Monday, June 2 – Friday, June 6, 2025 Lighthaven Campus, Berkeley CA | Lighthaven Campus, Berkeley CA
A micromester like a minimester, but even smaller of workshops and bootcamps the week between LessOnline and Manifest
This event has concluded. Thanks to everyone who attended!
A container for the ecosystem surrounding Lighthaven to participate in intimate, multi-day events in the most target-rich environment that exists for them, anywhere in the world, any time in the year.
A week of experimental learning at Lighthaven Campus
Arbor Summer Camp is an in-person opportunity to learn via creation, experimentation, and gameplay. Our philosophy is that the best way to learn is to do, and that if you really want to grok an idea, you need to feel it in your bones.
Think "college" and "Disneyland." A dozen different branches — bootcamps, workshops, games, and multi-day immersive experiences — will run in parallel across campus throughout the week. Some of these branches — like Quant Trading Bootcamp and the Transformative AI tabletop exercise — are established workshops that have stood the tests of time and selection effects. Others are brand new or experimental in content and format, with you as their first victims students. All of them are oriented around the fact that the best way to learn is by doing.
Arbor Summer Camp takes place the week between LessOnline and Manifest, when hundreds of curious people will flock to Lighthaven Campus to discuss, debate, and bet on every topic under the sun. It's about as promising a student body as we could ASC for.
AM: 10:00-12:30 • PM: 2:30-6:00
If you're worried about adverse selection, consider taking Trading Bootcamp, where the prices are much higher.
No, seriously though, most of the branches are priced pretty low because this is the first time they're being taught, and we want to ensure we get user data from students more than we want to optimize for profit in the short-term. The idea here is that we're experimenting with content that we might want to invest in long-term, so we're trying to keep the barrier to getting feedback low.
Branches run between 9am and 6pm each day, with a break for lunch. No classes will be scheduled during lunch, dinner, or evenings, so you can use that time to explore the campus, hang out with friends, or get some rest. Branches may run some evening activities, but those will be optional and open to all ASC attendees.
No, sorry about the name-change whiplash — Arbor Summer Camp is the same event as Arbor Summer College. If you bought a ticket to Arbor Summer College, you're good.
A limited number of onsite rooms were available from Lighthaven, but there were many times more people in attendance than rooms, so most people had to find other housing.
Yes! We will be providing lunch, dinner, and snacks every day. Branches will only run during non-meal times, which are designated as communal times to hang out with others on campus.
