Effective Altruism Global
When:
Saturday, Apr 30, 2016 12:30p -
8:00p
Saturday, Apr 30, 2016 12:30p -
8:00p
Where:
MIT
2 Amherst Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
Admission:
$20
Categories:
Business, Food, Innovation, Lectures & Conferences, Social Good, University
Event website:
http://www.eagxboston.com/
Effective Altruism Global X Boston 2016 conference will feature talks, panels, and networking opportunities for anyone interested in doing the most good possible with the resources available. If you've never heard of it before, effective altruism is a social movement based around one simple question: “How can I do the most good?”
This conference brings together a who's who of researchers, thought-leaders, and the world's leading charities including:
Dean Karlan (Yale, Innovations for Poverty Action)
Joshua Greene (Harvard, Moral Cognition Lab)
Rachel Glennerster (MIT, J-PAL)
Piali Mukhopadhyay (GiveDirectly)
Bruce Friedrich (The Good Food Institute)
Julia Wise (The Centre for Effective Altruism)
Ian Ross (Hampton Creek, Facebook)
Allison Smith (Animal Charity Evaluators)
Elizabeth Pearce (Boston University, Iodine Global Network)
Cher-Wen DeWitt (One Acre Fund)
Rhonda Zapatka (Trickle Up)
Elijah Goldberg (ImpactMatters)
Jason Ketola (MaxMind)
Lucia Sanchez (Innovations for Poverty Action)
Sharon Nunez Gough (Animal Equality)
Bruce Friedrich (The Good Food Institute, New Crop Capital)
Jon Camp (The Humane League)
Victoria Krakovna (Harvard, Future of Life Institute)
Eric Gastfriend (Harvard Business School EA, FLI, and formerly 80,000 Hours)
Dillon Bowen (Tufts EA, formerly 80,000 Hours and Giving What We Can)
Jason Trigg (earning-to-give at a startup and formerly as a hedge fund quant)
and more
