Vancouver AI Meetup (VAM!)

We bring together professionals, researchers, enthusiasts, and anyone curious about AI to share knowledge, discuss current trends, and collaborate on cutting-edge projects. At VAM!, we learn from each other and from experts through interactive teachings and hands-on experiences.

Weekly Meetings

Online and in-person at NorthEastern universities

Reading Groups

In-depth discussions on AI research

Python Courses

Learn Python for AI development

6-Week AI Program

Intensive AI building course

Join Our Weekly Friday Events

Online AI Meetup – Feb 14
Online AI Meetup – Feb 14

Explore the impact of AI on businesses in this 1-hour beginner-friendly virtual session.

In-Person AI Meetup – Feb 21
In-Person AI Meetup – Feb 21

Join us for a presentation on Agentic Systems, a talk on Cybersecurity & AI, and a hands-on Prompt Engineering workshop!

Reading Group

Join our weekly reading group to discuss cutting-edge AI research papers and stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.

Reading Group
Learning Python

AI Python for Beginners

An introduction to Python coding for AI, designed for those with little to no coding experience. Learn the fundamentals and start your journey into AI development.

Building AI in 6 Weeks

Learn to build AI-powered applications from scratch with our intensive 6-week program. Join a passionate community and get support throughout your learning journey.

Building AI

What Our Members Say

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Dr. Naghmeh Babaee

General Education Faculty and Course Lead

Thrilled to present my research on the ethical application of Artificial Intelligence in Education at the Vancouver AI Space. Huge thank you to Issam Laradji for the invite and to the amazing audience whose meaningful questions and comments made it a great session. Looking forward to connecting with this passionate team!

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Ildar Akhmetov

Educator & Innovator | Empowering Future Leaders in Computer Science

What a fun event on our campus -- Vancouver AI Meetup (VAM!) Night, organized by Issam Laradji and Dylan Nihte at Northeastern University Vancouver. Enjoying some great learning with the Vancouver AI community and some of our fantastic students!

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Gerardo N. Carrion

Digital Commerce Expert | AI | XR | Strategic Partnerships

Vancouver AI Meetup (VAM!): A Night of Innovation & Ethics in AI! Last Friday night at Northeastern University Vancouver, the Vancouver AI Meetup brought together an incredible group of AI enthusiasts, researchers, and industry leaders. Huge thanks to Issam Laradji and Dylan Nihte for organizing such a fantastic event!

Our Co-founders

Issam Laradji
Issam Laradji

Adjunct Professor, UBC, Research Scientist, ServiceNow

Research Scientist at ServiceNow and an Adjunct Professor at University of British Columbia. He has a postdoc from McGill and a PhD from the University of British Columbia, and his research interests include natural language processing, computer vision, and large-scale optimization.

Dylan Nihte
Dylan Nihte

AI Staffing Expert

Experienced entrepreneur focused on AI staffing. I build tailored AI Staffing models for business growth and client nurturing. Fully automating your human resource requirements, empowering hard-working entrepreneurs to better focus on leading their business.

Eric Laycock
Eric Laycock

ML Engineer

I'm overseeing finetuning of hundreds of large language models and overseeing the scaling of AI provider API traffic, as well as building user-satisfying agentic AI.

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