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VAM! Talks: Enterprise World Models & Modern AI ⭐

An evening of talks hosted by the Vancouver AI Meetup (VAM!), a community of researchers, engineers, founders and students, held at a downtown Vancouver venue on Granville Street. Three speakers present: Issam Laradji of UBC opens on self-e

Starts

2026-09-19T00:30:00+00:00

Ends

2026-09-19T03:00:00+00:00

Organizer

Vancouver AI Meetup (VAM!)

Location

Northeastern University - Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada

An evening of talks hosted by the Vancouver AI Meetup (VAM!), a community of researchers, engineers, founders and students, held at a downtown Vancouver venue on Granville Street. Three speakers present: Issam Laradji of UBC opens on self-evolving AI agents; Peter West, assistant professor at UBC and former Stanford HAI postdoc, discusses challenges for a modern vision of AI, including creativity and unpredictability in LLMs; and Shambhavi Mishra of ÉTS and ServiceNow Research presents WorkflowShift, a benchmark on a live ServiceNow environment testing whether agents can uncover hidden business rules. The programme includes arrival and closing networking, with an optional food and drinks gathering afterwards.