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