Holding the dates first.
OK + AI
Okanagan AI
An Interior room with its own dates, hosted in Kelowna and open to the whole valley.
RegionOkanagan Valley, hosted in Kelowna
RhythmFirst Wednesday, 6:00 to 9:00pm
StatusDates held, nothing announced
2027
Twelve dates, held.
First Wednesday of the month, 6:00 to 9:00pm, in Kelowna. Every date below is a hold rather than a booking. They are checked against the 2027 calendar and the BC statutory holidays, and they are not yet checked against everyone else's plans.
- 01First WednesdayOpening night.Hold
- 02First WednesdayHold
- 03First WednesdayHold
- 04First WednesdayFalls in UBCO’s last week of classes, before exams begin.Hold
- 05First WednesdayHold
- 06First WednesdayHold
- 07First WednesdaySummer edition, lighter format.Hold
- 08First WednesdaySummer edition, lighter format.Hold
- 09Third WednesdayThird Wednesday, not the first. Fall restart after schools reopen.Hold
- 10First WednesdayHold
- 11First WednesdayHold
- 12First WednesdayEarly December, before the holidays take the calendar.Hold
What the dates were checked against
- January 4, 2027Okanagan schools return from winter breakCentral Okanagan Public Schools
- January 5, 2027UBCO winter term 2 beginsUBC Okanagan academic calendar
- February 15 to 19, 2027UBCO midterm breakUBC Okanagan academic calendar
- March 15, 2027Okanagan schools spring break beginsCentral Okanagan Public Schools
- April 9, then April 12 to 23, 2027UBCO last day of classes, then examsUBC Okanagan academic calendar
- May 25 to 28, 2027Web Summit VancouverWeb Summit Vancouver
- August 2, then September 6, 2027BC Day, then Labour DayBC statutory holidays
Published calendars, read on September 1, 2026. What is not on this list is everyone else's 2027 plans, because most of them are not published yet.
Before anything is announced
We are asking the valley first.
There is already a technology and AI scene in the Okanagan, and most of it was running before we started thinking about a room here. So the dates above go out to those organisers as a question before they go out as an announcement. If one of them collides with a standing night, we move ours.
If you run something in the valley and a date here clashes, tell us and it changes.
Flag a conflictWho else is running rooms
AI and tech in the Okanagan
The communities already gathering people around technology in the valley, each linking to the calendar they publish themselves.
- KelownaAccelerate OkanaganStartup and scaleup support for the Okanagan, with a public events calendar.
- Valley wideDigital OkanaganDevelopers, designers, makers and tech workers meeting across Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton.
- KelownaOkanagan Game Developers AssociationMonthly talks and regular playtest nights for the regional game industry.
- KelownaOkanagan AgileAgile practitioners meeting monthly, with locations that move around the valley.Monthly, recent meetups on Thursdays
- PentictonSouth/Central Okanagan Tech GroupTechnology professionals gathering in the South and Central Okanagan.
- KelownaOkanagan Tech Industry NightA showcase connecting UBCO and Okanagan College student talent with local industry.
- Central OkanaganCentral Okanagan Economic Development CommissionA regional events calendar that carries much of the valley’s tech and business programming in one place.
- KelownaKelowna Chamber of CommerceBusiness programming and a speaker series for the Kelowna business community.
What is on next
- · 6:30 to 9:00pmLeveling Up: Game Development TalksOkanagan Game Developers Association · Accelerate Okanagan · Kelowna
- · 4:00 to 6:00pmStartup DrinksAccelerate Okanagan · The Innovation Centre, 460 Doyle Avenue · Kelowna
- · 5:00 to 7:00pmOkanagan Agile monthly socialOkanagan Agile · Kelowna Yacht Club · Kelowna
- The AI Freedom SummitDan Martell · Kelowna Community Theatre · Kelowna
This is not every room in the valley, only the ones we have found and checked. If you run something here, send it and it goes on the list. Running your own event is not a condition of being listed, and neither is having anything to do with us.
Organiser links checked September 1, 2026. Anything out of date here is ours to fix, so tell us and we will.
BC + AI
Rooted here. Connected across BC.
Multi-modal. Multi-cultural. Radically local. Future-facing.
BC + AI is a member-supported nonprofit running recurring community rooms, practical capability, and a public voice across British Columbia. The Okanagan room is being set up as one of those, run locally and plugged into the rest.