AI Tinkerers Edmonton, Meetup (March)

A hands-on, code-first meetup for builders working with foundation models and generative AI.
Expect live demos, networking, deep technical discussions, and practical takeaways you can ship.

AI Tinkerers Edmonton returns on March 25th for another evening of technical deep dives and live demos. This is a curated gathering for active builders—engineers, researchers, and developers—who are shipping code with foundation models and generative AI.

We follow the Homebrew Computer Club ethos: demos first, code deep-dives, and no fluff. Attendance is limited to practitioners who can share their stack, agentic workflows, or implementation challenges.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday 25th March 2026
Time: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM MT
Location: Edmonton Unlimited

Schedule

5:30 PM- Doors Open
5:30 PM-6:00 PM- Networking
6:00 PM-7:30 PM- Talks/ Presentations
7:30 PM-8:00 PM- Networking
8:00 PM- Doors Close

What to Expect

Live, hands-on demos with working code, focusing on depth over slides.
8-12 minute sessions emphasizing practical takeaways and reproducibility.
Networking with fellow builders to exchange techniques and patterns.

Submit Your Demo Proposal

Speaker Panel

6:00PM- 6:30PM
🎤 Janukan Sivajeyan
💼 PhD Candidate at the University of Alberta
📣 LLMs as a Parser for Interactive Fiction: Context within Tool Schemas

6:30PM- 7:00PM
🎤 Ali Yavari
💼 Verifier-Guided Post-Training for Reliable Technical Reasoning
📣 Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UofA, Ex-Amii ML Resident

7:00PM- 7:30PM
🎤 tbc
💼 tbc
📣 tbc

We’re looking for presenters for this event, if you’d like to present 👇

Submit Your Demo Proposal

Venue sponsor

Big love ❤️ to our venue sponsor Edmonton Unlimited.
We literally couldn’t do this without you 😇

Sponsorship

If you are interested in supporting future events and connecting with our community of builders, please review our partnership opportunities.

📊 AI Tinkerers Edmonton Stats

• Attendees: This exclusive community comprises 369 technical professionals, with 42% specializing in AI/ML engineering, 38% in full-stack development, and 20% in technical leadership. Key capabilities span Python, PyTorch, and emerging agentic frameworks. Notably, members actively bridge elite academic research from the University of Alberta and Amii with industrial AI applications in energy, construction, and healthcare.
• Companies Represented: Featuring industry leaders like ServiceNow, OpenTable, and Cvent, alongside regional anchors AltaML, Amii, and CGI, and emerging startups such as Netnow, DeepCove, Oculume AI, and Twintafo AI, and more
• Demos: 6 demos have been submitted and 2 have been presented. Across the accepted work, the meetups have highlighted reliable ML via uncertainty techniques, as well as scalable AI systems combining RAG, semantic search, and agentic orchestration for social-data trend analysis. Audience feedback has also emphasized deep dives into architecture and implementation details.
• Testimonials:

  “The venue was a bit small and people had to sit at the beginning. Networking in that situation was a bit challenging, but just mentioning that people can/should stand up and move around would help making connection easier. Thank for everything in general.”

  — Data Scientist, NLP

  “Thank you this turboquant is already making a difference for me.”

  — Founder, AV tech

  “Was my talk lol”

  — Founder, AI startup

  “Loved the vibe and people attended and it was awesome”

  — Founder, AI startup

  “Every thing was amazing thank you.”

  — Data Scientist, NLP

  “It's good to have content.”

  — Principal @ venture capital

  “Edmonton Unlimited was a awesome location !!”

  — ML researcher, NLP &