Events

Events I build, host & speak at

I don’t just attend the AI conversation. I host the room.

A monthly Vancouver meetup, film-club screenings, weekly office hours, and keynote stages from São Paulo to Whistler. Most of it runs on Luma. Come find the next one.

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  • 71rooms on record
  • 31meetup editions
  • 37frames on the sheet

Friday, Sept 25 · 11:30am-1:30pm · BOSA Theatre, Capilano University

World Tourism Day: AI, Tourism & Human Touch

AI keynote and panel for TRECSA (Capilano University’s Tourism & Outdoor Recreation Student Association) on World Tourism Day – how AI and the digital agenda are reshaping tourism in BC, with Paula Amos (Indigenous Tourism BC), Jason Williams (YVR) and Amber Papou (Tourism Industry Association of BC).

AI Keynote Speaker

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Promo card for the September 30 Vancouver AI Community Meetup

Wed, Sept 30 · Space Centre

Vancouver AI Community Meetup

Next Vancouver AI Community Meetup on Wednesday, September 30. Hosted monthly at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Host

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Oct 28–30 · H.R. MacMillan Space Centre

Futureproof Festival

Inaugural Futureproof Festival at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Oct 28–30, 2026. The rooms, screenings, and conversations BC + AI has been building toward.

Host / founder

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Monday, Nov 23 · 11am–12pm PST · Online

AI for Magazines Without Losing the Plot

One hour in AMPA’s Strategies for Canadian Magazines series, hosted by Joyce Byrne, for publishers, editors and creative leads on small teams. Where AI can buy back time in a magazine workflow without handing over editorial judgment, creative voice, source relationships or reader trust. Delegate the mechanics, keep the meaning.

Guest lecture

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The contact sheet

Every room I have a frame of.

Hover any frame for the night, the room, and the photographer.

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The complete record

Everything, by year.

71 rooms hosted, spoken at, or built.

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Series I produce & host

The rooms I build and keep building.

  • Monthly · Vancouver

    Vancouver AI Community Meetup

    The flagship night I host and curate. Builders, artists, founders, and the curious in one room, plus the occasional Squatchie Award.

  • Weekly · Online

    BC + AI Office Hours

    Every Friday, an open working session for the ecosystem. Questions, show-and-tell, and practical help moving real AI work forward.

  • Monthly · Multimodal Media Lab

    AI Film Club

    Co-led with Kevin Friel and Luke Minaker. Screenings and accelerators for filmmakers staying human while the tools get good at everything.

  • Ongoing · BC + AI

    The special-interest groups

    The deeper-end rooms: Mind, AI & Consciousness deepdives, AI + Education, the Ethical Futures Lab, and chapters beyond Vancouver.

Bring me to your stage, or your city

Come to a room, or let's build one.

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