A month of free workspace, daily lunch, regular dinners, talks, and the company of people doing complementary high-impact work — all at Trajan House in Oxford.
A lot of important high-impact work happens in isolation, and people working on complementary problems don't always have a sustained environment to work productively and connect professionally. EAG London ends at the end of May — during the month of June we will be gathering people in Oxford, at Trajan House.
Trajan House is an office space in Oxford, which is the main base of Forethought and the Centre for Effective Altruism, and hosts staff from a variety of organisations including Coefficient Giving, Longview, 80,000 Hours and the Centre for the Governance of AI.
The goals of the gathering are:
To put those who are doing complementary work in AGI navigation in closer proximity to each other.
To provide an opportunity for the curious to test if they want to be a member of this space more durably.
To help us explore visions for the future of Trajan House.1
Interested already?
ApplyYou'll work from the building alongside other researchers and practitioners — your own projects, in your own time, with the option to book meeting rooms for conversations and collaborations as they come up.
There will be a programme of talks, discussions, and informal social events — presentations, discussion sessions from resident researchers, and social dinners. Expect roughly four to six organised touchpoints per week.
Resident organisations, attending organisations, and individual visitors will be invited to contribute to the programme.
Trajan House is a co-working space in central Oxford that has been supporting high-impact organisations and independent researchers since 2021. Around 50 people use the building on a typical day.
The space includes private offices, assigned and hot-desks, meeting rooms, common spaces, and daily catered lunch. It is managed by the Centre for Effective Altruism.
Oxford is an hour from London by train — close enough to stay connected, and quiet enough to think clearly.
The strongest-represented cause areas at Trajan House are AI macrostrategy (e.g. Forethought) and building effective altruism (e.g. CEA). We expect content and conversations will naturally be most focussed on these areas, and so people working in them may be most likely to get a lot out of visiting.
Forethought, which is supporting the gathering, also has a particular interest in building Trajan as a hub where people can come to zoom out and think about broad, strategic questions around how humanity can navigate an intelligence explosion.
We will have a limited number of spots available, and will be selecting for people who are best fit for making the gathering as impactful as possible.
You're welcome for the entire time or any portion of it — though we'd encourage at least two weeks to get the most out of it.
There is no charge for attending the gathering.
We prefer applications by May 10th, and aim to process all applications submitted by this point by May 17th.
Apply →Trajan House also offers ongoing membership for individuals and organisations — if the gathering is a good fit we would be happy for people to apply to stay longer.