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Vancouver Tech Events

Vancouver tech, maker, security and developer communities. One list. Times are Vancouver local time.

Monday, October 5, 2026

• Agile Coaching in the Age of AI with Bob Galen
  10:00 am Online Meetup Search

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• Omarchy Vancouver
  5:30 pm DCTRL Personal
• Falltime Social Vol.1
  5:30 pm R&B Brewing Co. | Ale & Pizza House Vancouver Design Community
• CV + AI Community Meetup #6: The Local AI Commons
  6:00 pm Comox Valley BC + AI Events
• 🚀 Vancouver Digital Networking Evening – October 6
  6:00 pm Meetup Search
• AI Ethical Futures Lab #8
  6:30 pm Parker Street Studios BC + AI Events

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• East Van Bitcoin Meetup
  5:00 pm Container Brewing Ltd. Vancouver Bitcoin

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• AHH FQ: VIFF Edition
  4:00 pm FriendsQuarters BC + AI Events
• VanCitySec
  5:30 pm Taylight Local Craft Beer & Kitchen VanCitySec

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Threadsgiving | A Thanksgiving Potluck for Women in Tech
  6:00 pm Richmond, British Columbia The Thread | Women+Tech Vancouver Meetups
• Vancouver Robot Exchange – First Community Meetup
  6:30 pm Meetup Search

Saturday, October 10, 2026

• White-Hat Security Community - Monthly Coffee Chat (#20) - Topic TBD
  12:00 pm Deville Coffee - The Post White-Hat Security Community
• Pumpkin Paint & Sip
  2:00 pm Duchess Cafe Personal
• Raq's Taqaa O' Niswan 19+
  9:00 pm 111 W Hastings St Personal

Sunday, October 11, 2026

• Developer Meetup
  10:30 am Meetup Vancouver Developers
• Atelier's Beach Music Jam
  5:00 pm Vancouver, BC Personal

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• Reading Club Vancouver
  6:00 pm Vancouver, BC Chronically Offline
• BC + AI Life Sciences: Monthly meet-up
  6:00 pm Vancouver, BC BC + AI Events

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• Bring Your Favourite Viz (2026)
  5:30 pm Meetup Search
• From Dream to Reality: A Fireside Chat w. Tara Bosch, Founder of Snackish
  6:00 pm The Loft at Earls Yaletown Personal
• FV + AI October: Fraser Valley AI Community Meetup
  6:00 pm Coleman Technologies Inc. BC + AI Events
• Althra x YG Build Club Pitch Night!!!
  6:30 pm Vancouver, BC Althra
• Time Out Market Vancouver - An Intro to Mahjong Hosted by Lucky Tile Mahjong Events
  7:00 pm Time Out Market Vancouver Personal

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• #VTJTalks: The Physical AI Era Is Here
  5:00 pm And-Co Offices Vancouver Tech Journal Events

Friday, October 16, 2026

• The New SEO: Get Found by AI
  12:00 pm Deloitte Personal
• AI Happy Hour at FriendsQuarters #6
  4:00 pm FriendsQuarters BC + AI Events

Saturday, October 17, 2026

• Hangout Coffee Party 3
  10:00 am FUNK. Coffee Bar Personal
• ALO TRAIL RUN: STANLEY PARK
  10:30 am 735 Stanley Park Dr ALO
• Climate Looming
  1:00 pm Wild Bird Trust of BC Personal
• Linux Talks: Skills and Training for the Job Hunt in the Age of A.I.
  2:00 pm Meetup Search
• Free Drawing Workshop: Self-Portraits & Collage
  4:00 pm Burnaby Public Library, Tommy Douglas Library Personal

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Tech Days Vol. 2
  1:00 pm And-Co Offices Vancouver Tech Journal Events

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Bitcoin & Brews Port Moody
  7:00 pm Brave Brewing Co. Vancouver Bitcoin

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Vancouver Physical AI Workshop and Meetup
  5:30 pm Simon Fraser University - Vancouver Campus Voxel51 Events
• Oct 21 - Vancouver Physical AI Workshop and Meetup
  5:30 pm Meetup Search

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• ED + AI #14: What Counts as Their Own Work?
  6:30 pm Ethọ́s Lab BC + AI Events

Sunday, October 25, 2026

• Duckweed 浮萍 ** Chinatown Book Launch ** with Kathryn Lennon, Donna Seto & Alyssa Sy de Jesus
  1:00 pm Wongs' Benevolent Association Personal

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Responsible AI Professional Certification
  9:00 am 1000 Parker St BC + AI Events
• Cybersecurity & Compliance CoP Session 1: Foundations of Zero Trust & Modern Enterprise Security
  3:00 pm VCC Vancouver Community College - Downtown Campus VanTUG | Vancouver Technology User Group
• VanTUG's 30th Anniversary Celebration + Launch of Communities of Practice (CoP)
  5:00 pm VCC Vancouver Community College - Downtown Campus VanTUG | Vancouver Technology User Group
• Open By Design: Tools for Participation - An Evening with Internet Archive Canada
  5:30 pm 330 W Pender St Internet Archive Canada Headquarters
• Vancouver Neurons and Networking Social Hour
  6:45 pm Meetup Search

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Working in Climate Series: Infrastructure
  12:30 pm Vancouver, British Columbia Centre for Climate and Business Solutions

