Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "The Future Is a Cultural Question." over an aurora above a forested shoreline with salmon and painted eyes along the water
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "Vancouver, We Need to Talk About AI" over the Vancouver harbour at night
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "Come Curious. Leave Uncomfortably Inspired." over an aurora-lit doorway opening onto the night sky
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "This Conversation Needs You in the Room" over a campfire gathering under the stars
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "What Happens When AI Meets Culture?" over a sheet of hand-painted wayfinding glyphs
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "Who Gets to Shape What Shapes Us?" over rivers running through open hands
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "Inevitable Is a Story Someone Is Selling You." over a projected horizon over dark water
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "Build What Lasts." over a living seed archive of growing forms
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "Change the Story. Change What Gets Built." over a film strip mid-splice
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "Teach the Question, Not Just the Tool." over a shared learning table
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "Do Not Outsource Your Imagination." over painted flora blooming outward
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "Make Room for What the Model Cannot Predict." over a broken frame opening onto wild space
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "Before We Scale It, Should We?" over a weighing scale of consequences under the night sky
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "The Future Needs Places to Think." over a quiet tidepool reflecting stars
Hand-painted Futureproof Festival poster reading "Do Not Confuse Speed with Direction." over salmon pushing upstream against the current
The room alive at a BC + AI gathering, Space Centre, Nov 2025. Photo: Michelle Diamond
A packed auditorium at Vancouver AI, Feb 2026
Builders on the hackathon stage, VanAI 21
The community on stage, Vancouver AI, Feb 2026
A question from the floor, Vancouver AI, Feb 2026
The BC + AI ethics community in a circle
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, the festival home in Vanier Park
Second Beach and Stanley Park in fall. Photo: Jon Ross Films
Lions Gate Bridge with downtown Vancouver behind it. Photo: Destination BC / Hubert Kang
A rower crossing English Bay at sunset. Photo: Destination Vancouver / Nelson Mouellic
The Vancouver skyline against the Coast Mountains
Vancouver