Full recording of Vancouver AI Community Meetup March 2026. The event opens with a welcome from by Anthony Joseph of the Squamish
Mayumi runs AI Film Club with Kevin and Luke. What started as \
Lawrence Akello has been building toward this moment. From student volunteer to featured speaker, he's now running OpenClaw on act
At Vancouver AI Meetup, we opened with something different: A land acknowledgment that meant something. Squamish Nation counselor
What happens when a community actually shows up for each other? This is the community announcements segment from the Vancouver AI
Let's be real: the AI conversation is exhausted. On one side, you've got the boosters who act like AI will solve all our problems
Diane Laidlaw (Afro Futcha) is a UK-based creator whose work stands out because it's not another fight scene or Marvel frame. It's
Full recording from BC AI Film Club March 2026 at Multimodal Media Lab. Featuring: Kevin Friel on \
Suzy Easton turned a hackathon-by-accident into a revelation. With a Tuesday deadline and an idea for an \
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What happens when a community stops waiting and starts building? A professional AI filmmaking platform with DaVinci Resolve integr
We ran a challenge. You made things. The brief: create something ASMR-inspired using AI tools. The results? Weird, wonderful, and
Kevin Friel unpacks four weeks of AI film chaos—new models, new editors, new agents—and the first medical diagnosis of AI burnout.
Veteran film maker Kevin Friel shares a fast, practical “Audio 101” for indie and AI-assisted filmmakers. Drawing on 25+ years of
AI Film Club Community prompt challenge! This is where creators used generative video tools to make 15–20 second toilet paper comm
Joel Flynn, a singer, remixer, and media researcher, explains how he uses AI‑driven audio tools, karaoke tracks, and custom playli
Jakub Kuczynsk showcases Hardcore, a 4–5 minute action short made solo in Unreal Engine on an RTX 3070 Ti. He explains how the fil
Mind, AI & Consciousness takes over Vancouver AI for a special February 2026 edition exploring what it means to be aware in an age
Michel Leblond from Mind, AI & Consciousness walks the audience through big questions the group has tackled: panpsychism and wheth
Daniel Moon, co‑founder and CEO of Tide Theory AI, presents an AI platform that analyzes video to automatically design and generat
AI video just crossed a new threshold. In this BC AI Film Club session, we explore why “something big is happening” in 4K AI video
Four community projects at the intersection of AI, film, and storytelling: – Belcim shares how being bedridden led her to create a
Is human love and identity at risk as romantic relationships rapidly shift from human-to-human to the human-machine dyad? Learning
Philosopher and researcher Fiann O’Hagan joins the community tonight to unpack what it means for a being to recognize itself, and
Loki Jorgensen opens the session by brining sound from the past. He then pose real philosophical questions: What is consciousness
"Quick rundown of February 2026 Vancouver AI events, projects, and opportunities to get involved in the local AI community.
Squamish Nation community leaders Venessa Gonzales her daughter Makaidea Gonzales ground the Vancouver AI gathering on Skwxwú7mesh
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It's dark December in Vancouver. The solstice approaches. Two years ago, we started gathering trying to figure out what AI meant
AI's Real Cost Creative Power vs. Planetary Limits The machines are thirsty. While AI transforms how we create content, it's con
Luke Minaker of Tiny Ghost Studios sharing how he’s using hybrid AI+3D pipelines to reclaim creative “art school” freedom, dramati
Mr. Pixel Wizard Kevin Friel demonstrating his end‑to‑end workflow—from scripting and shot‑listing with Claude and V3.1, to genera
Michael Tippett premieres a gritty micro‑episode from his “Westside City” series—set in a noir, AI‑imagined metropolis where build
The world premiere of the BC + AI FilmClub, filmed live at the Multimodal Media Lab in downtown Vancouver. It welcomes the BC + AI
"Artist Daniela Gamarra “DAGA” shares her experimental pipeline for turning 3D AI animation into 2D, hand‑drawn‑styled frames usin
This BC AI Film Club’s demo session features local builders showing off tools for automated bespoke AI soundtracks, standardized l
This BC AI Film Club’s session features visual effects artist John Mutter introduces “Strange Love,” an episodic, fully AI-visuali
The first BC + AI Film Club meetup kicks off a new monthly, in‑person gathering in Vancouver where filmmakers, animators, and crea
Peter Bittner of The AI Upgrade shares how his cohort-based, six‑week online programs turn AI confusion into capstone‑level creati
"Community Announcements: New multimodal lab venue, open collabs, reading groups, and 2026 dates.
Kicks off meetup #24 with gratitude, humor, and a powerful welcome from Gabriel George Sr. of the Tsleil‑Waututh Nation, who share
"A holiday special warm intro to our Vancouver Al meetup, featuring Patrick Parra Pennefather, Alex Salvador Lopez, Gabriel Zaro.
