Copernicus Hackathon & Climathon

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Sign up for The Copernicus Hackathon & Climathon

Aerospace Valley inaugurates the era of hackathons within the B612, the new Toulouse Metropolitan building dedicated to innovation in the space and aeronautics sector.

This international event is a clever mix between two events of the kind:

– Organized on 26^th October and focusing on Climate changes, this event is supported by Climate-KIC as part of the global event (104 cities, 45 countries) of the Climathon
– Focusing on the use of satellite images to meet climate challenges, it is supported and and labelled by the European Commission as part of the Copernicus Hackathon

The objective of this event is to foster the emergence of new ideas and the creation of start-ups. To win the competition, the teams will have to deliver in 24 hours innovative solutions with high growth potential, using satellite data to fight climate changes.

Take a look at rules of particpation Sign up NOW !

Come and Fight Climate changes with us

Join us and have fun and be part of a Worldwide Climate Movement !

Who can join?: Everyone above 18 and resident of EU Member States, including Norway and Iceland.

Cost: Participation is free of charge. Meals will be provided for the whole duration of the event.

Alone or as a team: It’s up to you. If you are alone we’ll play the matchmaker to help you out to find a team. Ideal teams have 3-5 members with a mix of relevant skills in Business, Climate and Space.

What if I’m not a space or climate scientist?

Don’t worry ! Come as you are 🙂 You just need to be an enthusiastic and passionate. By the way, did you know, that mutidiscipliary teams usually create the best solutions ?

Why should I join?

Want to meet inspiring and like-minded people with innovative ideas in an enthusiastic atmosphere ?

Want to enhance your skills and learn others ?

Want to create solutions that can lead to the development of an actual startup.

So you’re meant to participate to Copernicus Hackathon & Climathon. Sign up right now !

Output and Selection Criteria

Output : At the end of the 24hours each team has to deliver a presentation (powerpoint, prezi, … ). A quick demonstration of your solution thanks to the tools put at your disposal during the event would be a plus.

Ownership: Participants will own the intellectual property rights to all the business concepts and developments made during the Copernicus Hackathon & Climathon.

Selection Criteria : A selection board will be appointed to select the most promissing project at the end of the Hackathon. The solutions presented will be evalutated based on the following evaluation criteria:

– Relevance to the hackathon topic – Weigth : 25 %
– Interest of the project (Is the project innovative ?) Does it create value for the users ? Is it feasible technically ?) – Weight : 50%
– Quality of the team (technical and business expertise, understanding of the thematic arean commitmnet to the project) – Weight 25 -%

Copernicus Hackathon & Climathon Prizes

Several prizes will be awarded by the event’s partners:

– the space innovation prize
– the climate innovation prize
– the business innovation price

Including:

– pre-incubation at the Nova Hub
– a place to participate in the Copernicus Accelerator
– a trip to Rome (ESRIN) during the phi-week for one member of the winning team
– 3 months subscription to sobloo for free

More information about is coming soon.

Agenda and venue

– Warm up Event on Monday 15th of October from 5 pm to 9 pm

A dedicated time for Preparation&Trainings and Team Makematching with 3 sessions on :

– How to build a Business Plan and How to deliver a great pitch
– Discussion about the challenges proposed with Climate experts
– Presentation of the tools (Sobloo, RUS, … ) provided by our space partners

– Hackathon from Friday 26th of October 1 pm to Saturday 27th of October 6 pm

A 24 hours event to invent solution to fight climate changes with satelites data. During the event, the team will be supported by

– Business Coaches
– Climate experts
– Space experts

Download the previous agenda here: Agenda

Venue

The Warm up and the Hackathon will take place at Aerospace Valley within the B612, the new Toulouse Metropolitan building dedicated to innovation in the space and aeronautics sector.

Aerospace Valley – B612

3 rue Tarfaya

31405 Toulouse

Please think to bring an Identity carte. Take a look at rules of particpation Sign up NOW !

The Copernicus Hackathon & Climathon Challenges

Come and solve the climate challenges faced by the cities of Toulouse Metropole with Copernicus space data and tools! Join us to 24 hous-experiment of pure creativity inspired by our climate and space experts.

Do I need an idea? Just your inspiration is required! You can also join others with an idea.

What if I have an idea? That’s a good start and you will develop your idea further with experts’ advice and other team members.

Be clear on one point: the demonstration of your solution needs to be based on a software program which is developed “from scratch” so don’t work too much on your idea before the event!

The different challenges have been split in two categories: