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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.

Captured: 25
Photos: 514
Span: 2024 → 2026
Cadence: monthly

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

August 26, 2026
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
July 29, 2026
Vancouver AI Meetup #31: July 2026
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 marked a best-friend return from Japan. The night moved from lobby…
Speakers Anthony Joseph, Dorothy Pang, Dave Olson, and Kris Krüg
June 24, 2026
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
May 27, 2026
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
April 29, 2026
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
March 25, 2026
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