"A warm intro to our Vancouver AI meetup, featuring Is’gh’li‑ya’s welcome and song. Join BC + AI: Next Vancouver AI meetup:
"Quick community updates, wins, and upcoming initiatives from our November Vancouver AI meetup Join BC + AI: Next Vancouver AI mee
Lionel Ringenbach presents tools estimating AI energy, carbon, and water use, critiques opaque “closed” AI, and proposes incentive
Amanda Silvera shares how her voice was cloned and abused, and urges policy, detection tech, and community action to protect biome
Moderated discussion in Vancouver frames AI as a double‑edged tool for climate. The closing theme: accountability, transparency, a
Applied AI hits the factory floor in Vancouver. In this Founder’s Day Vibe Lounge chat, host Kevin Friel meets Pierre from Bridge
🔗 Download the dataset + submit: Data Storytelling Hackathon – Round 1: Is A Hotdog A Sandwich? ⸻ Join BC + AI: Next Vancouver AI
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This historic episode captures Vancouver AI's biggest event yet: the debut of the First Annual AI Film Festival and the grand fina
What happens when you invite every cloud, cut the hype, and donate the upside? At the Vancouver Orpheum, Matt Carolan explains Clo
What happens when you merge 10,000-year-old Indigenous knowledge with cutting-edge AI? In this groundbreaking September 2025 meetu
What happens when you ask 1,000 Canadians what it really means to be Canadian—then drop the raw data into an open AI hackathon? We
From Classrooms to Clinics: How Surrey AI is Building BC's AI Future Join Matthew Schwartzman and the Surrey AI community for Meet
(Hackathon#4 Submission by Darby Yule) 🔗 Download the dataset + submit: Data Storytelling Hackathon – Round 4: The Soundtrack of U
AI’s role in creative tools and storytelling, this is what the people in industry thinks. Join BC + AI: Next Vancouver AI meetup:
AI Film Festival from the Vancouver AI community. Recorded at our October 2025 meetup, this 15‑minute micro‑festival features rapi
Meet veteran animator Luke and VFX artist Tim as they break down practical workflows, where AI shines, what are the current limits
Join BC + AI: Next Vancouver AI meetup: Mind, AI, and Consciousness (MAC) is the meetup where participants explore philosophical a
Join BC + AI: Next Vancouver AI meetup: Jeff is building an AI‑powered edtech platform for the beauty industry, watch to find out
Margaret Dibor on AI, Privacy & SMB Security | BC Founders Day 25
TL;DR: The Van AI Hackathon—Vancouver’s biggest, most creative AI build-day. Over $7,500 given already, the Van AI Hackathon enter
Join BC + AI: Next Vancouver AI meetup: Surrey AI is a tiny-but-mighty circle inside the wider provincial mycelium, focused on han
Join BC + AI: Next Vancouver AI meetup: VanAI September: How is AI shaping culture and leadership in BC? Host Kris Krug welcomes J
Vancouver AI’s September community announcements: events you can actually show up to, research wins, sponsors, and a new Discord t
A poetic, story-driven film exploring how AI quietly shapes daily choices, privacy, and humanity in British Columbia. This short f
At Vancouver AI, artist‑researcher Manuel Axel Strain proposes ethical AI systems for plant communication and mycelium networks, g
– Join BC + AI: – Next Vancouver AI meetup: Vancouver AI at BC Founders Day: how do human relationships power startups in a world
SIGGRAPH Vancouver mini report: generative VFX spoof and a no‑code game engine that builds worlds in one click. Which demo surpris
Featuring Love Now Media’s Jos Duncan on AI ethics; advocacy, Peter Bitner on the future of work, and Rival’s data storytelling ha
Join BC + AI: Next Vancouver AI meetup: AI in Canadian manufacturing at BC Founders Day, Vancouver. How do we modernize legacy fac
Join the BC AI Ecosystem Association: Next Vancouver AI meetup: What actually changes at work when the AI buzz fades? Peter Bittne
– Join the BC AI Ecosystem Association: – Next Vancouver AI meetup: Vancouver AI Hackathon winners turn BC survey data into storie
What does it mean to “put love in the code” and the policy? A powerful Vancouver AI meetup talk: Jos Duncan (Love Now Media) share
Dean’s Album → Vancouver AI Community → BC AI Ecosystem → Rival Technologies → Dean Shev just shocked everyone by winning our $2,5
In this demo, Prajwal Prashanth showcases his Round 3 Vancouver AI Hackathon submission: a storytelling tool that turns open-ended
What happens when you ask 1,000+ British Columbians about AI? You get comedy, confusion, poetry… and a big lesson: AI literacy fir
"What if data could talk, adapt, and guide you like a story? 📊✨ Bear × Bunny’s AGI-DI transforms BC’s AI survey into a living data
Lionel Ringenbach just exposed something at Vancouver AI that'll make you rethink every ChatGPT query you've ever made: 55% of AI
TLDR: Serial builder who shut down AI 51 startups shares brutal truth about AI coding – more output doesn't mean better outcomes.
