The place
River Cree. Treaty 6. On Enoch Cree Nation.
A world-class hotel, spa, and event campus owned and operated by Enoch Cree Nation — 20 minutes from Edmonton International Airport.
Canada's Indigenous-focused AI conference. Three days of NETWORK, OPPORTUNITY, WORKSHOPS at River Cree Resort & Casino.
AI NOW brings together Indigenous entrepreneurs, technologists, educators, and community leaders with the researchers and companies building the AI that will shape the next decade — so we help build it, together, on our terms.
Connect with Indigenous CEOs, AI founders, elders, procurement leads, and federal program officers across three evenings of curated networking.
A structured partnership showcase connecting Indigenous businesses to AI vendors, sponsors, and capital sources actively looking to deploy.
Practical labs covering AI policy, data sovereignty, procurement, agentic tooling, and getting your team actually shipping.
Real questions Indigenous leaders are asking us. Watch the answers stream in the way a large language model actually responds — live, on this page, right now.
"We've spent two decades being consulted about technology. AI NOW is the conference where we stop being consulted and start directing." — AI NOW positioning statement
Every session is built to leave you with a connection, a contract path, or a repeatable skill. Here's what three days actually looks like.
A world-class hotel, spa, and event campus owned and operated by Enoch Cree Nation — 20 minutes from Edmonton International Airport.
300 seats. Once they're gone, they're gone. Early-bird tickets close July 15, 2026.