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This conference homepage is tangentially relevant to AI safety through its focus on technological progress and long-term human flourishing; the broader Roots of Progress community occasionally engages with AI governance and existential risk topics.
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The Progress Conference is an event organized by the Roots of Progress, focused on the philosophy and history of progress, technological advancement, and the future of human flourishing. It brings together thinkers, entrepreneurs, and researchers to discuss how to sustain and accelerate beneficial progress. The conference is part of the broader 'progress studies' and 'techno-optimism' intellectual movement.
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- •Organized by Roots of Progress, a nonprofit dedicated to understanding and promoting human progress
- •Gathers thinkers, writers, entrepreneurs, and researchers interested in the philosophy and history of technology and progress
- •Part of the broader 'progress studies' movement that examines why progress happens and how to accelerate it
- •Relevant to AI safety insofar as it engages with how transformative technologies like AI fit into long-run human flourishing
- •Reflects a techno-optimist intellectual community that intersects with some effective altruism and longtermist circles
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**Progress Conference 2026: Oct 8–11, Berkeley CA**
More details in April. [Sign up to get updates](https://rootsofprogress.org/subscribe/)
The Roots of Progress Institute
# Progress Conference 2026
### A four day event to connect people & ideas in the progress movement
### Meet great people • Catalyze new projects • Share ideas • Be energized & inspired
**In partnership with:**
## Progress Conference 2026 Overview
### October 8–11, in Berkeley, California
**LOCATION:** We're back for a third year at the beautiful Lighthaven Campus.
**FOUR DAYS:** The main two-day conference will happen all day Friday and Saturday, similar to 2025. Thursday and Sunday will be optional add-on days, with factory tours, interest group events, and other activities.
**SPEAKERS:** An initial group of speakers will be announced by April. You can see the 2025 speakers below.
**ACCESS:** This is again an invitation-only event, with ~400 guests. Save-the-date messages for invited guests are going out by early March. Tickets will be available for purchase by invited guests in April; at that time we'll also have an open application period, during which anyone can apply for a ticket.
[**Sign up to get updates**](https://rootsofprogress.org/subscribe/)
**Past event: Progress Conference 2025 information below**
The Roots of Progress Institute
# Progress Conference 2025
### The second annual progress conference was energizing and inspiring.
Over 350 people came together in Berkeley, CA to discuss ideas. Many people again said this was the best conference they ever attended. The annual progress conference is becoming a main event for the progress community.
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**Sponsored by:**
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