News, Updates & Events
News, Updates & Events
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May 2026
It's been a while, so buckle up for the list of updates!
We are going to EAG London!
EA Global (EAG) are a series of 2-3 day conferences organised by the Centre for Effective Altruism for members of the effective altruism (EA) community. They involve talks, workshops, discussions, and many chances to network with people interested in effective altruism. The conferences can range in size, from several hundred to over a thousand attendees!
If you're attending, we'd love to connect!
We are going to ESHG Gothenburg!
This is the first time attending the annual gathering of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG), and we are looking forward to expanding our research network!
We are going to collaborate with Effective Thesis!
The program is for students and early-career individuals who want to partner with high-impact organisations while gaining hands-on experience working on real-world challenges.
And we will be offering two research projects for their upcoming Fellowship program.
OUR RESEARCH PROJECTS
1: Evolutionary Anthropology & Prosocial Systems Design
How can a prosocial cultural & social system be developed and established, that reduces and prevents suffering for all sentient beings?
The project investigates effective strategies to make those systems:
- Economically viable to be attractive to implement largely independent of political partisanship
- Resilient against corruption and conflict, and advantageous over exploitative, exclusionary, or hostile systems (e.g. through optimising institutional decision-making, safeguarding democracy)
- Evolutionarily self-reinforcing
Related questions:
- What combination of traits are needed for that society to function?
- How can these traits be cultivated and maintained to the necessary degree? (e.g. through education, public health, economic and regulatory incentives, and compassionate genomics)
2: Compassionate Genomics & Genomic Welfare
How can a Compassionate Genomics approach safeguard public health and wellbeing for all sentient beings over centuries?
The project examines
- Opportunities and potential timelines for genomic research advances and clinical application
- Risks of poorly regulated gene technology usage
- Counterfactual risks of prohibiting gene technological interventions
Given the long-term orientation of both projects, AGI development contexts will need to be considered throughout.
📣 Applications are open for the Compassionate Future Summit 2026!
📅 27-31 August 2026 📍Berlin, Germany
Join us as we come together to mobilise for high-impact initiatives to prevent and reduce suffering for all sentient beings, near and long-term.
The Summit brings together thoughtful and impact-driven people contributing to the cause through research, project development, volunteering, and effective giving.
We’re already working with our upcoming attendees and their content development. Stay tuned for preliminary program and special guest to be announced soon!
Follow our Online Working / Community Meetup event series
The Compassionate Impact online meetups are designed to
- Foster a sense of community
- Motivate impactful contributions, including research, project development, volunteering, and effective giving
- Encourage peer support and collaboration among participants
Past Activities since January
Ruth hosted a European EA Community Builder’s call in February, and gave a talk with QA for the CRS s-risk fellowship in March.
We are also currently working hard to move the website to a new provider - with two web contractor support. So stay tuned for our new polished site to come!
January 2026
The next suffering focused online working / community meetup is coming up 🤗
Compassionate Impact - Online Working / Community Meetup
An event for ambitious people working to reduce and prevent suffering in the near and distant future for all sentient beings!
📅 Date: 31 January 2026
⏰ Time: 12:00–13:30 UTC ~ your local time will be shown on Luma (= registration link)
📍 Location: Google Meet
Registration and full event description via Luma.
Save the date & sign up soon - space will be limited.
Call for Community Support
We are currently facing several setbacks, including the loss of funding for the upcoming Compassionate Future Summit and significant administrative constraints around attendee cost coverage.
To enable future iterations of the Summit, we need either:
- A fiscal sponsor willing to support a less restrictive event setup (including allowing commitment deposits), or
- Access to a non-profit German tax accountant with expertise in non-profit entrepreneurship and event accounting
In addition, approximately €5,000 in annual funding would help cover a minimal share of our operational costs. Note, that to this point our work is conducted on a fully voluntary basis and to a large extent self-funded.
We will continue our efforts to resolve these hurdles and are confident that, with the help of the community, we will be able to continue the Summits in the future.
If you are able and willing to support us financially, legally, or administratively, we would be grateful to hear from you.
2025 Annual Report
2025 Annual Report Compassionate Future Initiative
In 2025 we expanded our community building strategies around Suffering-Focused Ethics (SFE), covering some major neglected cause areas and developing our community support portfolio.
Key highlights include:
- Hosting the Compassionate Future Summit 2025 in Berlin, bringing together 45 participants from 17 countries for a participant-driven working and community event focused on long-term suffering reduction.
- Active outreach and community engagement at major EA events, including EAG London, EAGx Berlin, and EAGx Amsterdam, with multiple SFE meetups and satellite sessions.
- Developing and promoting our impact oriented guidelines.
- Publishing and advancing Compassionate Genomics, outlining genomic welfare and moral predispositions as underexplored, high-impact intervention areas.
- Strengthening ties within the growing SFE ecosystem, alongside organisations such as the Center for Reducing Suffering and Sentient Futures.
- Organisational consolidation through rebranding to the Compassionate Future Initiative and expansion of the website and collaboration pathways.
Looking ahead, 2026 will focus on professionalising our organisational infrastructure, updating content such as the interventions mind map with up-to-date opportunities and delivering the next Compassionate Future Summit in Berlin.
2024 Annual Report
2024 Annual Report International Suffering Abolitionists
The 2024 Annual Report reflects our continued engagement in community building, research, and advocacy. Key highlights include:
Hosting online meetups and in-person events like EAG London and Berlin.
Promoting genetic and technological solutions to reduce suffering.
Expanding awareness through online platforms such as newsletters and TikTok.
Strengthening connections with organisations like CLR and CRS.
Looking ahead, 2025 will see us hosting the Compassionate Future Summit in Berlin and furthering our mission through various initiatives.
Other Plans for 2025
- Monthly Online Meetups
We will continue hosting our monthly Online Working / Community Meetup for the Abolition of Suffering. Stay updated by following us on the EA Forum for announcements about upcoming (online) events.
- EAG London 2025
We plan to participate in EAG London 2025 and explore opportunities to contribute through meetups and workshops.
Past in-person events
EAG London (June 2025), EAGxBerlin (October 2025), EA Global London (May/June 2024), EAGxBerlin (September 2024), EAGxRotterdam (November 2022) and the the International Animal Rights Conference (September 2023) contributing with workshops, meetups, or lightning talks.
If you know of other conferences and events that we should attend, let us know via compassionate.future {at} gmail.com.