EAGxAustralia 2016 Effective Altruism Australia Conference EAGxAustralia is a community-organised conference which When: 22 July (7:30pm - 9:30pm) aims to promote reason and evidence in determining the 23-24 July (8:30am - 6:00pm) most effective ways to improve the world. Where: Deloitte, 550 Bourke Street Melbourne Price: $195 full, $95 concession (incl. lunch) EAGxAustralia is Australia’s largest meeting of Registration closes Friday 15 July. philanthropists, scientists, economists and philosophers, and part of a series EA Global events coordinated by the Centre For tickets and more info visit: for Effective Altruism at Oxford University. conference.effectivealtruism.org.au KEYNOTE SPEAKERS PROF PETER SINGER Peter Singer is one of the world’s leading moral philosophers and a Professor of Bioethics, founder of the effective altruism movement. He has written or edited Princeton University over 40 books on topics ranging from altruism, bioethics, animal Laureate Professor, liberation, and the environment, including the The Life You Can Save University of Melbourne (Random House, 2009) and The Most Good You Can Do (Yale, 2015). ROB WIBLIN Rob Wiblin is the Director of Research at 80,000 Hours and Executive Director of Research, Direct of the Centre for Effective Altruism. He is also Secretary of the 80,000 Hours board of Animal Charity Evaluators and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community. PROF KERRY ARABENA Kerry Arabena is Chair for Indigenous Health and Director of the Chair for Indigenous Indigenous Health Equity Unit at The University of Melbourne. She is Health, University of Lead Investigator on the Australian Model of the First 1000 Days Study, Melbourne an interventions based pre-birth cohort study designed with and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. KIRSTEN ARMSTRONG Kirsten Armstrong is Global Lead of Development Effectiveness at The Global Lead of Fred Hollows Foundation. She has worked in more than 20 countries, Development supporting major health reforms in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Effectiveness, Fred Hollows Kong, and insurance system reforms in Russia, Estonia and Mongolia. Foundation Kirsten currently serves on ACFID’s Development Practice Committee. DR MEREDITH DOIG Meredith Doig currently serves as President of the Rationalist Society of President, Rationalist Australia and is a professional company director and governance Society of Australia consultant. Meredith has been a long-time community activist, lobbying on topics ranging from tax and industry development to social equity and corporate governance. DR EVA VIVALT Eva Vivalt is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at Australian National Lecturer (Assistant University and the founder of AidGrade. She has previously worked in Professor) in Economics at the World Bank’s Development Economics Research Group and the UN Australian National Development Program. Her research focuses on improving evidence- University based policy decisions. PROF STEPHEN HOWES Stephen Howes is a Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Professor of Economics at Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU). He is Director the Australian National of the Development Policy Centre and in 2011 was a member of University Australia’s Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness. Prior to joining the ANU in 2009, Stephen was Chief Economist at the Australian Agency for International Development. EAGx Australia 2016 page 1 DRAFT PROGRAMME A final programme will be released closer to the event. Friday 22 July Time Speakers Venue Prof Peter Singer 7:30 PM Princeton University Dr Eva Vivalt What Matters Most? Melbourne City Stanford University Conference Centre Choosing a cause in a world of problems Rob Wiblin 333 Swanston St 80,000 Hours Kirsten Armstrong Public forum Fred Hollows Foundation Saturday 23 July Time Speakers Session Presentation Title Venue 8:30 AM Registration Ground Foyer 9:05 AM Introduction Conference Kickoff Getting the most out of this conference Talent/Culture Rooms Intro to Effective Altruism 9:30 AM Prof Peter Singer Foundations of Why do good? Princeton University Effective Altruism Dr Meredith Doig Why is rationality important to doing good? Talent/Culture Rooms Rationalist Society of Australia Rob Wiblin Flow through effects 80,000 Hours 10:25 AM Morning Tea D-Club Foyer 11:05 AM Dr Eva Vivalt Charity Evaluation Heterogeneity Talent/Culture Rooms Stanford University Kirsten Armstrong Evaluation at Fred Hollows Foundation Fred Hollows Foundation Prof Stephen Howes Foreign aid policy Australian National University 12:35 PM Lunch D-Club Foyer 1:45 PM Discussion Groups High Impact Careers Workshop (part 1) 80,000 Hours Breakout Rooms Criticisms of Effective Altruism Prof Peter Singer How to Start an EA Chapter Dr Peter Slattery EA Project Pitches More discussion groups TBA 3:05 PM Afternoon Tea D-Club Foyer 3:45 PM Jesse Marks Animal Welfare Animals Australia Talent/Culture Rooms Animals Australia 4:15 PM Prof Peter Singer Princeton University Dr Eva Vivalt Panel: Animal Rights in the 21st Century Stanford University Jesse Marks Animals Australia 4:55 PM Movement Building EA Initatives - Lightening talks Talent/Culture Rooms 5:25 PM TBA Conference Dinner EAGx Australia 2016 page 1page 2 CONTACTS Conference website: https://conference.effectivealtruism.org.au/ Conference Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/570306426475079/ Andrew Bird Conference Director [email protected] +61 432 927 213 Peter SimPson-Young Marketing Director [email protected] +61 435 566 558 .