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I received a late invitation (on Feb 11th) to IASEAI 2026 (February 24-25, Paris) after my statement of interest was accepted. IASEAI is Stuart Russell's invitation-only conference convening AI safety and ethics researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. I need $1,013 to cover registration, train from Brussels, and two nights' accommodation. I don't have the personal finances while in transition after founding and running Tebeldiya -- an emergency food delivery operation in Sudan -- over the past year.
Build connections in the AI safety and governance ecosystem as I transition into this space full-time. My main interests are insurance as a private-sector driver of safety, and AI in military and conflict contexts. IASEAI concentrates the people working on these problems in one place for two days.
Conference registration = $525
Train, Brussels-Paris round trip = $143
Accommodation, 2 nights = $274
Food and local transport = $71
Total = $1,013
I'm Mohamed Elrashid. In 2024 I founded Tebeldiya, scaling emergency food delivery from zero to 125,000 daily meals across conflict zones in North Kordofan, Sudan.
I've worked on minimum standards for group cash transfers adopted by the UN orgs and INGOs at the Sudan Cash Working Group.
On the forecasting side: I founded the Student Forecasting Society at KU Leuven, I run the Sudan Metaculus community page, and I'm currently building automated forecasting systems.
On AI: I've completed BlueDot's AGI Strategy and AI Governance courses, facilitated the latter for AI Safety East Africa, and recently participated in an invite-only ODI roundtable on AI and just transitions.
Most likely cause: insufficient funding before the registration deadline.
If I can't attend, I miss a concentrated networking opportunity at a transition point. This is hard to replicate through individual outreach.