FutureGov.ai was a Victoria, BC-based meetup group focused on how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping government and the public sector.
From 2017 to 2020 we brought together a diverse community of public servants, technologists, academics, and consultants to explore the real-world potential of AI beyond the hype. Our events aimed to demystify complex technologies and spark conversations about how they could help address pressing public sector challenges.
As AI continues to evolve, the questions we explored are now more relevant than ever: How will emerging technologies impact public institutions? What role will AI play in shaping the future of government?
Past
Events
The BC Ministry of Attorney General's Liquor & Cannabis Regulation Branch project team shared their experiences adopting emerging tech, including the integration of private Cannabis retail licensing with OrgBook BC, an innovative business registry that leverages the Hyperledger Indy open source blockchain technology, a first for a government.
Adopting Blockchain for Government Licensing: OrgBook BC demo
April 2020
Innovation & Automation at BC Assessment
April 2019
An evening of presentations and demos of AI and emerging tech projects at BC Assessment, including: Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning, and Linear Regression.
Latitude Geographics hosted a special collab meetup with the Victoria Salesforce User Group for those of us who couldn't make it to Dreamforce '18.
Local Salesforce experts from Deloitte and Slalom Consulting presented impressive use cases of for AI on the Salesforce platform using Einstein, and the group discussed the new Einstein Voice capabilities that were announced at Dreamforce.
Introduction to Einstein: Salesforce's "AI for Everyone"
September 2018
December 2017
AI Risks & the Control Problem
Peter Scott, author of "Crisis of Control", presented on the fascinating topic of potential long term impacts and risks of AI. The presentation covered both the near-term, more certain disruptions due to AI and automation (such as unemployment), as well as the more distant and speculative impacts and risks of artificial super-intelligence. We discussed potential policies around emerging technologies, and various strategies for mitigating AI risks.
Limbic Consulting Presents
October 2017
A diverse group of local AI enthusiasts met at Limbic Consulting's offices for beer, pizza, and great conversations, followed by a series of presentations focused on the importance of data for machine learning.​ The topics included a report from the Canadian Open Data Summit and a demo of a Machine Learning and Computer Vision using convolutional neural networks and medical imaging open data.
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
April 2017
For the inaugural FutureGov.AI meetup, presenters Dr. Dimitri Marinakis and Helen Fotos gave an introduction to AI and Machine Learning concepts, technologies, and real world use cases. Dimitri also presented a demo of a Machine Vision proof-of-concept solution developed by Kinsol Research using open government data from the BC Ministry of Transportation.