5 projects with space data presented at the 4th CASSINI Hackathon in Barcelona
With the theme "Space for the Financial World", the event was held simultaneously in 10 European locations, Barcelona being one of them—with more than 40 students, on site and in virtual format. The local edition has been co-organised by the Institute of the Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), the Knowledge lnnovation Market Foundation (KlMbcn) and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce; with the collaboration of the EETAC, the Mediterranean Science and Technology Park (PMT), and the Baix Llobregat Campus of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech · BarcelonaTech (UPC).
The final presented projects responded to three challenges of the financial world to activate green and sustainable investment, to make innovative financial tools and technologies and to advance global financial intelligence, using data from Copernicus, Galileo and EGNOS.
The initiatives carried out by the participants were evaluated by an expert jury in which the participation of aerospace engineers Maria Casanovas, from the Knowledge Transfer Office of the IEEC, and Anna Ruiz, from the IEEC Department of Talent and Society; as well as the president of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Mònica Roca, the executive director of knowledge of the innovation market of the KIMbcn Foundation, Antoni Paz; the deputy director of the EETAC, Jordi Berenguer, and the aerospace consultant, Armengol Torres.
The first prize went to the FarmSat:Space project, focused on gas monitoring in macro-farms, and the second prize was won by the Gapfik proposal, an initiative to measure the environmental and social impact of companies in real time.
The winner team together with representatives of the IEEC, KIMbcn, the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, the Mediterranean Science and Technology Park (PMT), the Castelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC – UPC), and EUSPA; in addition to members of the jury.
The hackathon was also attended by Dafni Dimoudi, Market Development Innovation Officer of European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), who recognised "the great ideas collected during these days."
In addition, Eurisy has participated as an European expert entity supporting the core team.
The presented projects:
- First prize: FarmSAT:Space
Participants: Federico Lozano, Maria Álvarez, Carmen Álvarez, Francisco Muro, Juan Antonio Pedreira, José Pulido and Alejandro Trenado
Project: Monitoring gas emissions in macro farms with a proposal for solutions with Copernicus services.
- Second prize: Gapfik
Participants: Giuseppe Facciorusso, Georgi Gevorgyan, Lorenzo Montaruli, Giovanni Pardini, Janninger Hofmann, Kuba Glowacz, Lara Bertin and Hamad Alrakhis
Project: Dashboard that provides data on companies' ESG risks in real time and offers a very easy user experience.
- Special mention of environmental awareness for future generations: Space Tools
Participants: Guillem Águila, Javier Ramírez, Albert Sáez, Marc Ferré, Daniel García, Ángel Franco, Mireia Rico and Oriol Paricio
Project: Platform to identify the sustainability index of a crop according to its specific location.
- Special mention in green impact: Choose your space
Participants: Carla Salas, Ricard Rodríguez and Fran Asensio, Pavel Fedotov
Project: Home search tool according to sustainability indexes, pollution and weather data that serves the user as an intermediary for sales or rental platforms.
- Special mention in business experience: Byetech
Participants: Laura Domenech, Jonathan Domenech, Xavier Liso, Johan Oreel, Dulguun Ganbold
Project: A social media network that embraces the world of sustainability to analyse companies.