
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
Location: YWCA, 535 Hornby St 4th Floor, Vancouver, BC
Technology is moving quickly, and many people are still trying to understand how AI is already shaping work, opportunity, creativity, well-being, and everyday life.
In Vancouver—where platform technology, gaming, creative industries, startups, and digital work are deeply connected to everyday life—questions around fairness, visibility, accountability, and trust are becoming increasingly personal.
This QT Connect meetup creates space for community conversation, reflection, and collective sense-making.
As part of QueerTech’s 2026 national theme, Who Gets to Trust AI?, this community conversation explores where bias, exclusion, and harm enter AI systems—and what protections communities need before those harms scale further.
Together, we’ll explore:
Rather than a traditional panel or technical discussion, this QT Connect gathering is designed as a guided community conversation grounded in lived experience, reflection, and participation.
You do not need to work in AI or tech to join this conversation.We don't want cost to be a barrier to participating in this conversation. We have scholarship and volunteer tickets available. To sign up, fill out this form.
QueerTech is convening a national conversation on how trust in AI is earned, broken, and rebuilt—and what it takes to create systems that are transparent, accountable, and worthy of public trust.
Because trust is not automatic.
And communities deserve a voice in the systems shaping their lives.

The ticket price should not be a barrier to your participation. Scholarships and volunteer tickets are available. To apply or join our volunteer team.
Fill out the form