Open Ocean Robotics, a Victoria-based company building solar-powered autonomous boats (pictured) for remote marine data collection, won the Wildcard category of this year’s NexStream Tech Challenge. Photo courtesy Open Ocean Robotics.

This year’s NexStream Tech Competition winners annouced

Event aims to solve current challenges and develop Campbell River as tech destination

Campbell River Mirror
July 9, 2021
By Sean Feagan

Top innovators trying to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow have received a boost — in both capital and recognition — through this year’s NexStream Tech Competition.

The NexStream Tech Competition is an imitative by the Campbell River Area Angel Group (CRAAG) and City of Campbell River encouraging businesses to develop solutions to challenges in B.C.’s coastal region and develop the city’s tech industry. The competition included four categories this year: health and emergency preparedness, food security, sustainable resource innovation and ‘wildcard’ — where participants identified an issue and provided a solution to it… READ MORE HERE.