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Vancouver AI Meetup

The monthly hub of the BC + AI scene. Researchers, founders, artists, and curious humans show up. We feed everyone, four-to-five people give short talks, and the after-mingle is where the real network gets built.

Status
Active
Dates
2024 → now
Captured
26
Photos
514

Where we land

  • SFU VentureLabs · downtown
  • Parker Street Studios · Strathcona
  • Lighthouse Labs · Yaletown
  • Plus pop-ups and partner spaces
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What happened at recent gatherings

  1. Vancouver AI Meetup #32

    Vancouver AI Meetup #32 took over the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre on August 26, 2026. It was also, quietly, the one-year anniversary of the BC + AI Ecosystem Association, which started as an idea and a room full of…

    Speakers chiyakselut (Venessa Gonzales), Gordon Hamilton, Amanda Calvo, Taleeb Noormohamed, and Kris Krüg

  2. Vancouver AI Meetup #31: July 2026

    Read the full Meetup #31 story: sleep, poetry, and hybrid cinema . Vancouver AI Meetup #31 filled the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre on July 29, 2026. Kush held registration so the host could barbecue. Sake and a kimono…

    Speakers Anthony Joseph, Dorothy Pang, Dave Olson, and Kris Krüg

  3. Vancouver AI Meetup #30: June 2026

    Vancouver AI Meetup #30 landed under the dome of the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre on June 24, 2026 — a fitting room for a milestone night. The evening moved from golden-hour conversations on the plaza into a packed…

    Speakers Anthony Joseph, Jonny Williams, and Kris Krüg · Anthonia Ogundele, Ethọ́s Lab · Mayumi Rollings, Tiny Ghost Studios Co-Founder / BC + AI Film Club

  4. Vancouver AI Meetup: May 2026

    The May 27 Vancouver AI Community Meetup at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre gathered builders, artists, archivists, open-source advocates, students, and community organizers around one working question: what still…

    Speakers Gabriel George Sr. · Andrea Mills · Dr. Rachel Horst · Simon Haworth

  5. Vancouver AI Meetup: April 2026

    The April 29 Vancouver AI Community Meetup turned the Space Centre into an ethics lab for one night. The program moved from opening protocol and community announcements into three different ways of asking the same…

    Speakers Sarah Downey, Sev Geraskin, and Martin Lopatka · Vanessa + Kris Krüg

  6. Vancouver AI Meetup: March 2026

    The March 25 Vancouver AI Community Meetup brought a Squamish Nation welcome, a grounded case for working between AI hype and rejection, a live robot demonstration, a Film Club prompt challenge, and two talks about…

    Speakers Mayumi · Lawrence Okolo

Talks and recordings

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  1. Canada's AI Future + Data for Good with Taleeb Noormohamed | Vancouver AI Meetup #32

    chiyakselut (Venessa Gonzales), Gordon Hamilton, Amanda Calvo, Taleeb Noormohamed, and Kris Krüg · Vancouver AI Meetup #32

  2. Vancouver AI Meetup #31 — Full Show

    Anthony Joseph, Dorothy Pang, Dave Olson, and Kris Krüg · Vancouver AI Meetup #31: July 2026

  3. Vancouver AI Meetup #30: Intro + Indigenous Welcome

    Anthony Joseph, Jonny Williams, and Kris Krüg · Vancouver AI Meetup #30: June 2026

  4. Anthonia Ogundele: AI Education Needs Community

    Anthonia Ogundele, Ethọ́s Lab · Vancouver AI Meetup #30: June 2026

  5. Mayumi Rollings: Is AI Film Still Art?

    Mayumi Rollings, Tiny Ghost Studios Co-Founder / BC + AI Film Club · Vancouver AI Meetup #30: June 2026

  6. Opening & Indigenous Welcome: Gabriel George Sr. | Vancouver AI May 2026

    Gabriel George Sr. · Vancouver AI Meetup: May 2026

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