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10 Years of EA Global
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A commemorative post marking the 10th anniversary of EA Global conferences, featuring statistics on impact (18,000+ attendees, 155,000+ meaningful connections, 8.6/10 satisfaction) and personal reflections from CEA staff on how the conference series has shaped careers, facilitated collaborations, and amplified cause areas like aquatic animal welfare.
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- •Since 2015, CEA has run 24 EA Global conferences across five cities and online, with data tracked from 2018 showing 18,000+ total attendees.
- •Attendees rate EA Global as 5-6x more valuable than their best alternative use of time, with some estimates reaching 15x counterfactual value.
- •Over 155,000 meaningful connections have been reported by attendees, with staff anecdotes illustrating how these connections shaped careers and organizations.
- •The conferences have served as a launchpad for cause area visibility, notably boosting aquatic animal welfare via a 2022 panel that preceded 80,000 Hours coverage of Shrimp Welfare Project.
- •CEA staff reflections highlight EA Global's role in community cohesion, professional development, and sustaining motivation for high-impact work.
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# 10 Years of EA Global
By Britney Budiman 🔸, Angelina Li, Charlotte Darnell, OllieRodriguez, Eli_Nathan, Julia_Wise🔸, RobertHarling, Fran, Amy Labenz
Published: 2025-08-27
This August marks the 10th anniversary of EA Global! What began as an experiment to bring together a nascent, primarily virtual community has grown into a thriving global conference series that connects thousands of people committed to doing good.
Since 2015, CEA has run 24 EA Global conferences. Our data from 2018 onward shows:
* Over 18,000 total attendees across five cities and online
* An average satisfaction rating of 8.6 out of 10
* Over 155,000 meaningful connections reported by attendees
* High counterfactual value, with attendees rating EAG as 5-6x more valuable than their best alternative use of time (with some estimates reaching up to 15x)
These numbers reflect something we see firsthand at every event: when you bring together people seriously committed to having more impact, remarkable things happen.
To celebrate this anniversary, we asked current and past CEA staff to share memories and reflections from attending (and running!) EA Global conferences over the years. Their stories capture both how EA Global has evolved and the human connections that make this work energizing and sustainable.
We invite you to revisit talks from these conferences on our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@EffectiveAltruismVideos/videos), or share your own EA Global memories and reflections in the comments—we may reach out to ask if we can quote you in our social posts.
**Angelina Li, Executive Office**
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I first attended EA Global: Boston in 2017 as a volunteer. I don’t remember much about the volunteering itself, but I do remember seeing Brian Tomasik in person and thinking, “oh my god, that’s crazy.” One concrete thing that came out of that event: Amy Labenz, the Director of Events at CEA, wrote my name down as a volunteer who’d done well. Five years later, in 2022, she reached out asking if I'd consider joining her team. That one note ended up changing my whole career trajectory—it led to me working on the EAG team, and then to my current role in the Executive Office at CEA. I genuinely don’t think any of that would have happened if I hadn’t volunteered at EAG.
Soon after joining CEA, I took over content for EA Global. At the time, we wanted to platform more animal welfare content and were cycling through ideas. Eventually, we landed on aquatic animal advocacy. I did some research on actors in this space, and put together a panel for EA Global: London 2022 that included [Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla](https://mx.linkedin.com/in/andres-jimenez-zorrilla) from the Shrimp Welfare Project, [Sophika Kostyniuk](http://linkedin.com/in/sophikakostyniuk?originalSubdomain%3Dca) from the Aquatic Life Institute, and [Bruce Friedrich](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucegfriedrich/) and [Alex Holst](https://www.linkedin.com/in/holst/) from Good Foo
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