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Older posts below describe an earlier week-long plan. The 2026 festival is opening night plus two program days, October 28-30.

Wide Space Centre auditorium with a speaker and full Vancouver AI audience

sponsor2026-09-11

Internet Archive Canada joins as founding sponsor

Internet Archive Canada is the founding sponsor of Futureproof Festival 2026 in Vancouver, October 28-30, and backs the AI Builders Fellowship with BC + AI.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Simon Haworth on a night navigation deck under a salmon constellation.

speaker2026-08-16

Simon Haworth joins Futureproof Festival 2026

Intellomx CEO Simon Haworth is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Sarah Downey mending a glowing net on a dusk shoreline with salmon, a raven, and aurora.

speaker2026-08-16

Sarah Downey joins Futureproof Festival 2026

Sarah Downey Consulting founder Sarah Downey is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Philippe Pasquier at an outdoor night tide-pool with a musical-notation current, a tide-pool bell, and a cello-scroll fern.

speaker2026-08-16

Philippe Pasquier joins Futureproof Festival 2026

Metacreation Lab director Philippe Pasquier is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Futureproof Festival featured speaker square for Loki Jorgenson beside a cedar switchback stair climbing to a roofless observatory under aurora and dawn, with the BC + AI ecosystem presenter mark.

speaker2026-08-16

Loki Jorgenson joins Futureproof Festival 2026

Circle Innovation CTO Loki Jorgenson is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Peter Bittner beside a hand-built signal loom turning many coloured threads into one luminous current.

speaker2026-08-12

Peter Bittner joins Futureproof Festival 2026

The AI Upgrade co-founder Peter Bittner is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker poster for Kris Krüg beside salmon swimming through an upstream current.

speaker2026-08-12

Kris Krüg joins the Futureproof Festival 2026 program

Futureproof Festival founder and festival director Kris Krüg is part of the 2026 speaker program.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Kevin Friel with a painted generative light show flowing over a midnight festival crowd.

speaker2026-08-12

Kevin Friel joins Futureproof Festival 2026

BC + AI Film Club festival director Kevin Friel is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker poster for Jos Duncan-Asé beside a moonlit Pacific tidepool, aurora reflections, and concentric ripples.

speaker2026-08-12

Jos Duncan-Asé joins Futureproof Festival 2026

Love Now Media founder Jos Duncan-Asé is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Sara Blenkhorn, Director of Innovation at the Buckminster Fuller Institute, beside a geodesic dome framework merging with living mycelial systems under an aurora night sky.

speaker2026-08-04

Sara Blenkhorn joins Futureproof Festival 2026

Buckminster Fuller Institute Director of Innovation Sara Blenkhorn is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Futureproof Festival featured speaker square for Brett Gaylor beside a cave workshop whose rock arch opens onto a luminous kelp forest, with the BC + AI ecosystem presenter mark.

speaker2026-08-04

Brett Gaylor joins Futureproof Festival 2026

Peabody-winning documentary filmmaker and Hololabs VP Creative Brett Gaylor is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Archival-style AI Builders Fellowship campaign artwork in charcoal and bone, with a survey-line landscape, fossil spiral, and the words AI Builders Fellowship, Internet Archive Canada × BC + AI, and $5,000 · six weeks.

announcement2026-07-29

AI Builders Fellowship: CA$10,000 across two projects

Internet Archive Canada and BC + AI are backing two builders with CA$10,000 across two projects and six weeks, with a conditional Futureproof Festival showcase on October 28.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Mayumi Rollings with film, painting, music, and community imagery.

speaker2026-07-21

Mayumi Rollings joins Futureproof Festival 2026

Tiny Ghost Studios co-founder and CEO Mayumi Rollings is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Zaro. His smiling portrait appears on the right beside a large open hand filled with winding rivers, trees, and small groups of people gathering. Hand-lettered text reads The Human Operating System and gives the festival dates, Oct 28–30, 2026, in Vancouver.

speaker2026-07-19

Zaro joins Futureproof Festival 2026

Community futurist Zaro joins Futureproof to talk about community as living infrastructure.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Lynda Brown-Ganzert, CEO of RxPx Inc. Her smiling portrait appears on the right against an aurora-lit night sky above a gathering around a fire. Hand-lettered text reads The Human Side of Health and gives the festival dates, Oct 28–30, 2026, in Vancouver.

speaker2026-07-18

Lynda Brown-Ganzert joins Futureproof Festival 2026

RxPx CEO Lynda Brown-Ganzert is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Ana Serrano, President and Vice-Chancellor of OCAD University. Her smiling portrait appears at the lower right beneath hand-lettered text reading Who Futureproofs Culture? The card gives the festival dates, Oct 28–30, 2026, in Vancouver.

speaker2026-07-18

Ana Serrano joins Futureproof Festival 2026

OCAD University President and Vice-Chancellor Ana Serrano is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Amber Case, founder of the Calm Tech Institute. Her portrait appears on the right against a starry midnight-blue sky and glowing horizon. Hand-lettered text reads Calm Technology in the Age of Loud Machines and gives the festival dates, Oct 28–30, 2026, in Vancouver.

speaker2026-07-18

Amber Case joins Futureproof Festival 2026

Calm Tech Institute founder and Calm Technology author Amber Case is part of the Futureproof Festival 2026 speaker program.

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Hand-painted Futureproof poster with people around a shoreline fire beneath salmon, a raven, and aurora light

announcement2026-05-15

Futureproof Festival 2026: Oct 28–30 at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Futureproof Festival brings the most honest AI conversation happening this year to H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver, October 28–30, 2026.

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Kris on stage with raised hands in front of a Vancouver AI audience

announcement2026-04-27

Historical planning note: Data Nerds Day

Historical April planning note. Data Nerds Day remains valuable 2027 context; the active 2026 program is the Oct 28-30 focused-festival edition.

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announcement2026-04-16

Historical pricing note: original week/day grid

Historical April pricing grid. Current tickets are Festival Pass, VIP Pass, and Student Festival Pass for Oct 28-30.

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announcement2026-04-14

Historical planning note: original track leads

Historical April planning note. The six-track week-long format is now 2027 planning context, not the active 2026 public schedule.

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announcement2026-04-02

Historical announcement: original week-long plan

Historical April announcement preserved for provenance. The active 2026 plan is now October 28-30 in Vancouver.

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