Festival
Full festival ticket
- • Opening night at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Oct 28.
- • Two full program days, Oct 29–30.
- • The closing party, included.
- • One ticket covers the full festival program. No single-day tickets.
CA$950
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Tickets · Oct 28 to 30 · Vancouver
Invest in your understanding of AI.
Brewster Kahle, Amber Case, Michael Running Wolf, Ana Serrano, and 34 more speakers. Learn from their work. Sharpen your understanding of AI and the decisions ahead. Opening night and two program days at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, all on one ticket.
Get tickets · CA$950
Standard pricing
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One ticket. All three days.
CA$950 gives you the full festival program: opening keynotes, two days of talks and audience questions, creative performances and the closing party. Follow ideas across disciplines and make time to discuss how they apply to your work. No single-day tickets.
Opening night includes hosted sushi and dessert, plus alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Thursday and Friday include hosted breakfast sandwiches, fruit bowls and coffee, plus lunch on both days. The Friday closing party includes hosted food and alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Thursday and Friday dinners are on your own before any evening activities.
For professionals making consequential choices about AI: business leaders and founders, researchers and technologists, educators and public servants, creative directors and independent artists. If you build, fund, commission, teach or govern work that AI is changing, this program is for you. You don't need to write code or arrive convinced.
Get tickets · CA$950
Plans change? Hand your ticket to someone else.
No fee, no drama, and a booked trip is never a stranded ticket. Transfer requests are accepted from September 1 through October 27, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. The how-to is in the fine print below.
Active BC + AI members receive 25% off all public ticket types.
Not a member yet? Individual BC + AI membership is CA$340 a year, so your ticket plus a year of Office Hours, coworking and working groups comes to CA$1,052.50. See what membership includes →
Prefer Apple Pay? Open checkout on Luma.
Coming from out of town? Plan your trip →
Want to see what your ticket includes? See the program →
The fine print: currency, your ticket, ages, transfers
- Price and checkout
- Prices are in CAD. No separate tax or checkout fee is added to the price shown on Luma. Checkout is handled on Luma.
- Your ticket and check-in
- After purchase, the Luma confirmation email links to the QR ticket. The ticket is also available when signed in to Luma, in the Luma app, or in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. At check-in, staff can scan the QR code or look up the attendee by name.
- Ages
- Futureproof Festival of AI is all ages. Attendees under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Children under 6 must be supervised by an adult at all times. Alcohol service is 19+ only.
- Transfers and corrections
- Transfer requests are accepted from September 1 through October 27, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. The original purchaser must email [email protected] from the purchase email address with the recipient's full name and email. The organizer will reissue the ticket without a fee, and the recipient must complete registration. For a same-person name or email correction, update your Luma profile.
Why take three days for this?
Bring a real challenge. Give it your full attention.
Better judgment about AI
Examine capabilities, limits and human-centered design. Get past the demo to the questions that matter when a system enters real work.
- Amber CaseCalm Technology in the Age of Loud Machines
- Ben ShneidermanThere is No "I" in AI
A stronger basis for decisions
Explore governance, data ownership and public policy. Bring a live challenge from your organization and test your thinking against other disciplines.
- Sev GeraskinWho Owns the Infrastructure Underneath All This
- Michael Running WolfLanguage Reclamation and Who Owns the Future
New approaches to creative work
See how artists, filmmakers and researchers work with AI, and where they insist on human authorship. Consider what those choices mean for your own practice.
- Kevin FrielStop Waiting for Permission
- Brett GaylorTwenty Years of Remix, and Who Shapes the Algorithm
Expense it
Make the case to your team.
Ask for the ticket budget and time to attend. Connect the program to a decision your team needs to make, then bring back a 20-minute briefing with three recommendations for your work.
Professional-development budget: read or print the guide →Bring your team
Group pricing is available for five or more on one booking, handled directly. Email us with how many tickets you need and who they're for.
