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AI Salon: AI for Climate [Vancouver]
From Gigawatts to Green Shoots
An intimate conversation on how intelligence—natural and artificial—can restore a holocene climate.
The headlines fixate on AI’s appetite for energy and water. Yet the same technology that strains the grid is also being wielded to map every methane plume, re-invent battery chemistry, and orchestrate a fully renewable grid. In this month’s AI Salon we’ll set aside the doom-scroll and explore the upside:
Remote-sensing foundation models that turn petabytes of satellite imagery into actionable climate intel.
Generative materials discovery accelerating batteries, solar cells, and carbon-negative cement.
AI-driven grid balancing marrying wind, solar, storage—and maybe small modular reactors.
Forecasting and adaptation tools that give communities a head-start on floods, fires, and extreme weather.
The tension: how do we square AI’s own footprint with its potential to slash emissions elsewhere?
Format
A 90-minute, Chatham House rule round-table. We’ll open with a 5-minute provocation, break into facilitated discussion, and close with shared “next actions” you can take into your work or research.
Who should join?
Technologists, climate scientists, investors, policymakers, and curious generalists—anyone wrestling with the question: How does machine intelligence contribute to solving climate change?
Why attend?
Leave with fresh perspectives, new collaborators, and a shot of pragmatic optimism about harnessing AI for planetary stewardship.
Seats are limited to keep the conversation high-trust and high-signal. RSVP soon to secure a spot.
Some related ideas to explore in our Substack:
The Ai Salon is a community founded in San Francisco focused on intimate, small-sized group discussions on the sociological, economic, cultural, and philosophical impacts and meaning of AI developments. We host small group discussions, all of which you can find on our calendar. You can find summaries of our previous conversations on our substack.
We wait until the week before the event to approve guests and cannot approve everyone due to space constraints. If you aren't approved we hope to see you at another event! Please show up on time so that conversations can flow smoothly.