Speakers · Vancouver 2026

Meet the first voices joining Futureproof.

Oct 28–30 · Vancouver

These builders and community leaders are part of the public Futureproof roster. More voices will be shared as their participation and materials are ready.

Public Futureproof Festival speakers

The poster wall

12 public profiles. Different relationships to the systems shaping our lives.

Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Amber Case, in portrait format. Type across the top reads "Featured Speaker, Amber Case, Founder, Calm Tech Institute", above hand-lettered wording, "Calm Technology in the Age of Loud Machines". An aurora fills the starry sky over a lake where a lantern-lit canoe drifts. Amber's photograph sits in the lower right, and the FUTUREPROOF FESTIVAL lockup with "October 28–30, 2026 · Vancouver" and "Presented by BC + AI Ecosystem" sits in the lower left.

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Amber Case

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Founder

Calm Tech Institute

Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Ana Serrano in a cultural technology landscape.

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Ana Serrano

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President & Vice-Chancellor

OCAD University

Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Lynda Brown-Ganzert in a digital health landscape.

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Lynda Brown-Ganzert

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CEO

RxPx Inc

Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Zaro with a community gathering around a fire.

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Zaro

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Community Intelligence Architect

zaro.me

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

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Kris Krüg

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Founder & Festival Director

BC + AI Ecosystem Association

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

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Mayumi Rollings

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Founder & CEO

Tiny Ghost Studios

Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker card for Anthonia Ogundele beside a learning table, salmon, ravens, and an aurora night sky.

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Anthonia Ogundele

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Founder & Executive Director

Ethọ́s Lab

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

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Peter Bittner

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AI Trainer & Consultant

The AI Upgrade

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Kevin Friel

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Festival Director

BC + AI Film Club

Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker poster for Brewster Kahle, seated at a table with a raven and salmon while a painted river flows through an open door. Hand-lettered card text includes The Library of Everything and the festival dates, October 28–30, 2026, in Vancouver.

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Brewster Kahle

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Founder & Digital Librarian

Internet Archive

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.

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Sara Blenkhorn

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Director of Innovation

Buckminster Fuller Institute

A film still from Brett Gaylor's short film OK Google, used as the featured image for his Futureproof Festival speaker profile.

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Brett Gaylor

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VP Creative

Hololabs

October 28–30 · Vancouver

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