[email protected] →Students · CA$250
All three days, the same festival. Email from the address you want the ticket issued to, and bring a valid student ID to registration. We issue student tickets directly; there is no student option at checkout.
Request a student ticket →Read and copy the note
Hi [manager name], I'd like approval to attend Futureproof Festival, October 28-30, 2026, at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver, using our professional-development budget and work time for the October 29 and 30 program days. Our team is making decisions about [AI tools, data or governance challenge]. The program brings together AI research, human-centered design, governance and creative practice. I want to examine that challenge through talks, audience questions and perspectives beyond our own industry. My learning priorities are to evaluate AI capabilities and limits, understand data ownership and governance, and identify approaches relevant to our work. The sessions I would prioritize are [choose sessions from the learning guide and explain their relevance]. Learning guide: https://www.futureproof.website/professional-development/ Program: https://www.futureproof.website/program/ Cost is one festival ticket: CA$950. It includes opening night on October 28, both program days and the closing party. Any travel or accommodation would need a separate budget. Refunds have closed. If plans change, the ticket can transfer to a teammate without a fee. Transfer requests are accepted from September 1 through October 27, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. Ticket terms: https://www.futureproof.website/terms/ Within one week of returning, I'll share a short team briefing: 20 minutes, three recommendations for our work, and one practical next step to assess. I'll distinguish ideas worth testing from claims that need more evidence. Please approve the ticket budget and attendance during work hours. [your name]
Practical answers
The useful stuff before checkout.
Prices, what the ticket covers, the student rate, travel, and access. If buying isn't the route, volunteering is, and a startup can take a table.
These are the same answers as the full FAQ, which covers the program, the venue, and getting here.
What does my ticket include?
One ticket, all three days: opening night on October 28, the full program on October 29 and 30, and the closing party. There is no separate closing ticket and there are no single-day tickets. If it is on the festival program, your ticket covers it.
What are the current ticket prices?
The festival ticket is CA$950, and it is the only public ticket. Promotional pricing ended August 22, 2026. Active BC + AI members receive 25% off at checkout. Tickets are available at luma.com/futureproof-festival.
What does the CA$950 pay for?
The public festival ticket is CA$950 and covers all three days: opening night, both program days, and the closing party. The program connects AI research, human-centered design, governance and creative practice, with keynotes, focused talks and audience questions. Your ticket includes the full program. Active BC + AI members receive 25% off at checkout.
How does the BC + AI member discount work?
Active BC + AI members receive 25% off, applied at checkout rather than through a code posted here. Membership itself is handled by BC + AI at bc-ai.ca. If you are already a member and the discount is not showing up, email [email protected] before you buy rather than paying full price and asking us to fix it after.
Is there a student rate?
Yes, CA$250 for all three days, and it is the same festival everyone else is at. There is no student button at checkout: email [email protected] from the address you want the ticket issued to, and bring a valid student ID to registration. That is the whole check.
Are taxes or checkout fees added to the Luma price?
Prices are in CAD. No separate tax or checkout fee is added to the price shown on Luma. Checkout is handled on Luma.
What do I receive after checkout, and how do I check in?
After purchase, the Luma confirmation email links to the QR ticket. The ticket is also available when signed in to Luma, in the Luma app, or in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. At check-in, staff can scan the QR code or look up the attendee by name.
Is Futureproof Festival of AI all ages?
Futureproof Festival of AI is all ages. Attendees under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Children under 6 must be supervised by an adult at all times. Alcohol service is 19+ only.
Can I refund or transfer a ticket?
Refunds have closed. Transfer requests are accepted from September 1 through October 27, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. The original purchaser must email [email protected] from the purchase email address with the recipient's full name and email. The organizer will reissue the ticket without a fee, and the recipient must complete registration. For a same-person name or email correction, update your Luma profile. Checkout is handled on Luma. Full terms are on the terms page.
I'm traveling from out of town. What happens if my plans change?
