NumerCon and the time I spent with my fellow Numeratis were the exact “booster jab” I needed to wake the “meetup organizer Joe” up after two crazy years of COVID and hibernation in a man cave. After NumerCon, I am confident that 1) many countries are now ready for in-person tech events and 2) we need to bring this fantastic in-person experience to more Numeratis around the world.
So, fam, here is my proposal for Global Numerai Community Meetups.
Goals
Demystifying Numerai - many top data scientists out there are just not too sure about the crypto elements and/or the tournament format. Speaking with and listening to long-term participants can be an effective way to build trust. This was exactly how I learned to trust Numerai after watching Jon’s Office Hours with Arbitrage.
Knowledge sharing and brainstorming - although we may not share all our secret sauce, meetups are great opportunities to bounce ideas off each other and may lead to new models with crazily high TC.
Face-to-face discussions between Numeratis and Numerai team - a lot more than just asking the team “wen scores” in person, these events can provide a quick and direct feedback loop for both participants and the Numerai team.
Specifications
Main objective - meetups with talks from community members + the participation of CoE and/or Numerai team members
[Bonus fact] I stopped traveling for events in March 2020 due to COVID. I got bored at home and accidentally stumbled upon some Office Hours with Arbitrage videos. The rest is history.
[Optional] Gamification / Rewards
Numerai swag for meetup participants (recommended)
NFTees for event organizers and speakers (motivation moon high!)
London Meetup (Saturday, 16th July) - Call for Speakers
Good news! For our first meetup in London, I have booked the Microsoft Reactor London - one of the very best meetup venues in Central London. I have also created this Eventbrite page for registration so go and grab your ticket.
The community meetup is essentially a platform for our community members to share their Numerai experience and to learn from each other. That’s why I need your help again. I need some talk proposals from the community.
If you are interested in giving a talk at our London meetup, please submit a talk proposal here (just reply to this message). Just like the other proposals, I will leave the final decision to CoE.
Your talk proposal should include the following:
Talk title
Abstract
Speaker bio
Duration (e.g. 20/30/45/60 mins)
Any additional info (e.g. forum posts, tweets, memes)
My expenses in total = USD 719.72 (see the receipts here).
I will have a chat with the CoE and figure out how to share the materials later. We had some positive feedback on the day. I will send out a simple survey later to collect more data.
More importantly, let’s start planning the next event!
The community meetup is essentially a platform for our community members to share their Numerai experience and to learn from each other. That’s why I need your help again. I need some talk proposals from the community.
If you are interested in giving a talk at our London meetup, please submit a talk proposal here (just reply to this message). Just like the other proposals, I will leave the final decision to CoE.
Your talk proposal should include the following:
Talk title (all I need for now)
Abstract (optional)
Speaker bio (optional)
Duration (e.g. 20/30/45/60 mins)
Any additional info (optional - forum posts, tweets, memes)
Apologies for the confusion caused by the multiple “Around The World with Numeratis” posts for individual events. Let’s consolidate and stick with this OG post from now on.
The First Two Years
Since the proposal’s acceptance in 2022, we’ve hosted events in London, New York, Tokyo, Prague, Toronto, and Frankfurt. (Also including the cheeky one in San Francisco, where we kind of gate-crashed Dylan’s meetup )
I would like to thank the Numerai team, all former and current elders, community speakers, and event participants for their continuous support. It was also a personal pleasure to meet many brilliant minds from the community. Thank you for your trust in me
Please check out our GitHub page for materials (slides, videos, and photos) from past events if you haven’t already.
Moving Forward
We’ve decided to shake things up and make our events more diverse. In addition to the usual Numerai talks, we’ll be inviting core team members or participants from other exciting AI + web3 projects to speak at our meetups and potentially co-host larger events in the future.
Our upcoming Tokyo meetup (20th July) will be the first example of this “AI+web3 multiverse” format. Join us to hear from experts from the Numerai Japan Community and awesome folks from YIEDL.ai, FLock.io, and Crunch Foundation. It will be a fun day of networking and tech talks!
Following Tokyo, we’re planning a Seattle meetup in October. We need your help again, so please see the following poll and share your feedback.
Thanks for another great year of community activities. Here is a short and sweet blog post to wrap up everything in 2024.
Earlier this year, we swapped Seattle for Bangkok for the Superintelligence Summit. We will return to the original plan in 2025 and start preparing for a meetup in Seattle. More information will follow soon!
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