Upcoming EA conferences in 2024 and 2025

I'm curious about why the Nigeria and South Africa events are called Summits instead of EAGx – would you mind expanding on the reasoning there? What will be the difference between a Summit and an EAGx?

OllieRodriguez

Thanks Bryce!

Yes, we're testing out another tier of event with Summits. Summits are typically smaller, operate on a smaller budget, are often 1 day instead of 2–3 days and don't use CEA's application platforms. The idea here is that we can see if a location might be suitable for an EAGx event before we invest significant resources in supporting an EAGx.

We hope to share more about these events in a future post.

Bryce Robertson

Seems pretty reasonable – thanks!

Cathy Bogaart

So exciting to see so many NEW EA conferences (Nigeria, Cape Town, Bengaluru, and Toronto). I'm on EA Canada's EAGxToronto organizing team and I see how much work it is to organize these events. Looking forward to attending my first one Aug 16-18. Then maybe I will apply for Boston's EAG in Nov! Are there any concerns about nearby conferences cannibalizing each others' potential audiences? Is there a maximum number of conferences that we think will produce the most effective outcome? I'm interested to know how CEA thinks about these things.

OllieRodriguez

Thanks Cathy :)

Are there any concerns about nearby conferences cannibalizing each others' potential audiences?

Yes, this is something we're tracking. We try and coordinate the European conferences in particular so that there isn't too much overlap. Most others serve very large regions so I'm less worried about those.

Is there a maximum number of conferences that we think will produce the most effective outcome?

We don't have an answer to that but it's also something we're thinking about. We hope to run more EAGx events in the coming years, since a lot of people travel a long way to attend the nearest EAGx event, and the costs of that travel can sometimes exceed the costs of running another event. The bottlenecks are around our capacity to support more events and strong regional organising teams (please apply if you’re interested!). We aren't currently planning to run more than three EA Globals a year.

Adebayo Mubarak

There is no link for the application of the EA South Africa Summits in Cape Town.

Is that due to error or the registration is not open yet?

OllieRodriguez

Thanks, it wasn't open at the time I posted this, but I've added the link now.

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EAGx

EAGxToronto | August 16–18 | InterContinental Toronto Centre | application deadline just extended, they now close August 12

EAGxBerkeley | September 7–8 | Lighthaven | applications close August 20

EA Nigeria Summit | September 6–7 | Chida Event Center, Abuja

EAGxBerlin | September 13–15 | Urania, Berlin | applications close August 24

EA South Africa Summit | October 5 | Cape Town

EAGxIndia | October 19–20 | Conrad Bengaluru | applications close October 5

EAGxAustralasia | November 22–24 | Aerial UTS, Sydney | applications open

EAGxVirtual | November 15–17

EAGxSingapore | December 14–15 | Suntec Singapore

We’re aiming to launch applications for events later this year as soon as possible. Please go to the event page links above to apply. If you'd like to add EAG(x) events directly to your Google Calendar, use this link.

Some notes on these conferences

EA Global conferences are run in-house by the CEA events team, whereas EAGx conferences (and EA summits) are organised independently by members of the EA community with financial support and mentoring from CEA.

EAGs have a high bar for admission and are for people who are very familiar with EA and are taking significant actions (e.g. full-time work or study) based on EA ideas.

Admissions for EAGx conferences and EA Summits are processed independently by the organizers. These events are primarily for those who are newer to EA and interested in getting more involved.

Please apply to all conferences you wish to attend—we would rather get too many applications for some conferences and recommend that applicants attend a different one than miss out on potential applicants to a conference.

We offer travel support to help attendees who are approved for an event but who can’t afford to travel. You can apply for travel support as you submit your application. Travel support funds are limited (though will vary by event), and we can only accommodate a small number of requests.

Find more info on our website.

Feel free to email [email protected] with any questions, or comment below. You can contact EAGx organisers using the format [location]@eaglobalx.org (e.g. [email protected] and [email protected]).