The Lineup
Three days of confirmed community voices, working sessions, creative AI, film, demos, and keynote slots announced only when confirmed. A focused founding room for critique and curiosity, with enough structure to stay useful and enough weirdness to stay awake.
DEFRAG night included — The Metacreation DEFRAG wrap party is included with Festival Pass.
Opening Night — The Threshold
Where the room becomes a community.
Welcome from Kris — why humans gather now
DEFRAG opening live set — creative AI as performance
Philippe Pasquier, Erica Lapadat-Janzen, Arshia Sobhan Sarbandi, and Kris Krüg anchor opening night with generative visuals, live-coded sound, and artist-led AI performance.
Program Day One — Where We Are
What AI is already doing to people, culture, and attention.
Welcome — Kris frames the day
Opening Keynote + Q&A
Q&A facilitated by Anthonia Ogundele.
Conversation: "What we already feel"
Consciousness, AI, and the moral weight — in dialogue.
Talk: Anthonia Ogundele
Youth, education, and Black-led AI futures. Ethos Lab.
Talk: Simon Haworth
What AI is actually doing in medicine right now.
Working Session: Ethics in motion
90-minute participatory session. Real artifacts come out.
Conversation: "Build what lasts"
Creative AI and culture.
2nd Annual BC + AI Film Festival
Program Day Two + DEFRAG Night
The craft, the practice, and what comes next. DEFRAG wrap party included.
Welcome back — Kris frames Day 2
Talk: Filmmakers on the new craft
What AI does to making things.
Hackathon Demo Day
6 finalists, 5 minutes each + jury Q&A. Live community vote. Andrew Reid hosts.
Talk: A builder's voice
The practice — what's actually shipping.
Conversation: "Where the craft is going"
Closing Keynote + Q&A
Q&A facilitated by Kris.
Squatchies 2026 — short and sweet
Names, cheers, hugs. ~30 minutes.
Closing reflection
Futureproof 2027 reveal
Metacreation DEFRAG wrap party
The festival closes with DEFRAG as the cultural after-hours anchor. Included with Festival Pass.
Photo: Michelle Diamond · Vancouver AI Meetup · 2024