AGI SOCIAL CONTRACt: SUMMIT
An expert conference to design policy interventions for a post-AGI society
August 4th - 11th, 2025
Emerge Lakefront, Stockholm, Sweden
About this event
A week-long co-working summit to propose and coordinate on concrete strategies guiding the role of governments during the upcoming economic transformation due to AI systems.
Summit details
This co-working summit will be lightly structured with substantial downtime, and we intend that attendees will be able to continue their regular professional work for the entirety of the summit.
We will organize group meals, evening workshops and discussions, and weekend activities. We will also incorporate design features from unconferences, encouraging attendees to create their own workshops and events throughout the course of the week.
Organizers
Deric Cheng
AI Governance Lead at Convergence Analysis. Previously an early-stage engineer at Alchemy, an infrastructure startup now valued at $10.2 billion, and a emerging technologies researcher at the Interaction Lab for Google X.
Dr. Justin Bullock
VP of Policy at the Americans for Responsible Innovation and a renowned expert on AI governance. Dr. Bullock is an Associate Professor Affiliate at The Evans School of Governance.
Anna Yelizarova
Anna has been leading the Windfall Trust initiative and oversees research on the economic impacts of developing AGI.
She also manages projects within the Futures program at the Future of Life Institute (FLI).
Sebnem Erener
Head of AI Legal, Regulatory, and Ethics at Klarna Bank.
Sebnem advices on AI policy and governance, has made contributions to key discussions on the EU AI Act, and regularly speaks at international forums on responsible AI innovation.
Our organizers are responsible for
Threshold 2030
A two-day expert conference in Oct 2024 to rapidly evaluate the economic impacts of frontier AI technologies by 2030.
FLI Worldbuilding Competition
An event where attendees competed for up to $100k in prize money by designing visions of an aspirational future including AGI.
AGI Social Contract Anthology
A compilation of articles proposing concrete strategies to guide the role of governments during the upcoming AI economic transformation.
The Oxford Handbook of AI Governance
A compilation of essays examining AI interacts with and influences governance systems, spanning 49 articles from 60+ expert contributors.
Why is this work necessary?
Artificial General Intelligence systems capable of directly replacing human labor could cause massive shocks to global societies and economies.
To solve these challenges, we need to rethink our assumptions on the roles of governments, corporations, and people in a flourishing economy.
About the Venue
Emerge Lakefront is a new intentional community and live-in institute in Stockholm, Sweden providing residencies for systemic changemaking and innovation.
It features a café and restaurant, a beautiful deck for sunbathing and swimming, a beach, our own private sauna raft, a large greenhouse, an outdoor gym, a tennis court and a beach volleyball court, and a stunning lakeside forest walking and running path,
Intended Conference Outputs
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