 212Neil Jansen 80,000 Hours - Speed coaching 6. MandroneBen Todd

11:00am PDT

Concrete Problems in AI Safety 4. Senate ChambersChristopher Olah Office Hours: Center for Effective Global Action j. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 10Kelsey Mulcahy

11:20am PDT

CEA Philanthropic Advising g. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 7Hauke Hillebrandt

12:00pm PDT

Opportunities in Science & Technology Policy 2. Pauley Ballroom EastRoxanne Heston • Tom Kalil CEA Research and the Institute for Effective Altruism 4. Senate ChambersMichelle Hutchinson • Stefan Schubert Rethinking Meat and the End of Factory Farming 1. Zellerbach HallClaire Zabel • Lewis Bollard • Isha Datar • Bruce Friedrich • Tobias Leenaert • Alison Smith Introduction to Explicit Model-building 7. Bay ViewEmily Crotteau Trigger Action Plans 5. Tilden RoomDuncan Sabien Applying an automated impact score to your top charities l. Eshleman Hall - Room 310Angela Campbell Lessons from Convergence Models II - Constructing life plans for maximizing good n. Eshleman Hall - Room 338Justin Shovelain • Andrew Stewart

12:40pm PDT

Government Driven Science & Technology 2. Pauley Ballroom EastJason Matheny

1:00pm PDT

Lunch 8. Lower Sproul Careers in Politics and Policy with Richard Parr, former Special Advisor to Prime Minister David Cameron i. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 9Richard Parr Office Hours: MIRI Researcher h. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 8Scott Garrabrant • Jessica Taylor

1:20pm PDT

Office Hours: SCI g. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 7Najwa al abdallah • Eric Rogstad • Kate Fantaguzzi • Alan Fenwick • Wendy Harrisson

1:40pm PDT

Office Hours: Centre for Effective Altruism f. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 6Will MacAskill

2:00pm PDT

Office Hours: Institute for EA e. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 5Michelle Hutchinson

2:20pm PDT

Office Hours: CFAR g. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 7Duncan Sabien Data-driven movement building panel 2. Pauley Ballroom EastTara Mac Aulay • Sam Deere • Alexandre Sevigny • Ken Strasma • Brett Thalmann • Chris Wylie Forecasting and Predictions 1. Zellerbach HallJulia Galef • Owen Cotton Barratt • Robin Hanson • Jason Matheny Lightning Talks II 4. Senate ChambersSam Bankman-Fried • Tee Barnett • Dave Doody 80,000 Hours - Take Action on Your Plan 6. MandroneBen Todd Animal Charity Evaluators Intervention Research Workshop 7. Bay ViewJacy Reese • Allison Smith Navigating intellectual disagreement II 5. Tilden RoomMcKenzi Amodei

3:00pm PDT

Office Hours for GPP, CSER & CEA policy work j. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 10Seb Farquhar

4:00pm PDT

Past, Present and Future of EA 1. Zellerbach HallTara Mac Aulay • Michael Page • Kerry Vaughan Leveraging evidence to shape government policy and programs at scale 2. Pauley Ballroom EastVivian Bronsoler • Rachel Glennerster • Gautam Patel Meat alternatives Q&A 4. Senate ChambersGilonne d'Origny • Tim Geistlinger • Uma Valeti • Oliver Zahn Comparing Causes 5. Tilden RoomOwen Cotton Barratt Fermi Modeling 7. Bay ViewEli Tyre How to develop new hypotheses 6. MandroneGeoff Anders Meta-Ethics Discussion Group k. Eshleman Hall - Room 212 Office Hours: Envision f. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 6Luca Rade 80K Speed Coaching n. Eshleman Hall - Room 338 80K Speed Coaching p. Eshleman Hall - Room 250 80K Speed Coaching o. Eshleman Hall - Room 350 Office Hours: Leverage Research h. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 8Emily Crotteau Office Hours: Leverage Research h. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 8Emily Crotteau Office Hours: Paradigm Academy i. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 9Geoff Anders • Nevin Freeman • Miya Perry

4:20pm PDT

Office Hours: Feedback on EA.org g. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 7James Snowden

5:00pm PDT

Biomedical Research m. Eshleman Hall - Room 318Stephen Frey Democracy, liberty and decentralization tech e.g. Bitcoin l. Eshleman Hall - Room 310Vienna Effective Outreach Strategies for EAs k. Eshleman Hall - Room 212Gleb Tsipursky Office Hours: 80,000 Hours Donor Q&A j. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 10

5:40pm PDT

From Behavioral Economics to Public Policy 1. Zellerbach HallCass Sunstein Predicting the Future of Technology 4. Senate ChambersRobin Hanson Career ideas brainstorming session 6. MandroneNick Beckstead Hacking college: How to optimize university to get valuable skills 7. Bay ViewJordan Alexander Strategy for the long-run 5. Tilden RoomOwen Cotton Barratt

6:00pm PDT

Office Hours: Signal Data Science Bootcamp g. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 7 Office Hours: Leverage Research (open) h. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 8Emily Crotteau Office Hours: Paradigm Academy (open) i. Pauley Ballroom West - Table 9Geoff Anders • Nevin Freeman

6:20pm PDT

Cass Sunstein Q&A 1. Zellerbach HallJulia Galef • Cass Sunstein

7:20pm PDT

Closing Talk 1. Zellerbach HallWill MacAskill

8:00pm PDT

Closing Photo 1. Zellerbach Hall