Less Wrong meetup groups

Less Wrong members sometimes arrange meetups to meet each other in meat space. Some geographic areas have groups that do this regularly. Also see: Less Wrong meetup group resources.

USA

Atlanta, GA

Mailing list
Email Hank.

Austin, TX

Venue: Caffe Medici, on Saturdays at 1:30pm.

Bay Area, CA

Mailing list: BayAreaLessWrong

Berkeley

Meets every Wednesday evening
Alternates between meeting at Oxford Street Starbucks at 7pm and meeting at a restaurant at 6:30pm.
For meetup announcements, see the BayAreaLessWrong mailing list.

San Francisco

Hasn't had a meetup in a while
Mailing list: lw-sf

Mountain View

Wiki page
Mailing list
Venue: Private residence, every Tuesday, 7pm
Formerly hosted at Tortuga
Join the mailing list for announcements, new location, &c.

Sausalito (Marin)

Venue: 475 Gate 5 Road, Suite #300, Sausalito, California 94903, Tuesdays, 7pm
Hosted by: Gustave Wuterich, Nevin Freeman
For further information: Email Gustave or stop by the SF Bay Area discussion group for further contact details.

Cambridge, MA

meetup.com group
First and third Sunday of every month, 2pm

Chicago, IL

Meets every Saturday at 1pm at the Corner Bakery on Michigan & Wacker
Mailing list: Less Wrong Chicago

Dallas / Fort Worth, TX

Meets every Sunday at 1 PM at America's Best Coffee in Arlington
Mailing list: [1]

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Meetings every Saturday 6pm-9pm
Location: map
Contact: Lance Bush

Washington, DC

Recurring meetup being rescheduled.
Mailing list: Less Wrong DC
For venue information, PM Benquo or atucker.

Madison, WI

Meets every Sunday at 7pm, usually in coffee shops around town and people's houses.
Mailing list: Madison mailing list

New York City, NY

The NYC meetup group is very large and meets frequently. The NYC community was profiled here as a case study. Please join the mailing list!

Weekly, Tuesday, 7-11pm, Private Residence. Occasionally on Thursdays as well.
Mailing list: Main Google Group

Ohio

Meets on the third Sunday at the Max & Erma's in Wilmington (between Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton)
Irregular city-specific meetups. Join mailing list for details!
Mailing list: Less Wrong: Ohio

Philadelphia, PA

We are in the process of establishing a regular meetup group and time. Please feel free to join us!
Mailing list: LessWrong Philadelphia

Pittsburgh, PA

Mailing list: Pittsburgh Less Wrong

Portland, OR

Current schedule: Every two weeks, Saturday 12-2 PM. North Portland Lucky Lab Pub on Killingsworth. Next meeting is June 16th, 2012.
Location may be changed before each meetup; check the mailing list to know for certain where it will be.
Mailing list: LessWrong Portland

Research Triangle, NC (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill)

Mailing list: Research Triangle Less Wrong

Salt Lake City, UT

Google Group/mailing list: [2]

and Google Site: [3]

Southern California, CA

Typical Venue: Restaurants in Los Angeles and Orange County
Schedule: About once a month, on a weekend
Primary Organizer: JenniferRM JenniferRM
Mailing List: Less Wrong Southern California Announcements
Calendar: SoCal LW Meetups

For help with transportation, check for carpool opportunities in meetup announcements and comments.

Los Angeles

Biweekly, Wednesdays, 7pm - 9pm, in the 2nd floor wine bar of the Westside Tavern in the Westside Pavillion.
Mailing List: Less Wrong Southern California Announcements

Seattle, WA

Meets the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month in the U-District, see mailing list for details.
Eastside meetups are happening on an ad-hoc schedule, see mailing list for details.
Mailing list: LW-Seattle

St Louis, MO

We have a new Less Wrong St. Louis group at meetup.com.

Canada

Toronto

Venue: Bars by St. George subway station, currently The Duke of York.
Schedule: Biweekly, Tuesdays at 8 PM. Join the mailing list for details.
Mailing List: Toronto Google Group

London

We do not yet have regular meetups due to lack of members.
Contact Tuxedage for details.

Waterloo

Venue: Williams Fresh Cafe, on Mondays at 8pm.
Mailing list: Waterloo Google Group

Ottawa

We're still working out where and how often the group will meet.

Mailing list: Ottawa Google Group

Vancouver

We don't yet have a regular venue or meeting time, but currently (early August 2011) are meeting downtown about once a week.

Mailing list: Vancouver Rationalists

Europe

London, UK

Venue: variable, see list and LessWrong. Look for the Art Lebedev paperclip sign on our table.
Schedule: No schedule at present.
Mailing list: LessWrongLondon

Oxford, UK

Oxford Rationality Meetups
Venue: Exeter College
Schedule: Saturday termtimes - normally 6-8pm.
Contact Larks or AlexFlint for details.

Cambridge, UK

Venue: JCR, Trinity College (Directions).
Schedule: 11am Sundays, plus irregular meetings, see mailing list.
Mailing list: CambridgeLessWrong
Contact AlexeyM or Jonathan_Lee

Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki meetup group

Budapest, Hungary

Venue: California Coffee Company Basilica (coffee shop), Szent Istvan ter 4-5. Link
Schedule: weekends, see mailing list.
Mailing list: BudLessWrong
Contact AlexeyM or katyusha

Brussels, Belgium

Brussels meetup group

contact : Axel
venue : Museum of Natural Sciences Rue Vautier 29 B-1000 Brussels
frequency : monthly (usually Saturday at noon)
average attendance : see dedicated Brussels meetup group page

Berlin, Germany

Mailing list: lw-berlin
Contact spuckblase or blob

Copenhagen, Denmark

Mailing list: [groups.google.com/group/less-wrong-copenhagen less-wrong-copenhagen]

Australia

Melbourne

Three regular meetups: Practical rationality (1st Fri each month), outreach (schedule still unsettled), and social (3rd Fri each month).
Venue: Practical rationality at Trike (usually - check the meetup post), social at Ben's house (look for a meetup post with more hints).
Mailing list: Melbourne Less Wrong