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Vancouver AI Community Meetup #019

Vancouver AI Community Meetup #019

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A guided AI‑powered meditation, hackathon unveil & 52‑startups wisdom inside Vancouver’s thriving grassroots scene.

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Join BC + AI Ecosystem Association: https://bc-ai.ca/membership/

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Mission 19 is a full‑body resonance test for what happens when code, consciousness, and community hold hands:

  • Land acknowledgment with gratitude to the Squamish Nation
  • Scholarship tickets + hydration thanks to Kassandra Linklate
  • SIGGRAPH 2025 side‑events roadmap — 100 + RSVPs
  • Hackathon 3.0 → unveiling the 1 000‑response “BC AI Hopes & Fears” dataset
  • Guided meditation by Peter Bowles
  • AI Ethics short‑film demo
  • AI Film Club launch (Sept)
  • Keynote: Michael Yagudaev on building 52 startups in 52 weeks with agentic coding workflows
  • Provincial AI Strategy survey call‑to‑action from Farid

Closing ritual: donuts, night‑sky viewing,

Mission 20 teaser

Links

  • BC + AI Adoption Survey - https://engage.gov.bc.ca/govtogetherbc/engagement/ai-adoption-in-bc/
  • Hackathon dataset repo
  • SIGGRAPH side‑event RSVP

Credits

Host/Producer Kris Krüg

Meditation & Music Peter Bowles

Video Kevin Friel

Field Video Viktor Serbin

Photos Michelle Diamond

Venue H.R. MacMillan Space Centre

Sponsors

Segev LLP

Sons of Vancouver

Dimitri Schwartzman

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