Space Apps Rome was held on April 29th & 30th. Thank you to the 272 people who joined the International Space Apps Challenge at this location. The local results, including the work of 16 teams, can be found below!
Thanks Rome!
Local People's Choice Winner
The people have spoken! This is the project that captured our hearts.
Global Nominees
We wish our global nominees the best of luck!
Nasa Space Apps Challenge is a hackathon happening simultaneously in over 170 cities all over the world organized with the goal to help collaboratively develop innovative solutions for global problems by producing open-source results to challenges that are relevant to both life on Earth and life in space.
The Rome event is organized by the European Space Agency, the United States Embassy and La Sapienza University with the sponsorship of the Italian Space Agency, Bic Lazio, FabSpace 2.0, CloudSigma, Orange Business Services, Logica Informatica, Meta-Group, Fondazione Mondo Digitale, Capgemini Italy and Microsoft.
For real-time information about the event, please join our telegram channel by scanning the QR code below with your phone or clicking this link.
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version below)
Come Partecipare
La partecipazione, completamente gratuita, è aperta a tutti gli appassionati di qualsiasi background ed età. L’evento inizia la mattina di Sabato 29 Aprile alle ore 8:30 e si conclude il pomeriggio di Domenica 30 Aprile alle ore 19:00 con l’annuncio dei vincitori locali di quest’anno. Non dimenticare di registrarti su questa pagina relativa all'evento di Roma.
Team
Puoi creare un team in qualsiasi momento a partire da adesso fino al giorno stesso dell’evento sfruttando il Telegram Bot che verrà messo a disposizione a breve. Il tuo team dovrà scegliere una challenge tra quelle disponibili su 2017.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges. Sarà inoltre necessario che almeno una persona del tuo team abbia una buona conoscenza dell’inglese, lingua in cui troverai tutte le informazioni sulle challenge e che dovrà essere usata domenica mattina per la presentazione finale del progetto.
Informazioni generali
Per lavorare non dimenticare di portare il tuo laptop, una ciabatta e qualsiasi altro materiale necessario.
Dal pranzo di sabato 29 al pranzo di domenica 30, tutti i pasti verranno offerti ai partecipanti nella mensa dell’università.
Se vuoi fermarti per dormire o lavorare durante la notte, porta un sacco a pelo e uno stuoino: si dorme letteralmente sul pavimento!
To Participate
Participation is completely free and open to all enthusiasts no matter their background or age. The event starts Saturday morning at 8:30 AM and ends Sunday afternoon at 7:00 PM with the announcement of this year’s local winners. Don’t forget to register on this page if you want to participate from the Rome location.
Team
You can create your team anytime from right now to the day of the event by using the Telegram Bot that will be made available soon. Your team will need to choose a challenge among the ones available at 2017.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges.
General information
Don't forget to bring your own laptop, a power strip and anything else you might need.
All meals are offered in the university canteen from Saturday’s lunch to Sunday’s lunch.
If you want to work all night bring your own bed sack and pad: you will sleep on the floor!
Schedule
Saturday, April 29th
Registrations
Registration closes. All participants gather in AULA 1.
Prof. Paolo Gaudenzi, Director of the Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Department, La Sapienza, welcomes guests and participants and gives the floor to SKY journalist Marta Meli.
Steve Labensky, U.S. Embassy Cultural Attachè.
Blake Garcia, Second Muse (Space Apps’ U.S.-based organizing agency).
Timothy Tawney, NASA Europe Representative (with slides).
Brief salute from Naples and Vicenza via Skype
2016 Winners "ICE Cream Team"
Meli closes and gives the floor to Maryline Lengert, Head of the IT Security and Specialised Services Division at European Space Agency and Space Apps Lead, for the program overview.
Hackathon begins
Lunch Break until 2:00 pm
WORKSHOP to provide participants with tools and guidance for the Sunday afternoon presentation (si lavora sull'impostazione generale della presentazione di domenica pomeriggio)
"How to pitch" Ing. Alessandra Pacilli, Ph.D, Business Consultant;
“Hands-on” AldoPërgjergji, IT Specialist
Dinner until 8:30 pm
Sunday, April 30th
Breakfast until 9:00 am
Lunch until 2:00 pm
Chiusura dei lavori – consegna presentazioni
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Wrap up – turn in your presentation
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Pitches
Short presentations by BIC Lazio and Capgemini
“Non finisce qui! Le opportunità per le future start-up digitali EO based”
Roberto Giuliani – ESA BIC Lazio Programme Manager
Annuncio dei vincitori! – Winners are announced!
