Title: Vancouver AI Meetup #33: What BC Told Ottawa (transparency night)
When: Wed Sep 30, 2026 · 6:00–10:00 PM PDT
Where: H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, 1100 Chestnut St, Vancouver
Note: Sep 30 = National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Wednesday is a go. Johnny Williams (Squamish Nation) opens — Indigenous welcome path.
DAHUX903UjQ “September Speaker” (12 pages) — Aug 26 → Sep 30 scrubbed in draft (not committed; speaker photos still wrong)| Time | Who / what |
|---|---|
| 6:00 | Doors / food / networking |
| 7:00 | Johnny Williams (Squamish Nation) — open |
| ~7:15 | Peter Van Garderen ([email protected]) — how the Aug Ethical Futures Lab room worked |
| 7:30 | Sara Taherzadeh ([email protected]) — What BC told Ottawa / submission walkthrough |
| 8:00 | Floor opens |
Luma still says further session details TBD.
Coordinator: David Gloyn-Cox · [email protected]
Thread: “Demo for Sept 30th” · Sep 10 list → Sep 13 KK asks → Sep 17–18 David “I will send tomorrow”
As of Sat Sep 19 morning: LinkedIns / photos / reg-code answers still missing; site walkthrough times not locked.
Spellings provisional until David’s LinkedIns land — treat those as SSOT: