About the Copernicus Hackathon
On March 2020, 7th – 14th, Kapitech together with Astri Polska, Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, SkyHub invite all teams, start-ups, programming, GIS, space, business and marketing enthusiasts to take part in the second edition of the Copernicus Hackathon Poland.
The Copernicus Hackathon will give you the chance to come and explore many Earth Observation application fields here on Earth with free and open source data from Copernicus. The event will take place in Łódź, where participants will work on 8 challenges.
This time the Copernicus Hackathon hErO 2nd edition offer is addressed to TEAMS THAT ALREADY EXISTS (before the implementation of the first Phase – Practical workshops phase).
You will be also supported by the team of technical and business experts.
Awards
the main award is
the 12-month Copernicus Acceleration program
The Copernicus Accelerator is a project of the European Commission’s DG Growth, and is part of the Copernicus Start-up Programme, which is designed to accompany start-ups from the generation of a business idea to its full commercialisation (https://accelerator.copernicus.eu/).
1st additional award
VC SPACE BRIDGE FUND AWARD - 20 mentoring hours
2nd additional award
Kapitech award - 10 mentoring hours
3rd additional award
Voucher for access to the CreoDIAS platform (300 EUR)
and more awards ...
Who can join
Everyone above 18 years old and residents of EU Member States (+ Norway and Iceland).
Only EXISTING TEAMS can participate in Copernicus Hackathon. If you have a team with an interesting idea, this hackathon is for you.
Each team will consist from 2-5 people with different profiles. Such number of participants is optimal to provide good business and technical support for everyone and enough attention to participants during the technical workshops.
We are looking for:
Specialists in Computer Sciences: people who can code and put the processed data into the nice user interface and make it usable
Sectorial scientists with specific profiles like agricultural universities, universities of life sciences, technical universities with specialization in air quality and environmental monitoring, energy departments in universities etc.
Young entrepreneurs students and specialists from business schools with specializations on Economy, Marketing, Business administration
Technical specialists: GIS, Big Data.
Everyone interested
Each team should be composed by people with experstise in: GIS/EO, computer development, graph and interface design, marketing, business and thematic expert (agriculture, energy, forestry etc.) and many more. However GIS/EO expert and IT developer and business person is a must for each team.
Agenda
The Hackathon will be divided into three phases:
Phase 1: Day 1, Practical workshops phase – March 7, 2020 – (Saturday)
09:00 –10:00 | Registration |
10:00 – 10:10 | Welcoming Speech presentation of the Copernicus Relays and organizers |
10:10 – 10:30 | the EC Representative, Copernicus Acceleration program rules (tbd) |
10:30 – 10:45 | Space Bridge Fund – presentation of the Fund’s objectives and business ideas |
10:45 – 11:45 | Start of the Technical Workshop, Presentation of DIAS platform – cloud services and tools for EO data storage, processing and dissemination |
11:45 – 13:45 | Technical workshop, run by Institute of Geodesy and Cartography |
13:45 – 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 – 16:30 | Technical workshop, run by Astri Polska |
16:30 – 17:30 | Pitches session – how to create a good presentation, run by Matyna Gatkowska |
Phase 2: Days 2 – 6, Mentorship week – March 9-13, 2020 (Monday-Friday)
The second phase is a mentorship week where teams will have one week to improve the solution and develop it technically. During this time teams will locally work with the mentors that will support them on the data usage, IT and mobile solutions development, as well as business and other technical issues.
Monday, 9th March 2020 | Self-work |
Tuesday, 10th March 2020 | 15:00 – 18:00 – Consultations with selected Technical Experts. The consultations to be held in teleconference format. |
Wednesday, 11th March 2020 | 15:00 – 18:00 – Consultations with selected Business Experts. The consultations to be held in teleconference format. |
Thursday, 12th March 2020 | Self-Work / 15:00- 18:00 Review of the progress with hackathon organizer, preparation for the pitches. |
Friday, 13th March 2020 | Self-work / 14:00 – 17:00 Final review for all teams. |
Phase 3: Day 7, Final
The national final willl take place in Łódź, 14th March 2020. Gathered jury will select the winner who would win the main prize.
12:00 – 12:15 | Welcoming Speech presentation of the organizers |
12:15 – 14:00 | The pitches session |
14:00 – 14:30 | Jury deliberations |
14:30 – 14:45 | Announcement of the results, selection of the winner |
14:45 – 15:00 | Closing the Hackathon |
We are here to help you find the right way to success. If you have any questions, please write to our Experts.
MARTYNA GATKOWSKA
BUSINESS AND PITCHING EXPERT
ANNA MIROŃCZUK, Kapitech
Earth Observation and Technical EXPERT
Paweł Kwiatkowski, Kapitech
Manager, Business EXPERT
Damian Olszewski, IGiK
Earth Observation and Technical EXPERT
Michał Kubicki, Astri Polska
Earth Observation and Technical EXPERT
Where and when
Where:
SkyHUB, Łódź, Poland
ul Piotrkowska 148/150
RED TOWER (piętro 15)
ŁÓDŹ
When:
7.03.2020 – Practical workshop
14.03.2020 – FINAL
Organizers
Partners
Media patronage
