​Join us alongside ~ 80 AI enthusiasts and innovators for exciting talks from AI builders, hosted by Toki Hossain & Toby Tobkin.

​​+ food, drinks, and a good time 🍕🍻

​Who’s this suitable for?

​If you want to learn more about behind-the-scenes AI engineering, this event is ideal for you.

​​​Format:

• ​​​4 speaking sessions

• ​​​1 discussion panel

​🎙️MC: Liana Mostafa

​Agenda:

• ​5:30pm: Kick-off

• ​5:30 - 6:00pm: Networking+Pizza

• ​6:00-7:40pm: Talks

• ​7:40-8:00pm: Panel Discussion

• ​8:00-8:30pm: More Networking & Wrap-up

  • ​8:30pm & beyond: If enough people are interested, we’ll go bar hopping and talk AI

​​​​Meet Our Featured Speakers:

• ​​Bijan Vaez, Founder @ ProductShots.ai, Venture Partner @ Antler

• ​Ali Mirzaei, Co-founder and CTO @ Stealth Startup

• ​Kirill Polzounov, Founder @ Stealth Startup, Ex-Senior AI Engineer @Microsoft

• ​Rahul Behal, Co-Founder @ Gumloop (YC W24)

​​Panel Discussion: AI Engineering

​​​Moderator : ​​Toby Tobkin, ex-Google Cloud AI

​​​Panelists: same as featured speakers

​​Our Sponsors:

• ​Defang: ​Defang is a Vancouver-based startup offering a radically simpler way for developers to create, deploy, and manage cloud applications.

• ​Jam.dev: One click bug reports devs love.

• ​Pinecone: Pinecone is a fully managed vector database that makes it easy to add vector search to production applications. It combines state-of-the-art vector search libraries, advanced features such as filtering, and distributed infrastructure to provide high performance and reliability at any scale.

​​Our Community Partner: AInBC

​​The Artificial Intelligence network of British Columbia (AInBC) was established to unify, organize and catalyze the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning communities in British Columbia to establish BC as a national and global leader in AI this decade. AInBC believes that AI is of strategic importance to the economic and social well-being of everyone in BC, and is dedicated to ensuring that BC leads rather than follows.

​​​Our Venue Host: Northeastern University 

​​​​​Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university recognized for experience-driven lifelong learning. The Vancouver campus offers tailored graduate programs in computer science, data engineering, analytics, digital media, information systems, and information design.

​Our Catering Partner: CaterDash

​CaterDash helps companies save over 50% on catering costs while supporting local restaurants. They offer multiple cuisines, handle all logistics and have delivered 45k+ meals for Microsoft, EY, BMO, SAP etc. 

​Feel free to reach out to shreyansh@caterdash.ca if you’d like to order for your office/events! Here is the website for more information: https://www.caterdash.ca

​​​​​Sponsorship Needed!

​​​​​We're actively seeking sponsors to help cover event costs. For details, contact toki.vancouver.dev@gmail.com

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