Speakers
| Speaker | Date | Topic |
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| Jason Bernhardt, Co-founder Zuzora | Sep 02, 2026 |
AI in Plain English: What's real, what's hype and what a local business can do about it.
 Jason will also show how owners and their teams can learn AI and put it to work. Bio:
Jason Bernhardt is the co-founder of Zuzora, a Kelowna company that builds AI Operating Systems for businesses: one system that knows the whole company and puts AI to work across it, from email and files to writing software and customer service. He runs Zuzora on the AI brain he built, and he works with owner-operators making the same shift from scattered legacy software, SAAS, and AI tools to one unified system. His background is a decade of software engineering and game development, including three years as a senior developer on The Tower, one of mobile's biggest idle games. Talk summary: AI in Plain English: what's real, what's hype, and what a local business can do about it. AI has quietly moved into everyday work: drafting emails, writing quotes, summarizing meetings, and taking over the paperwork side of many jobs. I'll give a plain-English look at where things really stand, what is overhyped, and what the arrival of the computer a generation ago can teach us about this moment. Then the practical part: how owners and their teams can learn AI and put it to work. Nothing sold, and plenty of room for questions. Looking forward to it. Jason Bernhardt Co-founder, Zuzora - www.zuzora.com
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| Cindy Anderson | Sep 09, 2026 |
DNA Secrets Revealed
Our very own Ogopogo Rotary club member, Cindy Anderson, will share her experience and insight in DNA Ancestry. |
| Mandy Hicks | Sep 16, 2026 |
An update on one of our own International projects
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| DG Jill Leonard | Sep 23, 2026 |
An update from our District Governor
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| Arella Hordyk, Central Okanagan Food Bank | Oct 07, 2026 |
Food for Thought program
COFB Programs & Services Manager, Arella Hordyk will share with us the details of the new Food for Thought program. |
| Brad Serl | Oct 14, 2026 |
RMB - Rotary Means Business
Brad is a member of the Sunrise Club and Chair of RMB Okanagan. He will explain this Rotary initiative to connect clubs with interested business leaders. |
| Michelle Dupuis, COHA | Oct 21, 2026 |
Update on Kelowna's Hospice House
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| Jeff Cox, Simply Benefits | Nov 04, 2026 |
Jeff will share his story of starting a successful tech company in Kelowna
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| Col (Ret) Nigel Whittaker OBE CD | Nov 11, 2026 |
In honouring Remembrance Day, Nigel will share his experience in the British and Canadian military
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| No Speaker. This will be our club AGM | Nov 18, 2026 |
Rotary Ogopogo Club AGM
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| Hoda Pourpirali | Dec 02, 2026 |
Perspectives on Current Developments in the Middle East
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