Effective Altruism Canada presents EAGxToronto, Aug 16-18


LOCATION: InterContinental Toronto Centre, Canada

Join us for Canada’s first-ever national effective altruism conference!

EAGxToronto is an effective altruism conference organized especially for EA communities in Canada, but we welcome our friends from all over.

The conference will provide networking opportunities, workshops, presentations, small group gatherings, and more, to approximately 400 attendees dedicated to addressing some of the world’s greatest challenges. You can find more details on the EAGxToronto event listing on EA Global’s website.

Apply by Aug 12
  • Default ticket price: Only £100 for a three-day event, collected by EA Global.
  • Discounts: To make sure EAGxToronto is accessible for people with different budgets, you can select from a range of ticket price options during checkout or request a complimentary ticket if you need one
  • Travel support is available, see the website for more information

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

Career Opportunity Fair

This event offers a unique chance to explore diverse career paths that align with your passion for making a positive impact. Engage with a variety of potential employers in a relaxed, informal setting. This is your opportunity to:

  • Connect: Build relationships with organizations that match your skills and interests.
  • Learn: Gain insights into different roles and industries that prioritize social good.
  • Practice: Enhance your interview skills in a supportive environment.
  • Network: Develop valuable contacts that could open doors to future opportunities.

Join us and potentially discover opportunities tailor-made for someone with your unique talents and aspirations.

Organizations you’ll have the chance to meet include:

  • 80,000 Hours
  • ALLFED
  • Animal Justice
  • Centre for Effective Altruism
  • Epoch AI
  • FAR AI
  • Magnify Mentoring
  • RC Forward
  • Reimagine Agriculture
  • And more!

AI Safety

  • Darren McKee, Author, Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the World:  “Making AI risk accessible with compelling analogies”
  • Philip Chen, Lionheart VC: “AI’s Societal Risk: Forecasting AI Scenarios” workshop
  • Roger Grosse, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, and founding member of the Vector Institute
  • William Saunders, Former OpenAI Engineer: “Why I’m excited about progress in interpretability research”
  • Wyatt Tessari L’Allié, Founder/Executive Director, AI Governance and Safety Canada: “Fireside chat on AI governance in Canada”

Animal welfare

  • Allison Penner,  Executive Director, Reimagine Agriculture. “Advancing food systems change in Canada”
  • Camille Labchuk, Executive Director, Animal Justice. “Animal cruelty cover-up: The rise & fall of Canadian ag gag laws”
  • Kyle Johannsen, Sessional Faculty Member, Trent University. “Wild and farmed animal welfare: Connections, conflicts, and comparisons”
  • PJ Nyman, Corporate Engagement, Mercy For Animals Canada. “Animal welfare as a corporate governance Issue: How Canadian food companies are performing on their ESG commitments”
  • Stien van der Ploeg, Executive Director, Animal Charity Evaluators. “Challenges in finding the most effective ways to help animals”

Effective careers

  • Matt Reardon, 80,000 Hours: “Meeting the exceptional talent demands of direct work”
  • J.T. Stanley, Co-founder, Concentric Policies, and Ambitious Impact Charity Entrepreneurship incubation program participant. “Searching for the bednets of policy interventions”
  • Victoria DeRooy, Charity Executive Director and AIM-Charity Entrepreneurship incubation program participant. “AIMing for impact: Charity founding and more”
  • Vaishnav Sunil, Lead, 1-on-1 Advising, Probably Good. Career Workshop

Effective giving

  • Aman Banwait, CEO, Principal Advisor, Village Financial. “Effective financial planning for giving”
  • James Raynor, Head of Community, Giving What We Can. “10,000th 10% giving pledge in 2024?”
  • Bob Fischer, Senior Research Manager, Rethink Priorities. “Giving portfolios under moral uncertainty”

Global health

  • Jake Eberts, Communications Director, 1Day Sooner, “Getting sick so others don’t”
  • Andrew Pavao, Director of Business Development, Nutrition International. “Vitamin A​ Supplementation:​ Giving kids a​ fighting chance for a very low cost​”
  • Dr. Leah Utyasheva, Policy Director, Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention “Regulations that save lives: Practical and policy experience from the Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention”

Building effective relationships

  • Misha Glouberman. Consultant and Coach. Workshop on improving your network through difficult conversations
  • Naryan Wong, Complexity Consultant, Cultivating Leadership. “Workshop: Mapping the EA Canada Network”

Determining effectiveness 

  • Eva Vivalt, Director of the Global Priorities Institute. “The evidence-to-policy pipeline”
  • Michael Lenczner: CEO, DARO. “The misalignment of incentives with evidence Use in the nonprofit sector”

AND MORE!

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