This is the full-show archive from Vancouver AI Meetup #30 at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre: the opening, Indigenous Welcome, BC + AI ecosystem updates,…
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This is the full-show archive from Vancouver AI Meetup #30 at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre: the opening, Indigenous Welcome, BC + AI ecosystem updates, Anthonia Ogundele of Ethọ́s Lab, Rick Glumac on AI and new technologies, and Mayumi Rollings with the BC + AI Film Club.
The shorter segment videos are easier entry points. This full archive preserves the complete room: the transitions, community questions, policy tension, creative debate, and the local texture around Vancouver's AI ecosystem in June 2026.
**What you will hear:**
- Kris Krüg opening the 30th consecutive Vancouver AI meetup
- Anthony Joseph and Jonny Williams grounding the evening with a Squamish welcome
- BC + AI ecosystem updates, including Mac Lab, Responsible AI Professional programming, animation accelerator work, and membership
- Anthonia Ogundele on Ethọ́s Lab, Blackathon, youth AI education, parents, schools, and cultural infrastructure
- Rick Glumac on BC's AI opportunity, adoption, guardrails, data centres, IP, and talent
- Mayumi Rollings and the BC + AI Film Club on AI animation, prompt challenges, creative identity, and whether AI film is still art
**Review note:** This full-show recording intentionally overlaps the segment videos. It includes Indigenous Welcome material and candid late-room conversation; review with the organizing team before clipping, quoting, or repackaging public excerpts.
**Chapters:**
0:00 - Vancouver AI intro
0:06 - Kris opens Meetup #30
0:51 - Anthony Joseph and Jonny Williams welcomed
1:27 - Anthony Joseph introduces the welcome
5:07 - Song context and medicine shared with the room
8:00 - Welcome song and dance section
14:52 - Mac Lab 0001 community update
18:30 - Responsible AI Professional program update
20:27 - AI animation accelerator update
22:48 - BC + AI ecosystem and membership update
23:50 - Anthonia Ogundele and Ethọ́s Lab introduced
24:32 - Anthonia begins with the parent lens
29:22 - Blackathon and cultural infrastructure
30:19 - Hogan's Alley as a youth design prompt
45:06 - Blackathon, schools, and trusted community spaces
51:06 - Rick Glumac introduced
51:52 - Rick begins: BC energy in the room
55:27 - BC economic priorities, AI, quantum, and talent
58:55 - Healthcare, AI scribes, and life sciences
1:05:35 - Data centres, clean power, and sovereignty criteria
1:10:55 - Integrated Marketplace and first customers
1:13:55 - BC support programs for tech companies
1:18:17 - Rick Glumac Q&A begins
1:20:04 - Creative industries and AI in production workflows
1:25:52 - Governance, copyright, creators, and training data
1:32:49 - Adoption support and backing local companies
1:39:35 - Talent, immigration, and work-integrated learning
1:54:42 - BC + AI Film Club introduced
1:55:49 - Mayumi Rollings introduces Tiny Ghost Studios and Film Club
1:59:00 - Film Club prompt challenges
2:06:39 - Tiny Ghost Studios examples
2:12:35 - Q&A: is AI work really art?
2:19:18 - Beyond prompting and the role of craft
2:27:34 - Prompting, credit, tools, and model ethics
2:39:10 - Late-room community reflections
**Credits:**
Host: Kris Krüg
Welcome: Anthony Joseph and Jonny Williams, Squamish Nation
Speakers: Anthonia Ogundele, Rick Glumac, Mayumi Rollings
Host organization: Vancouver AI / BC + AI
Video: Pixel Wizard
Venue: H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
**Territory acknowledgment:** Filmed in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.