Stellar Futures to Present Harbour Intelligence Vision to BC Broadband Forum

Stellar Futures Inc. is set to present its vision for safer, more resilient, and investment-ready working harbours to the British Columbia Broadband Forum on Thursday, October 8, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific. The company, based in South Shore Nova Scotia, will introduce its developing harbour-intelligence capabilities and invite British Columbia organizations to help shape a practical demonstration adapted to the Pacific coast.

The presentation, prepared in collaboration with i-VALLEY Canada, aims to connect two critical priorities: better information for harbour decisions and dependable communications to deliver that information where it is needed. The British Columbia Broadband Forum, a committee advocating and supporting the development of critical broadband infrastructure in underserved regions, will host the event. Scheduled as the meeting’s first presenter, Stellar Futures Inc. will bring its Atlantic perspective to the Pacific coast and learn from British Columbia’s communities, operators, and infrastructure leaders.

Warren Kalyn, Co-Chair of the British Columbia Broadband Forum, expressed enthusiasm for the presentation.

Gary Stairs, Founder and CEO of Stellar Futures Inc., highlighted the importance of working harbours.

Stellar Futures Inc. is developing tools to help working harbours understand their assets, anticipate operational risks, and make better maintenance, safety, and investment decisions. Its Harbour Atlas™ is being created to organize information about harbour assets, condition, inspections, and maintenance, helping operators establish priorities and prepare stronger cases for capital investment. Harbour Sentinel™, designed to add active operational awareness, brings together weather, water levels, vessel activity, and local observations to support earlier warnings and timely decisions.

i-VALLEY Canada contributes expertise in broadband and digital infrastructure, supporting the connectivity needed to make harbour intelligence dependable across individual facilities, remote locations, and coastal corridors. The October 8 discussion will also introduce the possibility of a Pacific Fisheries Harbour Intelligence Network and Hub. Developed with participating organizations, the concept could connect harbour operators, First Nations, coastal municipalities, infrastructure owners, researchers, and public agencies through shared intelligence, training, and coordinated services.

The proposal complements an Atlantic Fisheries Harbour Intelligence Network and Hub concept that Stellar is advancing for discussion in Ottawa later this month. Together, the concepts point toward a longer-term opportunity for compatible harbour-intelligence networks on Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

The British Columbia Broadband Forum’s membership includes over 50 organizations spanning a broad spectrum of private sector and Indigenous organizations, public sector communities, and urban centres, wholesale service providers, non-profit institutions, major utility and telecommunication incumbents. The forum’s mandate supports all technology advancement, including artificial intelligence and data center development, at a local, provincial, and national level.