Events I build, host & speak at
I don’t just attend the AI conversation — I host the room.
From a monthly Vancouver meetup to film-club screenings, weekly office hours, and keynote stages from São Paulo to Whistler — these are the rooms where BC’s AI community actually shows up, argues, makes things, and leaves braver. Most run on Luma; come find the next one.
Series I produce & host
The rooms I build and keep building.
Not one-off panels — recurring rituals with their own crowds, collaborators, and momentum.
Monthly · Vancouver
Vancouver AI Community Meetup
The flagship night I host and curate — builders, artists, founders, and the curious in one room every month. Demos, talks, arguments, and the occasional Squatchie Award. The heartbeat of the local scene.
Weekly · Online
BC + AI Office Hours
Every Friday, an open working session for the BC + AI ecosystem — questions, show-and-tell, and practical help moving real AI work forward. The connective tissue between the big monthly rooms.
Monthly · Multimodal Media Lab
AI Film Club
Co-led with Kevin Friel and Luke Minaker — monthly screenings and hands-on accelerators for filmmakers staying human while the tools get good at everything. Building toward the 2nd Annual BC + AI Film Festival in October 2026.
Ongoing · BC + AI
The special-interest groups
The deeper-end rooms inside the ecosystem: Mind, AI & Consciousness (MAC) deepdives, the AI + Education SIG, and the AI Ethical Futures Lab — plus regional chapters spinning up beyond Vancouver.
Stages I speak on
Keynotes, festivals, and the rooms that travel.
A few recent ones — several with the full talk on tape.
São Paulo · Keynote
World AI Film Festival Brasil
Opening keynote — “How to keep our souls intact when the machines get really good at making everything.” The Both Hands Full framework for filmmakers, students, and creative technologists.
Vancouver · Keynote
LaSalle College
“Both Hands Full: what creatives actually need to know about AI.” A graduation-season keynote on staying human, useful, and employable as the tools accelerate.
Whistler · Speaker series
Whistler Institute Global Speaker Series
“Inside Vancouver’s AI Boom” — the local scene as a case study in building AI culture that’s practical, ethical, and alive instead of hype-driven.
Conference · Keynote
ChannelNext
“The future of humanity: chaos & creativity” — a keynote that ends in a live, on-stage AI synthesis of the whole conference. The kind of risk that only works live.
Web Summit Vancouver
Calm Before the Storm
The community night I host on the eve of the big conferences — Web Summit, SIGGRAPH — so the locals own the room before the circus arrives.
Signature moments
The nights people still talk about.
The Thinking Game premiere
A documentary night at the Space Centre theatre with the AI Salon — big screen, bigger conversation.
The Squatchie Awards
The community’s tongue-in-cheek year-end recognition — Vancouver AI’s answer to an awards show.
Holiday Social / BC + AI Festivus
The end-of-year gathering where the whole ecosystem (and a birthday or two) collides.
Bring me to your stage — or your city
Come to a room, or let’s build one.
Follow along on Luma for what’s next, or bring a keynote, workshop, or community build to your event.