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AISUM26: the AI Safety Unconference
The world is paying attention to AI risk. What should those of us in or from Australia and New Zealand do about it?
One day, about 50 people working on AI safety. Attendees pitch and vote on the sessions, so bring something that ends in a proposal, an ask or a decision. Places are by application; applications close Sunday 8 November.
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AI Safety Unconference Melbourne 2026 (AISUM26)
Friday 27 November 2026 AEDT
Melbourne, Australia
The world is paying attention to AI risk. What should those of us in or from Australia and New Zealand do about it? AISUM26 is a one-day unconference in Melbourne for about 50 people working on, or seriously engaged with, AI safety in or from Australia and New Zealand. Attendees pitch and vote on the sessions, so the program is built by the people in the room. This year's brief: come with something that ends in a proposal, an ask or a decision. Places are limited, so it's by application. More at aisum.org.
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Hear from people who've grown with AISANZ
Justin Olive - Head of AI Safety, Arcadia Impact
"The [AIS ANZ] online events gave me the opportunity to talk with people who are now working at MIRI and Apollo research, right when I was first beginning to enter the field. Overall I'd say that this sped up my move into AI safety by at least a year, and counterfactually it may not have even happened."
Soroush Pour - Founder & CEO, Harmony Intelligence
"AI Safety Australia & New Zealand provided me with community, knowledge, and feedback at a time in my AI Safety journey when I was seriously lacking it. That support and knowledge was really valuable for motivation, accelerating my learning, and for ensuring I didn't get sucked into some key failure modes."
Greg Sadler - CEO, Good Ancestors Policy
"AIS ANZ has built networks and connected people so they can work better together. Events like the Unconference have increased the quality of thought by having a network of people working on these problems in various ways, putting forward higher quality ideas."
Ethan (EJ) Watkins - Research Assistant, Federation University Australia
"The biggest impact for me was the Fireside Chat that Chris ran with Peter Vamplew. It gave me the opportunity to connect with Peter and since then I have begun working with him as a research assistant."
Peter Slattery - Research Fellow, MIT FutureTech
"AI Safety ANZ helped me make valuable connections as well as helping me reduce some of my uncertainties about whether I could contribute to the field."
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