EAGxAustralia 2023
Organising Committee 2023
Vanessa Sarre
Co-organiser
Program Lead
Epoch Capital
Software Engineer
James Fodor
Co-organiser
Operations Lead
The University of Melbourne
PhD Candidate
Bridget Loughhead
General Committee
Paperwork and Minutes and Evaluation and Metrics
Miles Tidmarsh
General Committee
Finances and Evaluation and Metrics
Statistically Speaking
Data Scientist
Sam Nolan
General Committee
EAM Liaison and Finances
EA Melbourne (EAM)
President
Annabel Luketic
Operations
Marketing Lead
Independent
Marketer
Joseph Small
Operations
Audiovisuals and Health and Safety
Independent
Researcher; EA Group Organiser
Liam Kirkpatrick
Operations
Marketing, Merchandising, and Website
Effective Altruism University of Melbourne
Treasurer
Rebecca Mayo
Operations
Ticketing and Attendee Liaison
Office of Senator Karen Grogan
Electorate Officer
Steven Deng
Operations
Ticketing and Attendee Liaison
EY
Electricity Market Modelling Consultant
Thomas Hendrey
Operations
Swapcard
Monash University
Teaching Associate
Zac Broeren
Operations
Catering
Effective Altruism University of Melbourne
President (2022-2023)
Ben Auer
Program
Venue
Effective Altruism University of Melbourne
President (2023-2024)
Elliot Teperman
Program
EAA Liaison, Evaluation and Metrics, and Program
Effective Altruism Australia
Head of Community
Farmed Animal Funders
Programs Contractor
Guillaume Mauboussin
Program
Timetable, Speaker Liaison, and Workshops
The Commons
Tech Delivery Lead
Kyle Johnson
Program
Timetable, Speaker Liaison, and Workshops
Paul Ramsay Foundation
Impact Analyst
Lucas Lewit-Mendes
Program
Timetable, Speaker Liaison, and Workshops
Department of Treasury and Finance
Economist
Michael Noetel
Program
Friday Keynote
The University of Queensland
Senior Lecturer
Effective Altruism Australia
Director and Chair
Ready Research
Co-founder
Naomi Murn
Program
Timetable, Speaker Liaison, and Workshops
Hicksons Lawyers
Solicitor
Will Horan
Program
Volunteer Liaison and MC Liaison
The University of Adelaide
Undergraduate
Speakers
- All
- AI Safety
- Animal Welfare
- EA Community
- Enviromentalism
- Global Health
- Philosophy
- Policy
- Other
Aidan Alexander
Charity Entrepreneurship
Director of Programs
Akhil Bansal
Schmidt Futures
High Impact Medicine
Co-founder and Chair of the Board
Alexander Saeri
Alexandria Rantino
Climate 200
Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Andrew Leigh
Australian Federal Government
Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury and Assistant Minister for Employment
Dr. Bidda Jones AM
Australian Alliance for Animals
Co-founder and Director of Strategy and Research
Carlita Bevege
Evidence Action
Associate Director of External Relations
Chelsea Liang
Good Ancestors Policy
Policy Researcher
Chetan Kharbanda
Ansh
Co-founder
Chris Watkins
Independent
Life Coach
Clare Harris
High Impact Medicine
Head of Monitoring & Evaluation
Spark Wave
Researcher
Dr. Daniel Epstein
The Long Game Project
Medical Doctor, Research, and Game Designer
Dr. Deborah Cao
Griffith University, Law Future Centre
Professor and leading scholar in Animal Law and Animal Ethics and Welfare in China
Dr. Dmitri Gallow
Australian Catholic University, Dianoia Institute of Philosophy
Senior Research Fellow
Elliot Teperman
Effective Altruism Australia
Head of Community
Farmed Animal Funders
Programs Contractor
Elina Christian
High Impact Medicine
Australia Coordinator
Grace Adams
Giving What We Can
Director of Marketing
Greg Sadler
Effective Altruism Australia
Secretary
Good Ancestors Project
Co-founder and Director
Ivan Burduk
Centre for Effective Altruism
Events Associate
Jack Hawke
Australia National University
Masters in Philosophy Student
Jack Rafferty
Giving Green
Manager of Climate Giving
Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP)
Co-founder
James Fodor
The University of Melbourne
PhD Candidate
Dr. Jed Goodfellow
Australian Alliance for Animals
Co-founder and Director of Policy
Jenna Ong
Insights for Impact
Co-creator
EA Canberra
Co-founder
Joe Walker
The Joe Walker Podcast
Host
Dr. Jonathan Leighton
Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering
Executive Director
Kevin Rassool
ALLFED
Researcher
Krystal Ha
Policy Foundry
Co-founder and Research Lead
Louise Pfeiffer
The Life You Can Save
Director of Philanthropy
Animal Justice Party
Vice-President
Lucie James
Cellular Agriculture Australia
Education Program Coordinator
Luke Freeman
Giving What We Can
Executive DirectorEffective Altruism AustraliaDirector of Philanthropy
Marcus Daniell
High Impact Athletes
Founder
Matthew Blyth
EA University of Melbourne
Education Director
Animal Ask
Research Volunteer
Center for AI Safety
Research Assistant
Dr. Marianne Hanson
University of Queensland
Associate Professor
ICAN
Board Member and Winner of 2017 Nobel Prize
Marianne Macdonald
Animals Aotearoa
Founder and Executive Director
Dr. Meg Good
Australian Alliance for Animals
Co-founder, Head of Campaigns and Legal Counsel
Dr. Michael Noetel
The University of Queensland
Senior Lecturer
Effective Altruism Australia
Director and Chair
Ready Research
Co-founder
Dr. Michael Dello Iacovo
Sentience Institute
Researcher & Strategy
Matthew Pryor
Nathan Sherburn
Good Ancestors Project
Co-founder and Director
Neil Ferro
Career Mentor
High Impact Recruitment
Co-founder
Dr. Pamela Robinson
Australian National University, Humanising Machine Intelligence
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ren Springlea
Animal Ask
Research Scientist
Rowan Stanley
Effective Altruism New Zealand
Chair and Operations Manager
Ryan Kidd
Sam Perkins
Cellular Agriculture Australia
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Simon Goldstein
Australian Catholic University, Dianoia Institute of Philosophy
Associate Professor
Simon Newstead
Better Bite Ventures
Co-founder
GoalsWon EA For Kids
Co-founder Co-founder
Sophie Gulliver
Independent
Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
Effective Altruism Global M&E Community
Co-coordinator
Tony Senanayake
Fortify Health
Chief Strategy Officer