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Media Advisory - Space Apps Challenge: students have 48 hours to develop applications using space data


LONGUEUIL, QC, Oct. 19, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - From October 19 to 21, in Montreal, Toronto, Waterloo, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Edmonton about 650 Canadians will have 48 hours to tackle the challenges of Space Apps Challenge 2018 with the support of experts from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). During NASA's international hackathon, participants around the world must use space data to develop applications that meet needs here on Earth.

Following the success of its first participation in the Space Apps Challenge last year, the CSA is facilitating access to Canadian space data, like data from RADARSAT-2, SCISAT, THEMIS and is presenting six Canadian challenges this year.

Media representatives are invited to go to the following locations:

 

Date:

October 19 to 21, 2018



Time:

Check with local organizers
(see hyperlinks below)



What:

Canada's participation in Space Apps Challenge 2018 



Who:

CSA experts and participants in four Canadian cities




Media representatives are invited to go to the following locations only:



Where:

Montréal


École de technologie supérieure


1100 Notre-Dame Street West


Montreal, Quebec  H3C 1K3




Toronto


Ryerson DMZ


341 Yonge Street, Suite 312


Toronto, Ontario  M5B 1S1




Waterloo


Communitech


151 Charles Street West, Suite 100


Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario  N2G 1H6




Ottawa


Carleton University


Technology Innovation Management Program


311 St. Patrick's Building


1125 Colonel By Drive


Ottawa, Ontario   K1S 5B6

 

Website: http://asc-csa.gc.ca

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SOURCE Canadian Space Agency


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