Kris Krüg

Kris Krüg is a Vancouver-based creative technologist, photographer, and community builder working where culture and technology collide. He leads BC + AI Ecosystem Association, a nonprofit community with hundreds of members across British Columbia, sold-out monthly meetups, regional chapters, and practical programs for creatives, educators, journalists, founders, and responsible-AI practitioners.

Kris has been building websites and communities since 1995, co-founded Bryght, worked as CTO of Indigenomics Institute, and trained hundreds of professionals in human-AI collaboration through The Upgrade AI. His work was recognized in Vancouver Magazine's 2025 Power 50. Speaking and media credits include TEDx, SXSW, CreativeMornings, Web Summit, CBC's Sandboxing AI, and monthly Vancouver AI keynotes.