The Compassionate Future Initiative is organising a 2025 Compassionate Future Summit from 21-25 August, with support from CLR, CRS, EA Funds and EA Germany. The Summit is a participant-driven working and community weekend for about 40 ambitious international attendees and project representatives eager to reduce and prevent suffering long term.
We seek to build on the success of the 2019 Suffering Focused Ethics (SFE) retreat in Switzerland. The primary goal is to attract and nurture talent committed to fostering a more compassionate future. Representatives from a range of international EA-aligned organisations will be invited to inspire the development of high-impact projects and career pathways.
Programme and Focus Areas
The non-hierarchical program will include content contributions from all participants, focusing on long-termist perspectives on:
- Global Health and Wellbeing - From a Sentientist Perspective
- Global Peace and Conflict Resolution Strategies
- (Farmed and Wild) Animal Rights and Wellbeing
- Moral Philosophy and Moral Psychology specific to SFE
- Artificial Intelligence - Risks, Opportunities and Interventions
Accommodation and Catering
Participants will enjoy all-vegan full-board catering and accommodation in bungalows with shared rooms ranging from double to 6-bed dormitories.
The bungalow village is located in the southeast of Berlin, with 200 metres walking distance from the Licht-und Luftbad Müggelsee tram stop. Set within a protected natural area, it offers direct access to the shores of Lake Müggelsee.
Apply nowWe will be reaching out directly to project experts and collaborators to invite them to the event. However, we also encourage you to contact us if you would like to present your own project or if there are specific individuals or organisations you would like to see represented. Please feel free to reach us at compassionate.future [at] gmail.com.
If successful, we plan to organise this Summit annually, each time on a different continent, to increase global connections and progress.
Please contact us, if you have any questions or like to support us: compassionate.future [at] gmail.com.