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SUMMARY:Futureproof Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:Futureproof Festival is a three-day Vancouver AI culture festival presented by the BC + AI Ecosystem Association. It brings artists\, engineers\, educators\, ethicists\, filmmakers\, founders\, students\, policy people\, researchers\, and community leaders into one shared arc: critique and curiosity together\, practical work beside culture\, and a serious conversation about what AI is doing to our communities.\n\nWhat you'll experience: A focused founding-room AI festival for BC's tech\, creative\, education\, public-interest\, and startup communities. Talks and conversations on AI ethics\, youth and education\, medicine\, creative AI\, filmmaking\, and what builders are shipping now. Working sessions\, hackathon demos\, sponsor demo tables\, and practical community-building around responsible AI adoption. The 2nd Annual BC + AI Film Festival and a creative AI wrap party\, included with Festival Pass. High-signal networking for people building\, governing\, teaching\, funding\, and living with AI in the local tech sector.\nVIATEC members are welcome. Use code VIATEC25 on Luma for 25% off public ticket types.\n\nRegistration: https://luma.com/futureproof-festival Kris Krug\, BC+AI Ecosystem Association. Event questions\, access requests and VIATEC discount support: KK@bc-ai.ca
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Futureproof Festival is a three-day Vancouver AI culture festival presented by the BC + AI Ecosystem Association. It brings artists\, engineers\, educators\, ethicists\, filmmakers\, founders\, students\, policy people\, researchers\, and community leaders into one shared arc: critique and curiosity together\, practical work beside culture\, and a serious conversation about what AI is doing to our communities.
What you'\;ll experience:
&bull\; A focused founding-room AI festival for BC'\;s tech\, creative\, education\, public-interest\, and startup communities.
&bull\; Talks and conversations on AI ethics\, youth and education\, medicine\, creative AI\, filmmaking\, and what builders are shipping now.
&bull\; Working sessions\, hackathon demos\, sponsor demo tables\, and practical community-building around responsible AI adoption.
&bull\; The 2nd Annual BC + AI Film Festival and a creative AI wrap party\, included with Festival Pass.
&bull\; High-signal networking for people building\, governing\, teaching\, funding\, and living with AI in the local tech sector.
VIATEC members are welcome. Use code VIATEC25 on Luma for 25% off public ticket types.
Registration: https://luma.com/futureproof-festival Kris Krug\, BC+AI Ecosystem Association. Event questions\, access requests and VIATEC discount support: KK@bc-ai.ca
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URL:https://members.viatec.ca/adv-manufacturing-rt-events/Details/futureproof-festival-2026-1850590?sourceTypeId=Hub
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