Tl;dr: This weekend (15-17 November), we will broadcast 30+ hours of live EAGxVirtual 2024 speaker talks! Everyone, including those that aren’t registered for the conference, can watch. 

View the schedule and watch live here.

This is part of our goal of making content and opportunities accessible to the global EA community. 

The livestream is only a portion of the programming available to registered attendees. Full access includes 20+ office hours, 25+ meetups, workshops, and access to Swapcard networking with 1000+ attendees. Sign up to get notified about the next virtual conference. 
 

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In our announcement post, we explained why we are hosting a virtual event – to connect the global EA community. We’ll do this by providing access to EA content, the ability to meet others through Swapcard 1-on-1s and cause area/affinity group meetups, giving visibility to high-impact opportunities, and other unique programming.

In our update post, we shared a preview of the programming, highlighting a few speakers, the organisation fair, meetups, lightning talk session, and mentorship program. 

What we are excited about this weekend

Welcoming EA community members from 86 countries! 

• 27 people are the only ones who registered from their country, so this may be one of the best opportunities they have to engage with EA ideas and community. 
   

Seeing a record 100+ content sessions

• While in-person EAG events emphasize 1:1s, we are less certain this is the best focus for EAGxVirtual. Many attendees are newcomers to EA, so we’ve designed programming to help them start engaging with ideas and connect with their regional communities. We don’t have all the answers yet and hope to get some more in the coming weeks.   

Why we’re publicly livestreaming the talks

EAGxVirtual 2024 offered free registration, so it might seem like everyone interested would already be signed up.

We’ve actually received emails from attendees asking if they should attend. For every question we received, there are likely others who have the same doubts. Here are some hesitations that people have expressed: 

• They cannot commit to the entire weekend or confirm their schedule in advance
• Imposter syndrome/don’t feel qualified enough to attend
• Don’t want to take the place of others
• Uncertainty about the experience level/age of attendees
• Past online events didn’t meet expectations

We understand that people have different work and life circumstances. So in the interest of accessibility and transparency, we decided it was worthwhile to trial publicly streaming the live talk sessions. We welcome your feedback on this decision.

This does not provide access to the other portions of the conference, such as the virtual meetups, 1:1 booking function in Swapcard, or office hours. 

These livestreamed talk recordings will be instantly available on Swapcard after a session ends. 

What’s next after EAGxVirtual?

We hope that this is helping to seed conversations, collaborations, and new opportunities.

If you’ve attended this year’s conference, we encourage you to share your experience. It may help provide guidance or confidence to someone else in a similar situation. 

Sign up to get notified about the next virtual conference. 

Huge thanks to the EA Community for supporting us

Although the conference hasn’t officially started, we’re already so grateful to the local EA groups, partner organizations, volunteers, and community members making this weekend possible.

Here are a few screenshots of from EA Manchester, AE Brasil, EA Christians, and EA Hong Kong 💙