Comox Valley / Vancouver Island
Comox Valley AI
A neighbourly Island room asking what it means to be human in the age of AI.
CV + AI is the Comox Valley chapter for people who want the AI conversation close to home and rooted in local relationships.
Curious and critical, in the same room.
Next gathering / 6–8 PM
The Local AI Commons
The useful question is not who owns the smartest model. It is what we can build together and keep local.
By October, the conversation needs to get more structural. Not more complicated. More honest.
The public trail
The 2026 meetup trail
Open the original Luma pages for past rooms and the rest of the 2026 season.
Native Sons Hall01CV + AI Community Meetup #1May 6, 2026
Florence Filberg Centre02CV + AI Community Meetup #2June 4, 2026
Florence Filberg Centre04
CV + AI Community Meetup #4: Backyard BBQAugust 5, 2026Comox Valley
CV + AI Community Meetup #5: Original IntelligenceSeptember 3, 2026Comox Valley
CV + AI Community Meetup #6: The Local AI CommonsOctober 6, 2026Comox Valley07
CV + AI Community Meetup #7: Trust The Room, Question The MachineNovember 5, 2026Comox Valley08
CV + AI Community Meetup #8: Both Hands FullDecember 3, 2026Comox Valley
What kind of meetup is this?
Island-sized. Human-scaled.
“This is not a tech bro meetup. It is not a pitch night. It is not a doom panel.”
Builders, artists, educators, parents, small-business owners, students, skeptics, and curious neighbours are welcome. You do not need a technical background or a polished opinion.
Read the Comox Valley recap
Local hands on the mic
Meet the organizing committee
- Lourdes Gant
- Co-leads the Comox Valley AI chapter.
- Kris Krüg
- Co-leads the chapter and serves as BC + AI executive director.
- Steve Jones
- Co-leads the Comox Valley AI chapter.
- Colin Fitzgerald
- Co-leads the Comox Valley AI chapter.
- Mel DiPietro
- Co-leads the Comox Valley AI chapter.
Receipts from the room
The community is already here.
From the Valley to the province
Rooted here. Connected across BC.
Comox Valley AI is one local part of the wider BC + AI ecosystem. Across the province, people meet to compare notes, share what they are building, and ask better questions about how AI should show up in our communities.
Multi-modal. Multi-cultural. Radically local. Future-facing.