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Background reference on the EA Global conference series, useful for understanding community coordination infrastructure around AI safety and existential risk, though not a primary technical or policy resource.
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Wikipedia article covering Effective Altruism Global, the flagship conference series organized by the Centre for Effective Altruism. The conferences bring together researchers, practitioners, and donors focused on high-impact cause areas including AI safety and existential risk. EAG serves as a key networking and coordination hub for the EA and AI safety communities.
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- •EAG is an annual conference series organized by the Centre for Effective Altruism, held in multiple cities including San Francisco, London, and Boston.
- •The conferences focus on high-impact cause areas such as AI safety, global health, biosecurity, and existential risk reduction.
- •EAG serves as a major coordination and networking event for researchers and practitioners in the AI safety and EA communities.
- •Attendance is application-based, targeting those already engaged with effective altruism principles rather than general public outreach.
- •The event has grown significantly since its founding, reflecting the broader growth of the EA and AI safety movements.
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# Effective Altruism Global
Effective Altruism Global
Annual philanthropy events
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crowd_at_EA_Global_London_2023.jpg) Crowd at the EA Global: London event in 2023
**Effective Altruism Global**, abbreviated **EA Global** or **EAG**, is a series of annual [philanthropy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropy "Philanthropy") events that focus on the [effective altruism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism "Effective altruism") movement.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_Altruism_Global#cite_note-cea1-1) They are organised by the [Centre for Effective Altruism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Effective_Altruism "Centre for Effective Altruism").[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_Altruism_Global#cite_note-aboutpage-2)
## History
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The first Effective Altruism Summit was hosted in 2013.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_Altruism_Global#cite_note-3)\[ _[bettersourceneeded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS "Wikipedia:NOTRS")_\]
In 2015, there were three main EA Global events. The largest was a three-day conference that took place on the [Google](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google "Google") campus in [Mountain View, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_View,_California "Mountain View, California"), with speakers including entrepreneur [Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk "Elon Musk"), computer scientist [Stuart J. Russell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_J._Russell "Stuart J. Russell"), and Oxford philosophy professor [William MacAskill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MacAskill "William MacAskill"). There were also conferences in [Oxford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford "Oxford") and [Melbourne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne "Melbourne"). According to MacAskill, the nature of the conferences improved coordination and ideological diversity within effective altruism. Talks included subjects such as [global poverty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_poverty "Global poverty"), [animal advocacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rights_movement "Animal rights movement"), cause prioritization research, and policy change. There were also workshops on career choice, Q&A sessions, and panels on running local effective altruism chapters.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_Altruism_Global#cite_note-huffpo1-4)
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