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Futureproof Festival of AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) conference in Vancouver, Canada

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33Speakers
14Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
42Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Futureproof, in alphabetical order.
Alexandra Samuel
Technology Journalist & Author · Independent
Amber Case
Founder · Calm Tech Institute
Ana Serrano
President & Vice-Chancellor · OCAD University
Andrew Zolli
Chief Impact Officer · Planet
Anthonia Ogundele
Founder & Executive Director · Ethọ́s Lab
Ashley Smith
AI Visibility Strategist · Show Your Proof
Ben Shneiderman
Emeritus Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science · University of Maryland
Brett Gaylor
VP Creative · Hololabs
Brewster Kahle
Founder & Digital Librarian · Internet Archive
Dean Shev
Founder · VHT.ai
Jos Duncan-Asé
Founder · Love Now Media
Kaoru Yoshihira
Head of Partner Development · BytePlus
Kerris Hougardy
Senior Vice President, People · Ting Internet · Tucows
Kevin Friel
Festival Director · BC + AI Film Club
Kris Krüg
Founder & Festival Director · BC + AI Ecosystem Association
Kristen Delphos
Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs · UL Research Institutes
Lane Becker
President, Wikimedia Enterprise · Wikimedia Foundation
Loki Jorgenson
CTO & Director, Innovation · Circle Innovation
Lynda Brown-Ganzert
CEO · RxPx Inc
Mayumi Rollings
Founder & CEO · Tiny Ghost Studios
Michael Running Wolf
Chair, Board of Directors · IndigiGenius
Peter Bittner
AI Trainer & Consultant · The AI Upgrade
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
BCCommunity Partner
BC + AI Ecosystem AssociationPresenting Partner
BC + AI Film ClubCommunity Partner
CreativeMorningsCommunity Partner
CreativeMornings (Vancouver)Community Partner
CreativeMornings VancouverCommunity Partner
DAMA VancouverCommunity Partner
Data for GoodCommunity Partner
Ethọ́s LabCommunity Partner
H.R. MacMillan Space CentreVenue Partner
Internet Archive CanadaFounding Sponsor
Metacreation Lab for Creative AICommunity Partner
MML, Multimodal Media LabCommunity Partner
Multimodal Media Lab (MML)Community Partner
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 42 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

42 companies. three are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
10Sponsoringsponsor only
29Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

BC + AI Ecosystem Association·BC + AI Film Club·Ethọ́s Lab

Speakers by seniority

67% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite515%
  • Founder / Owner1133%
  • VP-level39%
  • Director / Head of39%
  • Manager / Lead13%
  • Engineer · IC13%
  • Other roles927%

Of 33 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01BC + AI Ecosystem AssociationSp·P1V
  2. 02BC + AI Film ClubSp·C1V
  3. 03Ethọ́s LabSp·C1V
  4. 04BCSp·C
  5. 05CreativeMorningsSp·C
  6. 06CreativeMornings (Vancouver)Sp·C
  7. 07DAMA VancouverSp·C
  8. 08Data for GoodSp·C
  9. 09H.R. MacMillan Space CentreSp·V
  10. 10Internet Archive CanadaSp·F
  11. 11Metacreation Lab for Creative AISp·C
  12. 12MML, Multimodal Media LabSp·C
  13. 13Multimodal Media Lab (MML)Sp·C
  14. 14Independent2V
Sponsors by tier
community partner11
79% of 14
founding sponsor1
7% of 14
presenting partner1
7% of 14
venue partner1
7% of 14