Manifest 2025 Announcement
Buy tickets now! June 6th - 8th
It’s approaching that time of the year… late nights around the fire with friends, inventing variants of poker while getting progressively less coherent, arguing when babies become conscious.
Manifest 2025 is set for June 6th to 8th and tickets have just opened for sale! A limited number of early bird tickets are available for $538 with student and volunteer discounts also available.
Website & more info: manifest.is
Tickets: https://www.havenbookings.space/festival-season
When: June 6th to 8th, 2025
Where: Lighthaven, Berkeley, California
Updates: Join our Discord
Who: We are expecting 600 people interested in forecasting, markets, AI, finance, tech, biorisk, and novel ideas. You can see some of last year’s speakers here.
What to expect at Manifest
The best part about Manifest is you can tailor the experience to exactly what you like! There are talks, official events, community events, poker, chill discussions, very intense discussions, lightsaber fights, wrestling, dance parties, karaoke, hackathons, and more!
Here are some examples from previous years.
Talks:
AI Safety with Anthropic Cofounder Ben Mann
Revolutionising loans using ML with Upstart Cofounder Paul Gu
The future of trust with Twitch Cofounder Emmett Shear
Fireside chats with Nate Silver, Chris Best (Substack), and Scott Alexander (ACX)
Prediction market talks
Destiny vs Eliezer debate
Robin Hanson on Cultural Drift
Check out our YouTube channel for more examples.
Events:
Poker tournament with ex-pros (and live betting, ofc)
Spicy live polling (and live betting, ofc)
Wrestling in the park (and live betting, ofc)
Magic: the Gathering tournament (and live… you get the idea)
Built a trading bot workshop
Night market
Jazz Jam (BYO Instrument)
Speed friending
Lightning talks
Descent into Dance Hell, run by Aella
Want to speak or host an event?
David will be reaching out to speakers over the next couple of weeks. If you previously spoke you can expect to receive an email soon!
If you haven’t given a main room talk before and are interested in hosting one, please email david@manifest.is.
Anyone is welcome to host a community talk or event. We will be releasing a schedule with rooms and time slots you can add yourself to (be sure to check for updates in the Discord). If you have an idea that requires input and can’t just be added to the schedule then please email david@manifest.is.
Want to Sponsor Manifest?
Manifest is ready to start onboarding sponsors. Whether you are interested in recruiting from the Bay’s top talent (& people flying in!) or looking to get your product in front of CEOs and industry leaders, Manifest has it for you.
Please email david@manifest.is or schedule a call. You can find our sponsorship prospectus here.
Career Fair
New for this year, on Friday 6th at the intersection of Summer Camp and Manifest we will be opening part of Lighthaven to the public for our career fair!
This will give the chance for people who otherwise may not be able to attend to mingle, talk to sponsors hiring, and join some of the fun for a few hours.
Please register your interest here.
Festival Season! LessOnline & Mystery Summer Camp
The weekend prior to Manifest will be LessOnline (May 30 - June 1), an unconference centered around rationalist bloggers and their ideas. In the week between the two conferences, former organizers of LessOnline and Manifest will be launching a new experimental summer camp (June 2 - June 6) at Lighthaven. Further details will eventually be available on their website, but one option available to attendees will be a peaceful yet vibrant week of coworking, collaborating, and late-night campfire chats.
Discounted bundles on tickets for Manifest, LessOnline, and the new summer camp are available in the combined shop.
See you there! Buy your early bird tickets for a discount asap! 🎟️