Indigenous Elder Brings Ancient Wisdom to Vancouver AI Community | Gabriel George Sr. Eagle Song Gabriel George Sr of the Tsleil-W
2 hours & change under the Space Centre dome served up a living syllabus on what community‑driven AI looks like in BC: Protoco
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Post-Interface Culture, Fungal Code & the Sandwich Tribunal Welcome to the living archive of Vancouver AI Meetup #16—recorded
This episode captures an unfiltered night inside the Vancouver AI community—where analog gear hums alongside AI-generated visuals,
What DOES it mean to be Canadian in 2025—and can AI turn raw survey data into lived experience? 👀 Watch as the Vancouver AI Commun
Community Announcements at a Vancouver AI community meetup is the section that feels more like an open mic at a neighbourhood hous
How does a filmmaker help shape an AI-powered creative community? Victor Serbin shares the behind-the-scenes story of building, fi
TL;DR What happens when a 500‑million‑dollar Indian footwear dynasty crashes our grassroots meetup? You get Vippal Kansel—CEO of V
A synthetic First Nations voice walks you through the raw data behind Canada’s widening fault lines… unpacking the numbers and w
Learn how to create interactive 3D dashboards for qualitative data using AI.Explore Canadian identity survey responses visualized
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What happens when private search monopolies lock away our shared knowledge? Discover how AI, embeddings, and Aaron Swartz’s vision
AI startup founders send field reports live from Web Summit Vancouver 2025’s trade-show floor—no buzzwords, just what’s actually h
Grounding AI in Indigenous wisdom: Gabriel George Sr. of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation opens Vancouver AI: May 28 #WebSummit with land
Before the buzz of keynotes, demos, and algorithms, this transmission from the Vancouver AI Community Meetup brings us back to whe
How to build anti-burnout community in the AI age | Jessica Liang built something rare: a coworking space that actually works. 200
Real Talk with Bibi Souza at Cloud Summit Vancouver Welcome to the Cloud Summit Vibe Lounge, live from the Orpheum Theater at Web
What do you get when you cross a VR pioneer, hip-hop concert promoter, brand anarchist, and freestyle futurist? You get Khayyam Wa
Holy digital disruption, Batman. Kevin \
What happens when Indigenous wisdom meets artificial intelligence? Carol ANne Hilton — founder of the Indigenomics Institute and v
No corporate polish. No fake optimism. Just two veterans breaking down what da funk is really going out out there for film makers
The room was hot with emergence—new tools, new tribes, new stakes. I lit the fuse, Loki Jorgenson grabbed the mic, and we dove hea
Gabriel George of the Slə́lwəta̓ʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation shares ancient tech prophecies that predicted our digital age centuries
This is where the story turns inward. Where we stop pitching and start reflecting on what we’re actually building here in British
This clip captures a living snapshot of the BC AI ecosystem as it’s unfolding—from inside the room at Vancouver AI Meetup #16. You
BC + AI is on fire! 🔥 Dive into Round 1 of the Vancouver AI Hackathon, where grassroots creators, scrappy AI startups BC, and ethi
Dive into the ultimate food identity debate with Sev Geraskin's project for the Vancouver AI Data Storytelling Hackathon. Using AI
Michel LeBlond developed a fun interactive chat using AI and RAG, inspired by \
Step-by-step breakdown of a multi-tool AI pipeline that turns raw survey text into animated, data-driven videos. Includes prompt e
Watch a complete walkthrough of an AI pipeline that converts 500+ lunch-combo survey responses into four evidence-based consumer p
An end-to-end AI pipeline converts 500+ survey responses into a data-driven comic. Recorded at the VanAI Round 1 Hackathon in Vanc
Allen Pike on Post-Chat AI Design What if chat was just the training wheels? In this keynote from Vancouver AI Meetup #16, Allen P
What happens when ancient languages meet machine learning? In this powerful talk from the Vancouver AI Community, Peter-Lucas Jone
How do we move beyond boring data reports and static dashboards? In this conversation, Kris Krüg and Andrew Reid (Founder, Rival T
The fourth in Brittney Smaila's ongoing series of AI-focused spoken word explorations, this performance at our February Vancouver
What happens when AI meets your brain? Dr. Judy Illes, Distinguished Professor at UBC and neuroethics pioneer, breaks down the rev
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