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Futureproof Festival of AI · #FutureproofYVR

Futureproof Festival of AI

October 28 to 30, 2026
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vanier Park, Vancouver

Understand AI. Shape what comes next.

Naomi Klein, Brewster Kahle, Amber Case, Ben Shneiderman and more. Research, professional learning and creative practice for people shaping how AI changes work and public life.

Presented by the BC + AI Ecosystem Association.

This is Vancouver's Futureproof Festival of AI, presented by BC + AI at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre. It is not a US wealth-management conference.

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Hand-painted Futureproof Festival salmon swimming through a star field
Official festival artwork · Vancouver 2026

Speakers

Meet the people behind the program.

Current speaker roster
All published speaker profiles

Published speaker profiles · Updated October 8, 2026. Session assignments and the latest additions are on the festival site.

October 28 to 30

Three days of ideas to bring back to work.

Full program

Wednesday · October 28

Opening night

Amber Case on calm technology, Brewster Kahle on public memory, and presentations from the AI Builders Fellowship. Philippe Pasquier brings creative AI to the stage before the evening social.

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Thursday · October 29

AI in consequential work

Research, workplace judgment, health, infrastructure and media. Hear from Angelica Lim, Lane Becker, Brett Gaylor and Stephanie Dick, with a closing conversation between Taleeb Noormohamed and Kris Krüg.

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Friday · October 30

What we choose to build

Naomi Klein in conversation with Catherine Warren; Ana Serrano with Prem Gill; Michael Running Wolf and Peter-Lucas Jones on language and AI. Ben Shneiderman closes the talks, followed by the included closing party.

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Program checked October 8, 2026. Follow the full program for current times in Vancouver.

Make the case to your team.

Choose sessions around a decision your team needs to make. The professional-development guide includes learning goals and a manager-approval letter. Professional credit depends on your own body's requirements.

Professional-development guide

Festival Pass

BC + AI members save 25% on all public ticket types.

Three days at the Space Centre for CA$950. Opening night, two program days, and the closing party. No single-day passes.

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CA$950

Standard Festival Pass

The festival signal

Curiosity in one hand, care in the other.

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Futureproof Festival artwork showing people in conversation beside Vancouver under the northern lightsFutureproof Festival artwork showing people in conversation beside Vancouver under the northern lights
Official Futureproof Festival campaign artwork

What this is

You did not attend this into existence. You built it.

Futureproof Festival is an international AI culture and ideas festival. It grows from the BC + AI meetups, hackathons, and film nights into three shared days for executives, senior professionals, and decision-makers shaping how AI changes organizations, creative practice, and society, alongside the artists and builders doing the work. Research, professional learning and creative practice for people shaping how AI changes work and public life.

Nobody planned this in a boardroom. It started as a monthly Vancouver AI meetup that kept outgrowing its room. Then hackathons. Then a film festival. Then years of people showing up because the stakes are real and the gathering is not boring. The festival is that work, put in front of the world. This is the year it gets a stage.

Vancouver AI meetups →BC + AI events →AI conferences in Vancouver, BC, and Canada →
Why national AI rooms matter before Futureproof Vancouver What Kris is bringing home from ALL IN Montréal
Futureproof Festival poster reading The future is a cultural question
Futureproof Festival poster reading Come curious, leave uncomfortably inspired
Futureproof Festival poster asking Who shapes the systems that shape us
Futureproof Festival poster reading Do not outsource your imagination
Futureproof Festival poster reading We need better places to think together

Three days in Vancouver

A festival, not a pile of sessions.

When
October 28 to 30, 2026. Three shared days.
Where
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vanier Park, Vancouver
Program
The opening-night creative AI live set, two program days of talks and conversation, and the closing party.

From Vancouver AI and Film Club

The archive is the proof.

Explore the archive
  • Taleeb Noormohamed addresses the full room beneath his BC + AI event slide.
  • A full-room view frames Taleeb Noormohamed, the audience, and the projected event slide.
  • The full room gathers on stage for Meetup #31's closing group photo.
  • From the seats, the stage glows purple and red with the full room watching the opening.
  • A wide shot from the back of the room: silhouetted audience facing the lit stage and screen.
  • Meetup #31 gathers on and in front of the stage for a full-room group photo.
  • Wide room view of the Film Club workshop as attendees share ideas, photo 136.
  • A Film Club attendee smiles during the opening conversation, photo 047.
  • The Film Club facilitator opens the participatory workshop with the room gathered around, photo 011.
  • The Film Club facilitator gestures toward the collaborative idea wall, photo 079.
  • An Indigenous welcome performer holds a hand drum wide on the Vancouver AI Community stage.
  • Welcome performers share the stage: one holding a traditional frame drum: under the meetup title slide.

Photographs from earlier Vancouver AI meetups and BC + AI Film Club gatherings.

Photos: Michelle Diamond · Tristan Brand · Michael Caswell

Festival partners

Presented by the BC + AI Ecosystem Association.

Founding sponsor

Internet Archive Canada

Founding sponsor of Futureproof Festival. Backs the AI Builders Fellowship alongside BC + AI.

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Your member rate

Members come at the member rate.

Active BC + AI members save 25% on all public ticket types. The same membership supports the meetups, film nights, and the people who keep the work moving all year. Sign in to your account to apply your rate at checkout.

Plan your three days

The practical part.

  • Venue

    H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, 1100 Chestnut St, Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9.

    Getting there

  • Travel

    Plan your trip with the festival’s guide to flights, accommodation, transit, and arrival.

    Arrival details

  • Accessibility

    Read the attendee guide for venue access and support information. Contact the festival with specific access needs before attending.

    Access information

  • Tickets

    Passes are on sale through the festival site.

    Get your pass

  • Sponsorship & exhibiting

    Partner with the festival and the year-round community behind it, or bring your work to the floor with an exhibitor table.

    Sponsor Exhibit

  • Participate

    Lend a hand across the three days.

    Volunteer

Vancouver · October 28–30

Bring your questions to Vancouver.

Kris Krüg is the Festival Director and Founder / Executive Director of BC + AI. He runs the Vancouver AI meetups and has been building Futureproof Festival from the physical community first.