When is PauseAI Ottawa Inaugural Meetup?

PauseAI Ottawa Inaugural Meetup is on Sun, Nov 15 · 7:00 p.m. at Centretown in Ottawa. Times shown in local Ottawa time.

Where is PauseAI Ottawa Inaugural Meetup happening?

PauseAI Ottawa Inaugural Meetup takes place at Centretown, The Royal Oak - Bank at Gloucester, 188 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1W8, Canada, Ottawa.

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PauseAI Ottawa Inaugural Meetup is free to attend.

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PauseAI Ottawa Inaugural Meetup

Name: PauseAI Ottawa Inaugural Meetup
Start: 2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-16T02:00:00.000Z
Location: Centretown

Sun, Nov 15 · 7:00 p.m.EST

Centretown · Ottawa

WE WILL MEET IN THE "ROXY ROOM" AT THE BACK OF THE BAR - SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.google maps view of room here. We are kicking off our new Pausea AI Ottawa chapter with our inaugural meetup, come join…

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When

Sun, Nov 15 · 7:00 p.m.Ends 9:00 p.m.EST

Where

CentretownThe Royal Oak - Bank at Gloucester, 188 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1W8, Canada

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Date and time: Sun, Nov 15 · 7:00 p.m.Ends 9:00 p.m.EST — local Ottawa time
Location: CentretownThe Royal Oak - Bank at Gloucester, 188 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1W8, CanadaOttawa

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WE WILL MEET IN THE "ROXY ROOM" AT THE BACK OF THE BAR - SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.google maps view of room here.

We are kicking off our new Pausea

AI Ottawa chapter with our inaugural meetup, come join us!

Pause

AI is an international organization dedicated to pausing the development of frontier AI systems until this can be done safely and kept under democratic control. Canada has an important role to play in this effort. We have the world's leading AI researchers, including Yoshua Bengio and Geoff Hinton. Moreover, we are uniquely positioned geopolitically to lead the middle powers in brokering an agreement among the AI superpowers to coordinate a pause.

The Canadian chapter of Pause

AI was founded in May 2025, with most of its activities centred in Montreal since then. However, we believe it is vital to have a presence the nation's capital to exert influence on the federal government. That is why we are starting a local group in Ottawa.

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