Futureproof voice · Vancouver 2026

Peter Bittner

AI Trainer & Consultant

The AI Upgrade

October 28–30 · Vancouver

Futureproof Festival featured speaker portrait for Peter Bittner, smiling in a blue-gray striped shirt.
Why this voice is here

Peter brings newsroom judgment and practical AI instruction together, helping working teams move from tool noise to skills they can use.

About

About Peter Bittner

Peter Bittner is an AI trainer and consultant and co-founder of The AI Upgrade. He helps news, communications, and professional 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.