Innovation Nights
AI Innovation Night: the inaugural launch.
On Thursday, April 30, 2026, 165 founders, investors, builders, educators, and industry leaders filled 570 Dunsmuir for AI Innovation Night, the inaugural launch of the Alexander Innovation Centre (AIC) and the start of a new monthly series for BC's AI community.
AIC was built to connect and collaborate through applied research, industry collaboration, corporate training, education & incubation, and Canadian AI infrastructure under one roof. Five pillars, one connected ecosystem.
The night also marked the public debut of ALEBEX AI, AIC's flagship agentic voice AI platform. ALEBEX AI's voice agents come pre-loaded with best practices from top performers in sales, service, and HR, qualify a lead in under 10 seconds, and book meetings straight to your calendar.
A huge thank-you to our speakers
- Justin Hinchcliffe opened the night with the AIC vision and what's coming next for BC's AI ecosystem.
- Qiaowang Li gave a live demo of ALEBEX AI's voice engine, a real-time conversational AI showcase that drew some of the loudest reactions of the night.
- Earl Flormata delivered Practical AI Usage for Small Business Content Marketing, building a complete content strategy live on stage.
- Ronnie Savage closed with Robotics for Environmental Restoration & Security, autonomous AI units already being deployed to restore ecosystems, clean coastlines, and protect critical sites.
"That's not a tech meetup. That's an ecosystem forming. Vancouver has been waiting for a center of gravity for its AI community, and AIC looks like it wants to be that." , Carlo Clores, attendee
We couldn't have asked for a better start. Thank you to our MC Robert (Rob) Arthurs, our venue sponsor Alexander College, and every one of the 165 people who showed up to build something with us.
From the night
