On Friday, 28th of April, we are organizing a Bootcamp day in order to set the stage for collaboration and help participants feel ready to hack on the days of the hackathon. Meet us in front of Scroll Bar. Here you can see the program:

8:30 – 9:00 

Pick your badge and socialize! @ Scroll Bar

9:00 – 9:10 

Welcome - Logistics & Announcements

9:10  – 9:45 

Local Winners 2016

 Talk by Vlad Gidea and Frederik Hartmann representing team Back Home from Space Apps Copenhagen 2016 

9:45  –10:30 

Our eruptive Sun

Our star – the Sun is not as quiet as it may seem on a warm summers day from your backyard. In reality the Sun regularly erupts thousands of millions of hot plasma in so called coronal mass ejections. These solar eruptions can create beautiful aurora, but also cause the destruction of satellites orbiting our planet.

Talk by Tina Ibsen, Head of Science and Outreach at the Tycho Brahe Planetarium. With a  degree in astrophysics from Copenhagen University, Tina originally specialised in space weather and solar eruptions. 

10:30 - 10:35

Logistics 

10:45  – 12:15 

Stardust St. I -at Scroll Bar

Facilitators: 

Luca Rossi, Associate Professor at Culture and Communication Research group, Digital Design Department at the IT University of Copenhagen

Sebastian Büttrich, Research Lab Manager, at the Pervasive Interaction Technology Laboratory - the PIT Lab at the IT University of Copenhagen

Topic: Humans, Sensors and Environmental Information 

This Stardust st. aims to open up a discussion on topics of citizen science, resilient technology, the use of social media data and adding an extra level to top scientific data. 

12:15  – 12:55 

Break  and light lunch at Scroll Bar

13:00 - 14:00 

Astrophysical highlight from current space missions.

Talk by Anja C Andersen, Associate Professor, Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen.  

14:15 – 15:45 

Stardust St II and Stardust St. III will run in parallel.

Stardust St II -Aud. 3

Facilitator: Daniel Cermak-Sassenrath, Associate Professor and member of the Center for Computer Games Research at the ITU

Topic: 

How to Fake It: Mock Ups, Prototypes and Demos - Which kinds of presentations exist, and what are they good for? This workshop covers mock ups, prototypes and demos. These are characterized and their successful application is discussed. Hands-on practical tips are offered for participants' projects.

Stardust St III - Aud. 4

Facilitator:  Daniel Lazarovici (Mentor, Codher)

Topic: Animations using GreenSock library

“Knowing how to code is like having a superpower, a power you can use to change the world!”

Technology can be powerful force that can be used for good, whether helping governments better serve its citizens or help in solving challenges our world is facing in faster, more collaborative, data-driven ways.

During this workshop, Codher will introduce you to GreenSock- ultra high-performance, professional-grade animation platform for the modern web used on more than 65% of award winning websites.

Why animation? Well, why not?

Animations are a huge part of making compelling web applications and sites, as users have come to expect highly responsive and interactive user interfaces.

This workshop is for you whether you have no coding experience at all or you are an experienced web developer.

15:45 - 16:00 

Talk by Benjamin Hervit from the 2016 SA team Sometimes Science is more Art than Science - Recognizing what you can and what you cannot do during the Hackathon
(aud. 4)

16:00  

End of Bootcamp Day / Get a beer at Scroll Bar