Futureproof Festival 2026 has a sharper promise: the most honest AI conversation happening this year.
The festival runs Wednesday October 28 through Friday October 30, 2026 at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver.
Presented by the BC + AI Ecosystem Association, Futureproof Festival is an international AI culture and ideas festival for anyone trying to understand what AI is doing to work, creativity, institutions, communities, and everyday life.
Opening night plus two program days create space for critique, curiosity, practical questions, and real conversation.
No detailed speaker, session, or timing information is available yet. Start with the Festival overview for the dates, location, six public signals, and community behind the invitation.
Futureproof Festival is not trying to be the biggest AI event in the region. It is trying to be the gathering people remember because they met difficult ideas from different angles, argued with the same questions, and carried the conversation home.
You do not need to work in AI to belong here. Builders, artists, educators, researchers, founders, policy people, students, and the AI-curious public are all part of the conversation.
This is still Futureproof Festival. It is just distilled.
If you want to join us in Vancouver, see the current pass options and terms at /tickets.