The Overhang Forecasting Conference
The Overhang is a two-day conference for forecasters, rationalists, futurists, and optimists! Join us for programmed talks, relaxed breakout sessions, and community-driven unconference space throughout the weekend.
Who we are: Sparrow Institute is our new nonprofit building a bridge between the San Francisco Bay and Washington DC. We’re hosting this to ask our community of forecasting enthusiasts, at the outset of great social change, what does Washington DC need to know and how can we help communicate this?
We hope you’ll join us for a weekend of intense discussions, crazy shenanigans, and joy! We hope some moonshots come out of this weekend’s convergence.
Speakers:
Peter Wildeford - Head of Policy, AI Policy Network
Max Spero - CEO of Pangram
Molly Hickman - Technical Research Manager, Metaculus
Stephen Grugett - Cofounder & CEO, MNX and Manifold Markets
Dave Kasten - Head of Policy, Palisade Research
Zack Devlin-Foltz - Research Manager, Forecasting Research Institute
Asha Saavoss - Senior Advisor on Artificial Intelligence, CBO
With many more sessions, talks, and workshops from our unconference participants.
Schedule:
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM Sunday
Break for off-site dinner
7:30 PM Sunday - Afterparty at a private home nearby
The main stage will be programmed in advance with invited speakers, panels, and some fun interactive sessions reprising from Manifest in Berkeley. The breakout rooms will use the unconference playbook: open for all attendees to pitch and run their own side talks, sessions, and games. The schedule will open for unconference bookings roughly a week out.
Your ticket includes:
access to the conference,
lunch and dinner Saturday,
lunch Sunday,
beverages throughout,
and an afterparty Sunday evening.
Last year’s Manifest x DC was bursting at the seams. This year’s event is two days, with three times the capacity.
Location is the American Geophysical Union's Conference Center, near Dupont Circle in Washington, DC.
Attribution: All participants are bound by Chatham House Rules — you may not attribute statements to participants unless that participant affirmatively opts into an on-the-record discussion.
Media policy: Sessions may be recorded with the ongoing consent of onscreen participants. Participants may share photos from the conference — use normal courtesy. Journalists and bloggers are welcome to attend in their personal capacity. Press passes will not be provided.
Come join us at The Overhang — the view’s nice from here.
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(just don’t look down)