Refunds have closed. Transfer requests are accepted from September 1 through October 27, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. The original purchaser must email [email protected] from the purchase email address with the recipient's full name and email. The organizer will reissue the ticket without a fee, and the recipient must complete registration. Book the parts of the trip you can change. Flights, places to stay, and getting from YVR to Vanier Park are on the travel page.
Is there a group or corporate discount?
Yes. Group pricing is available for teams of five or more on the same booking; it's handled directly rather than through a public code. Email [email protected] with how many tickets you need and who they are for, and we'll sort you out. One piece of advice from running these before: teams get more out of it when they split up during the day and compare notes at night, rather than moving through the festival as a block.
Are all venues wheelchair accessible?
The festival is anchored at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, and the venue's public information lists accessible entry and accessible washrooms. We will publish seating, room routing, and mobility notes closer to the festival. Email [email protected] with specific needs before the festival so routing, seating, and support can be planned around you.
Will sessions be captioned?
Captioning is not confirmed yet. If captions, a transcript, or other access support would change your day, email [email protected] before the event and we will reply.
Does the festival have a Code of Conduct?
Yes. See /code-of-conduct. It covers all festival spaces, evening events, and online spaces. It applies equally to everyone at the festival: ticket holders, speakers, sponsors, and organizers.
The experience behind the festival
Challenging ideas. Useful connections.
Futureproof Festival grows out of Vancouver AI and BC + AI. These are reflections on earlier meetups, BC + AI courses and guest teaching, with the original context credited below each quote.
“… I was probably more impressed by the speakers who disturbed me than the ones I agreed with. This conversation is so important, and yet too limited in our everyday lives. …”
Gus SantosVancouver AI Meetup #10 · October 2024
“Two things can be true at once. AI is here and I'm going to keep enabling it across our teams. And it can be done responsibly, with humans first, by people who treat that as the actual job rather than a disclaimer at the bottom of a deck.”
“Kris helped shift how my design students see their future. In one hour, he demo'd building client prototypes in real-time, turned lectures into podcasts, and showed them how to be design orchestrators, not pixel pushers.”
“The course delivers very important insights into risks of large scale AI deployments. … Highly recommended for anyone who has a stake in the responsible use of PII data, environmental impact, and good governance of AI projects.”
Fiann O'HaganWeb analytics and performance · Responsible AI Professional, Cohort 1
Read eight more perspectives from the community
“FWIW, the BC + AI Ecosystem, of which I'm a member, is different than any other AI group I'm aware of — full of artists and creatives, filmmakers and indigenous voices, as well as deep tech experts and entrepreneurs. It holds space for both wonder and scepticism around AI without veering too far one way or the other.”
“… The interactive format and tight-knit atmosphere fostered real connections—and I even lucked into meeting the perfect collaborator for my AI project.”
Jesse BensonVancouver AI Meetup #19 · July 2025
“I am stumped. I arrive in Vancouver and stumble upon this strange and colourful community that has done more for my BC network than any conference. …”
“Something is happening here. The energetic dialogue at these events is hard to describe. It feels like we are witnessing the creation of something special, here in Vancouver, as the whole world figures out how to embrace AI.”
“Kris Krüg has built something important for our community.”
“The opening grounding … made the rest of the night feel that before anyone says 'agentic workflow,' remember whose land, whose water, whose stories, whose labour, and whose data we are standing on. … Rock on, Mr KK!”
Suzy EastonVancouver AI Meetup #30
“I went to my first Vancouver AI community meetup event last month and it was buzzing with energy… Truly inspired.”
“So pleased to have completed this course, the guidance was amazing, and the final capstone was a chance to explore responsible AI. If you want to round out your understanding of ethics, and responsible AI, this is well worth the time.”
David Gloyn-CoxEnterprise Architect · Responsible AI Professional, Cohort 1
Vancouver · Vanier Park
Three days at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.
October 28 to 30, 2026. Bring the questions shaping your work. Give yourself three days to think them through.