Futureproof voice · Vancouver 2026
Peter Bittner
AI Trainer & Consultant
Independent
October 28–30 · Vancouver

What they're bringing
Peter Bittner, independent AI trainer and consultant. He’ll get practical about teaching AI to working people, especially newsrooms and communications crews, without drowning them in another stupid tool list.
About
About Peter Bittner
Peter Bittner is an AI trainer and consultant who runs an independent practice building AI training and consulting for PR, communications, and news teams. He co-founded The AI Upgrade, which has since wrapped as a brand while the work continues. He helps teams turn generative AI from an abstract mandate into practical skills and working systems. A former multimedia journalist, Peter taught at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and Advanced Media Institute. He brings newsroom judgment, hands-on teaching, and years of AI adoption work into the same room.