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• T3: The Challenges We Share - A Meetup for Educators
  5:30 pm Northeastern University - Vancouver Personal
• DC604 - Don't Panic: A Hitchhiker's Guide to Your Organization's Attack Surface, EASM, and CTEM
  6:00 pm DC604 DEFCON Group Vancouver
• Workshop: Introduction to RAG
  6:00 pm Meetup Search

Saturday, October 31, 2026

• AI Animation & Filmmaking Accelerator: Cohort 5
  10:00 am 375 Water St BC + AI Events
• Ocean Theme Halloween!
  8:00 pm Vancouver, BC Personal

Monday, November 2, 2026

• BIOS SPHERE — Featuring Kent C. Dodds
  8:00 am Science World BIOS SPHERE

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• AI Ethical Futures Lab #9
  5:30 pm Parker Street Studios BC + AI Events

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• CV + AI Community Meetup #7: Trust The Room, Question The Machine
  5:00 pm Comox Valley BC + AI Events

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• FV + AI November: Fraser Valley AI Community Meetup
  5:00 pm Coleman Technologies Inc. BC + AI Events

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• AI Film Club with Kevin Friel | Nov 12
  5:30 pm 375 Water St BC + AI Events

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• BC + AI Life Sciences: AI in the clinic, part 2
  5:00 pm Vancouver, BC BC + AI Events

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• #VTJTalks: Women Who Build - Leadership Lessons from Women Founders & Funders
  5:00 pm Northeastern University - Vancouver Vancouver Tech Journal Events

Thursday, November 19, 2026

• ED + AI #15: What It Gave Back, What It Took
  5:30 pm Ethọ́s Lab BC + AI Events

Friday, November 20, 2026

• AI Happy Hour at FriendsQuarters #7: Heads Down, Look Up
  4:00 pm FriendsQuarters BC + AI Events

Monday, November 23, 2026

• #VTJTalks: TBA
  5:00 pm Northeastern University - Vancouver Vancouver Tech Journal Events

Wednesday, November 25, 2026

• Enterprise Infrastucture CoP Session 1: Modern Enterprise Infrastructure & Identity Foundations
  2:00 pm VCC Vancouver Community College - Downtown Campus VanTUG | Vancouver Technology User Group

Thursday, November 26, 2026

• DC604 Hack The Halls
  4:00 pm BREWHALL DC604 DEFCON Group Vancouver
• Vancitysec Hack The Halls
  4:00 pm BREWHALL VanCitySec

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• AI Ethical Futures Lab #10
  5:30 pm Parker Street Studios BC + AI Events

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• CV + AI Community Meetup #8: Both Hands Full
  5:00 pm Comox Valley BC + AI Events

Monday, December 7, 2026

• #VTJTalks: TBA
  5:00 pm Northeastern University - Vancouver Vancouver Tech Journal Events

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• BC + AI Life Sciences: Monthly meetup
  6:00 pm Vancouver, BC BC + AI Events

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• Enterprise Infrastructure CoP Session 2: Core Infrastructure Services: Windows Server, Linux, DNS & DHCP
  2:00 pm VCC Vancouver Community College - Downtown Campus VanTUG | Vancouver Technology User Group
• FV + AI December: Fraser Valley AI Community Meetup
  5:00 pm Coleman Technologies Inc. BC + AI Events

Thursday, December 10, 2026

• ED + AI #16: What We're Carrying Into Next Year
  5:30 pm Ethọ́s Lab BC + AI Events
• AI Film Club with Kevin Friel | Dec 10
  5:30 pm 375 Water St BC + AI Events

Monday, December 14, 2026

• #VTJTalks: TBA
  5:00 pm Northeastern University - Vancouver Vancouver Tech Journal Events

Friday, December 18, 2026

• AI Happy Hour at FriendsQuarters #8: What Actually Shipped
  4:00 pm FriendsQuarters BC + AI Events

Wednesday, January 27, 2027

• Cybersecurity & Compliance CoP Session 2: Identity Security, Authentication & Adaptive Access
  2:00 pm VCC Vancouver Community College - Downtown Campus VanTUG | Vancouver Technology User Group

Thursday, January 28, 2027

• DC604 - Forensic Analysis of Nintendo Switch
  6:00 pm DC604 DEFCON Group Vancouver

Thursday, February 25, 2027

• Enterprise Infrastructure CoP Session 3: Enterprise Directory Services: Active Directory, Cloud Directories & Identity Architecture
  2:00 pm VCC Vancouver Community College - Downtown Campus VanTUG | Vancouver Technology User Group
• DC604 - The Infostealer Pandemic
  6:00 pm DC604 DEFCON Group Vancouver

Wednesday, March 24, 2027

• Cybersecurity & Compliance CoP Session 3: Device, Endpoint & Workload Security
  3:00 pm VCC Vancouver Community College - Downtown Campus VanTUG | Vancouver Technology User Group

Thursday, March 25, 2027

• DC604 - Double Header (see details)
  6:00 pm DC604 DEFCON Group Vancouver

Wednesday, April 21, 2027

• Enterprise Infrastructure CoP Session 4: Federation, Authentication, SSO & Identity Synchronization
  3:00 pm VCC Vancouver Community College - Downtown Campus VanTUG | Vancouver Technology User Group

Thursday, April 29, 2027

• DC604 Monthly Meetup
  6:00 pm DC604 DEFCON Group Vancouver