AI Safety Forum 2024
7–8 November 2024 · Sydney Knowledge Hub, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
About the Forum
The inaugural Australian AI Safety Forum was a two-day interdisciplinary event held in Sydney on 7-8 November 2024. The forum brought together over 100 researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals to build foundational knowledge and catalyse an Australian AI safety community.
Impact & outcomes
Increased connection with Australian AI safety community
Increased understanding of Australia's role in advancing AI safety
Immediate impact
Several initiatives launched within weeks of the forum, demonstrating the event's catalytic effect on the AI safety community:
- AI safety coworking spaces established in Sydney and Melbourne
- Research project investigating open source infrastructure for AI safety in Australia
- Ongoing working group formed to coordinate Australian AI safety community efforts
2024 speakers
Speakers at the AI Safety Forum 2024.
Videos
Liam Carroll, Helen Wilson, Karla Perez Romero
Tiberio Caetano
Daniel Murfet
Kimberlee Weatherall
Ryan Kidd
Marcus Hutter
Sponsors & partners
Partners
- Sydney Knowledge Hub
- Digital Sciences Initiative at the University of Sydney
- Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS) at the University of Sydney
- Faculty of Engineering at the University of Sydney
- Open Philanthropy
- Gradient Institute
- Sydney Mathematical Research Institute
- Timaeus