5.30.26

Edge Esmerelda 2026

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Healdsburg, California

Building the Future, Together Edge Esmeralda brings together 1,000+ people from the frontiers of tech, science, culture, and policy to prototype what a better society could look like, and begin building it. ‍ The village is grounded in four core principles: it’s multidisciplinary, multigenerational, co-created, and healthy by default. Edge Esmeralda is a prototype for something bigger: a permanent village called Esmeralda.

Healdsburg, California
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6.5.26

Vision Weekend United Kingdom 2026

Foresight Institute

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London, UK

Vision Weekend - where leading researchers and builders will gather to explore which scientific and technological breakthroughs will shape the coming decades – and how we can make them reality.

London, UK
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6.10.26

10th Annual Tartu Conference: Global Flows & Frictions in Eastern European and Eurasia

Centre for East European and Eurasian Studies

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Tartu, Estonia

The Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies provides an academic forum that brings together scholars from area studies, comparative politics, international relations, economics, history, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and related disciplines to discuss topics and questions affecting all aspects of life in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

Tartu, Estonia
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6.23.26

IPSA Research Committees Colloquium: Plural Societies Facing Plural Challenges

IPSA Research Committees

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Bolzano, Italy

The Colloquium aims to explore the evolving and multifaceted challenges facing minority community members, their identities, cultures, religions and rights, in contemporary states, embedded within the changing normative and globally interconnected context.

Bolzano, Italy
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7.7.26

AI for Good Global Summit

AI for Good

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Geneva, Switzerland

The United Nations’ leading event on AI.

Geneva, Switzerland
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7.18.26

Secure & Sovereign AI Workshop

Foresight Institute

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Berlin, Germany

If AI is to serve humanity broadly, not just a handful of centralized players, its capabilities need to grow in directions that strengthen security, protect privacy, and allow peaceful cooperation to emerge among a rising plurality of AI systems and humans. Today, AI development is outpacing our defenses. Traditional security frameworks can’t keep up with the speed, scale, and complexity of AI-driven threats. Privacy-preserving technologies remain fragmented and hard to scale. And as AI systems proliferate into an ecology of coordinating agents, we lack robust mechanisms that favor cooperation over zero-sum competition. This workshop convenes leading researchers, engineers, and funders to explore how to make AI an engine of defense in a multipolar human-AI world.

Berlin, Germany
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Past Events & Gatherings

Events we've hosted

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2.27.25

LLMs & Public Discourse: Livestream

Plurality Institute and The Council on Technology and Social Cohesion

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Virtual

​Please join us for a showcase on LLMs and Public Discourse, co-hosted by Plurality Institute and The Council on Technology and Social Cohesion on February 27th at 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET. ​This event is bringing together pioneering work using LLMs to improve public discourse. Join in to hear about new tools and research in this space. ​​Speakers: ​​David Patterson (UC Berkeley) Beth Goldberg (Jigsaw) Aleksei Loginov (Jigsaw) Kristin Hansen (Civic Health Project) Adnan Jaber and Andrew Konya (Remesh) Rose Bloomin and Jeff Fossett (Plurality Institute & Harvard University) Lisa Schirch and Kristina Radivojevic (Notre Dame University) Julia Kamin (Prosocial Design Network)

Virtual
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6:30 PM PST

10.21.24

Good Ancestors in an Age of AI

Plurality Institute and The Long Now Foundation

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San Francisco, CA

The Long Now Foundation is launching its next 25 years and is excited to rally the next generation of thinkers, doers, and builders. The evening theme is Good Ancestors in an Age of AI, which we co-created with our partners at Plurality Institute, AI Objectives Institute, Common Good AI, Parallax Futures, and Imagine Global.

San Francisco, CA
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6pm PDT

7.10.24

AOI & Plurality Institute Happy Hour

AOI

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San Francisco

Join AOI and Plurality Institute for a happy hour at Noasis! Come discuss the future of AI and scalable coordination and meet new friends in the community. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Feel free to bring a +1. Kids welcome.

San Francisco
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6:30-10pm PT

5.2.24

Symposium on Comment Section Research & Design

The Council for Tech and Social Cohesion

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San Francisco, CA

This daylong event will bring together a carefully selected group of 40 academics and industry researchers for a program including talks on emerging research, breakout workshops, and ample opportunities for unstructured connecting.

San Francisco, CA
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9am - 7pm

3.15.24

Plurality Book Launch with Glen Weyl + Unconference

Plurality Institute

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Berkeley, CA

Glen Weyl, Audrey Tang and 500+ other collaborators are writing a book about Plurality and the future of collaborative technology and democracy. Come hear Glen share highlights from the book, have dinner with us, and connect with the broader Plurality community. Expect great conversations with people working in democratic AI, civic deliberation, tech for social cohesion and more.

Berkeley, CA
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5:30PM

1.13.23

Plurality Network Conference

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Berkeley, CA

Berkeley, CA
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6.23.23

Plurality Institute Bridging Symposium

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San Francisco, CA

A one-day event to explore how technology and organizing methods can promote understanding across diverse groups.

San Francisco, CA
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11.7.23

Plurality Institute Happy Hour: Boston

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Cambridge, MA

Cambridge, MA
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