Dakar

Senegal

Space Apps Dakar was held on April 29th & 30th. Thank you to the 49 people who joined the International Space Apps Challenge at this location. The local results, including the work of 7 teams, can be found below!
Thanks Dakar!

Local People's Choice Winner

The people have spoken! This is the project that captured our hearts.

Official poster Spaceapps Hidden Figures



Space Apps Pre-Event Final - Friday, April 28th, 2017 
08:00-09:00am: ISM Point E Departure to get to ISM Golf - USF (The Bus will be leaving at 09:00am)
09:00-10:00am: Socializing (Amphitheatre)
10:00-10:15am: Welcoming, Introduction and Q&A (Amphitheatre)
10:15-10:30am: Inspirational speaker (Space Apps Dakar Lead & ISM Representative) (Amphitheatre)
10:30-11:30am: Registrations Guidance (Amphitheatre)
11:30-12:00am: Closing remarks (Amphitheatre)
12:00-13:00pm: ISM Golf - USF Departure to get back to ISM Point E (The Bus will be leaving at 12:00pm)


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Mandla maseko Keynote speaker Spaceapps 2017




















Space Apps Hackathon Day 1 - Saturday, April 29th, 2017

8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast - Welcoming (Entrance Hall and Open Space of the USF)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Meet your international Guest: Astronaut Mandla MASEKO  from South Africa (Amphitheatre)
10:00 am - 10:30 am Meet your international Guest: Global innovation programs at NASA’s partner firm, 

SecondMuse's Blake Garcia from USA (Amphitheatre)
11:00 am -1:00 pm Work on your Space Apps projects USF (Amphitheatre and Classrooms)
1:00 - 2:00 pm Lunch Break (Entrance Hall and Open Space of the USF)
2:00 - 8:00 pm Work on your Space Apps projects (Amphitheatre and Classrooms)
8:00 - 9:00 pm Diner Break (Entrance Hall and Open Space of the USF)
9:00 pm - 8:00 am Work on your Space Apps projects (Amphitheatre and Classrooms)


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Space Apps Hackathon Day 2 - Sunday, April 30th, 2017

8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast (Entrance Hall and Open Space of the USF)
9:00 am – 11:00 pm Work on your Space Apps projects (Amphitheatre and Classrooms)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pitch Coaching: Test your pitch in front of a critical audience (Amphitheatre)
12.30 – 1:30 pm Lunch Break (Entrance Hall and Open Space of the USF)
1:30 - 5:00 pm Hand in your prototypes (Amphitheatre)
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Presentations and Jury (Amphitheatre)
Present your projects and get applauded (3 minutes per team)
An Expert Jury will vote for the best project which will be awarded
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Awards Ceremony, Wrap Up.  (Amphitheatre)


Schedule

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