Proximity
Stop watching the future happen on LinkedIn. Membership gets you closer to the people, projects, rooms, and questions already shaping AI in BC.
BC + AI Membership
Become a BC + AI member.
Get member rooms, Office Hours, working groups, and year-round access to the people building with AI in British Columbia.
Individual membership is $340 CAD / year. Buy now, or ask us about a team.
94+
events since 2023
3
BC regions and growing
Choose your membership
Pick the plan that matches how you show up.
Prices are CAD. Self-serve plans check out online. Team packs are set up with us.
Most popular
Individual
$340
CAD / year
For one person joining on their own.
Full member access: member events, Office Hours, coworking, backchannels, and a voice in the association.
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Micro Pack (5 members)
$850
CAD / year
For small teams.
Five assignable memberships under one company admin. Setup is manual in native v1 and follows by email.
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Student
$115
CAD / year
For current students.
The same full member access at a lower rate. Proof of enrolment may be requested.
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Growth Pack (12 members)
$2000
CAD / year
For growing teams.
Twelve assignable memberships and a stronger bridge into the BC + AI ecosystem. Team packs are set up personally: invoice, access, and onboarding handled with you.
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Enterprise Pack (30 members)
$4250
CAD / year
For larger organizations.
Thirty assignable memberships and a visible stake in the work. Team packs are set up personally: invoice, access, and onboarding handled with you.
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The practical part
Join before you buy the festival ticket.
Active members save 25% on all public ticket types at Futureproof Festival.
Current prices, availability, access routes, and other ticket terms stay on the festival site and Luma.
Festival member benefit
25%
Get the current code from your account, then use it at checkout on Luma.
- Futureproof Festivalsave 25%
Membership supports the year-round rooms that built the festival.
What membership includes
Year-round access to the rooms and the people.
Orientation
Office Hours, working groups, recaps, and member updates help you keep your map current when the tools and the headlines keep shifting.
People
Builders, artists, researchers, founders, educators, public servants, students, and AI-curious humans compare notes without pretending anyone has it all figured out.
Momentum
Coworking, backchannels, member-first asks, and recurring rooms turn half-built ideas into collaborations that can survive the night.
Savings
Active members save 25% on all public ticket types at Futureproof Festival.
Voice
Paid members help shape the association priorities, programming, standards, and public-interest work. The community gets better when the people who care help fund it.
From recent gatherings
Photos from the rooms members keep open.
Photos: Tristan Brand · Michelle Diamond · Michael Caswell
Voices from the room
People are already saying the quiet part out loud.
The strongest proof is not a slogan. It is builders, artists, researchers, students, and curious people putting their names and faces on why they keep showing up.
Watch the public video archive
2:23Community Spotlight
Loki Jorgensen
Mind, AI & Consciousness
The hard questions get a room instead of a comment thread. Philosophers, scientists, artists, and builders stay in the same conversation.
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2:51Community Spotlight
Sev Geraskin
Founder, product builder, community regular
A founder brings playful demos and serious product questions into a room built for feedback, friendship, and real connection.
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2:04Community Spotlight
Matthew Schwartzman
Student organizer
Students and local organizers use the community to find a path into a fast-moving field, then help others find theirs.
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2:05Community Spotlight
Lionel Ringenbach
Creative technologist
A creative technologist brings forests, cameras, gestures, and open-source habits into the AI conversation.
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2:55Community Spotlight
Dean Shev
Health-tech founder
A health-tech founder brings practical questions about care, ethics, and the systems people rely on into the room.
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Why membership matters
This whole thing only works if the people who care help pay for it.
Membership keeps the rooms open, the notes public, the photographers paid, scholarships possible, and the connective tissue alive between events.
Vancouver AI was the start. BC + AI is the member-supported association growing around it for people who want AI in British Columbia to stay practical, creative, responsible, and locally grounded.
Free updates
Want the public signal first?
The newsletter is free and public. Membership is the paid plan with rooms, people, and year-round access. Get the updates here, then join when you are ready.
Ready?
Membership pays for the rooms. It also puts you in them.
You are not buying a logo or a donation receipt. You are buying year-round access to the BC + AI community, and helping keep that community open.