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EA Global 2016

Anna Sato

ZS Associates
Business Analyst
Greater New York City Area

2:00pm PDT

Opening reception 2. Pauley Ballroom East

2:40pm PDT

80,000 Hours Career Workshop 5. Tilden RoomPeter McIntyre • Rob Wiblin

3:00pm PDT

How to change your mind 6. MandroneMiya Perry

4:40pm PDT

Corporate Activism: Discussion Session 7. Bay ViewGeorge Howlett Navigating intellectual disagreement I 6. MandroneMcKenzi Amodei

6:20pm PDT

Planning Under Uncertainty 7. Bay ViewStephen Frey Tactics and Strategies for Cooperative Conversation 6. MandroneTvsi Benson

7:20pm PDT

Opening announcement 2. Pauley Ballroom East

7:40pm PDT

EA Origin Stories 6. Mandrone Academic Poster Q&A 2. Pauley Ballroom East

9:00am PDT

Coffee & Snacks 1. Zellerbach Hall

10:00am PDT

Opening Keynote 1. Zellerbach HallWill MacAskill

11:40am PDT

Career choice panel: research, policy or earning to give? 2. Pauley Ballroom EastMaria-Veronica Rojas • Jeff Kaufmann • Richard Parr • Rob Wiblin Opening: Philanthropy and technology 1. Zellerbach HallJaan Tallinn (Remote) 80,000 Hours - What's the most pressing problem in the world? 6. MandroneBen Todd

12:40pm PDT

Lunch 8. Lower Sproul

2:20pm PDT

Big Data & Machine Learning in Public Policy 4. Senate ChambersJosh Blumenstock • Solomon Hsiang 80,000 Hours - What's the highest impact career? 6. MandroneBen Todd MIRI - Using machine learning to address AI risk 7. Bay ViewJessica Taylor Prioritisation frameworks 5. Tilden RoomOwen Cotton Barratt Are scientists responsible enough? 2. Pauley Ballroom EastMartin Rees

4:00pm PDT

Infinite ethics 4. Senate ChambersAmanda Askell Beyond Malaria 1. Zellerbach HallGenya Dana • Kevin Esvelt MIRI - Logical Induction: Progress in AI Alignment 7. Bay ViewAndrew Critch

4:20pm PDT

Earning Influence with Thought Leaders 4. Senate ChambersJohn Chisholm

4:40pm PDT

Communicating Research 4. Senate ChambersHeidi McAnnally-Linz How much evidence is enough? 2. Pauley Ballroom EastMichael Kremer

5:40pm PDT

Virtue-signaling: From evolved trait-display to conspicuously effective altruism 4. Senate ChambersGeoffrey Miller Navigating intellectual disagreement III 5. Tilden RoomMcKenzi Amodei Opening: The end of poverty 2. Pauley Ballroom EastPeter Singer (Remote)

6:00pm PDT

The End of Poverty 2. Pauley Ballroom EastJeff Brown • Anne Healy • Svetha Janumpalli • Rajesh Mirchandani • Timothy Telleen-Lawton

6:20pm PDT

Coordinating for a Stronger Community 4. Senate ChambersJulia Wise

8:00pm PDT

Hamming Circles 5. Tilden RoomDuncan Sabien Three $300,000 Decisions 6. MandroneAndrew Eschler

9:20pm PDT

Mindfulness Meditation for Effective Altruists 7. Bay ViewJoseph Carlsmith Origin stories II 6. Mandrone

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

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

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 Scalable Solutions to Mental Health 7. Bay ViewEric Gastfriend

11:00am PDT

Concrete Problems in AI Safety 4. Senate ChambersChristopher Olah

12:00pm PDT

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

12:40pm PDT

Government Driven Science & Technology 2. Pauley Ballroom EastJason Matheny

1:00pm PDT

Lunch 8. Lower Sproul

2:20pm PDT

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 Animal Charity Evaluators Intervention Research Workshop 7. Bay ViewJacy Reese • Allison Smith Navigating intellectual disagreement II 5. Tilden RoomMcKenzi Amodei

4:00pm PDT

Past, Present and Future of EA 1. Zellerbach HallTara Mac Aulay • Michael Page • Kerry Vaughan Fermi Modeling 7. Bay ViewEli Tyre How to develop new hypotheses 6. MandroneGeoff Anders

5:40pm PDT

From Behavioral Economics to Public Policy 1. Zellerbach HallCass Sunstein

6:20pm PDT

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

7:20pm PDT

Closing Talk 1. Zellerbach HallWill MacAskill