DC Forecasting & Prediction Markets Meetup (Sep25)

Thursday, Sept 18

6:00pm – 9:00pm

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Hosted by Forecasting Meetup Network

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UPDATE: We're excited to welcome Alex Keeney, aka Keendawg, as this month's speaker. Alex Keeney is a senior producer on POLITICO’s audio team. Prior to joining POLITICO, Alex held an array of roles in politics, media and marketing. He began his career on the legislative staffs of U.S. Reps. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) and Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), and later went on to work in Hollywood for the creative teams behind the television shows “Designated Survivor” (ABC), “Graves” (Epix), and “Genera+ion” (HBO). Additionally, Alex was the founder and executive editor of the “Star Spangled Gamblers” podcast and the head of communications for Jordan Belfort aka the real Wolf of Wall Street’s corporation. -- This month's meetup is sponsored by Manifold, the world's largest social prediction market. Create an account and predict how many people will attend this month's meetup at https://manifold.markets/dglid/how-many-people-will-attend-the-sep. Thanks to Manifold's sponsorship, a BBQ buffet and fountain drinks will be provided free of charge to this month's attendees. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. -- Join us for our monthly DC Forecasting & Prediction Markets meetup, a very casual meetup to meet and socialize with others interested in forecasting, prediction markets, political gambling, sports betting, or anything else relating to predicting the future. We’re returning to Rocklands BBQ in Arlington a few blocks from the Virginia Sq-GMU metrorail stop on the Orange/Silver line. Free parking also available. We’ll be in the private space upstairs; head to the back of the restaurant, and up the stairs on your left. Thanks to our sponsor Manifold, food (bbq buffet) and soft drinks will be provided to all attendees of this month's meetup. Alcoholic beverages available for purchase. Open to all ages. Last-minute/onsite walk-in RSVPs here on this Partiful event page are welcomed! Who are we? We are prediction market traders on prediction markets like Kalshi, Manifold, PredictIt, and Polymarket, forecasters (e.g. on Metaculus and Good Judgment Open), sports bettors (e.g. on FanDuel, DraftKings, and other sportsbooks), consumers of forecasting (or related) content (e.g. Star Spangled Gamblers, Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin, Scott Alexander’s Astral Codex Ten), effective altruists, rationalists, futurists, and data scientists. Forecast on Manifold how many people will attend meetups this year: https://manifold.markets/dglid/how-many-attendees-will-there-be-at?play=true This meetup is hosted by the Forecasting Meetup Network. Help us grow the forecasting community to positively influence the future by supporting us with an upvote, comment, or pledge on Manifund: https://manifund.org/projects/forecasting-meetup-network---washington-dc-pilot-4-meetups Get notified whenever a new meetup is scheduled and learn more about the Forecasting Meetup Network here: https://bit.ly/forecastingmeetupnetwork Join our Discord to connect with others in the community between monthly meetups: https://discord.com/invite/hFn3yukSwv

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