Rome

Welcome to NASA Space Apps Rome 2020

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

1. Log in or Sign up on the Space Apps Challenge website
2. Register¹ now to the Rome local event by selecting the "Register" button on the right side of the page.
3. Recruit friends & co-workers: We encourage you to invite your friends along! Typical Space Apps teams have 2-6 participants (the limit is 6 members per team). Space Apps is all about collaboration and the most successful teams are often ones with a diverse set of skills and expertise: coding, storytelling, creativity, data, science, engineering, technology, and more.
4. Solo participants are welcome: if you do not have a predefined team do not worry, individuals are welcome and you will have your opportunity on the first day of the event to find your team´s partners.
5. Familiarize yourself with the Space Apps Resources. Start with the Participant FAQ .
6. Choose the challenge you want to address
7. Download and register in the Space Apps chat, in order to connect with other participants, with local leads, experts, etc. and above all in order to find your teammates
8. On the 3rd of October at 9 a.m. the hackathon starts
9. Work hard on your project and do not forget to create your team page in the website and to upload your project

¹remember to register both to the event and to our local hub

Who can participate?

Everyone can take part in the competition, because every skill is useful in order to work on a project. Register to Space Apps if you are a space enthusiast, if you re an engineer (or you're studying in order to become one), if you have communication or marketing skills (you will have to convince the judges your idea is cool!) or if you're looking for a chance to test yourself.

We welcome participants from any location, but in order to be eligible for the local award at least one member of the team must be resident in Italy.

How can you join the competition?

Register to the event by signing up to the Space Apps platform, check your email to activate your account, and then select "Rome" as your location. Register as an individual, then you will have the chance to form your team. If you already have one you can add your teammates to your team. We suggest you to create teams with 3 to 5 people (the limit however is 6) and with different skills in order to work on your project taking into account all the different aspects of it.

If you don't have a team already: don't worry! We will help you and make sure you can find someone as passionate as you on the challenge you want your project to respond to.

Resources

From the 24th of September you will be able to download the Space Apps chat at chat.spaceappschallenge.org. In order to access the chat you need to have your Space Apps credentials.

In the Space Apps chat rooms, you will be able to connect with other participants and a number of community members who are available to support your journey. This includes:

1. The Global Organizing Team (GO-Team): The team behind Space Apps dedicated to guiding and supporting you through a successful Space Apps journey!
2. The GO-Team’s work is bolstered by a committed Community of Volunteers:

○ Subject-Matter Experts: NASA and partner agency experts, including many who have developed the challenges and have knowledge about the “Example Resources” provided for each challenge statement.

○ Local Leads: Volunteers based in cities all around the globe who organize the Space Apps local virtual events (known as locations).

○ Ambassadors: Volunteers supporting you over the course of Space Apps weekend by providing their expertise in Space Apps and NASA data.

On the website you can have access to all the other resources that can be needed in order to work on your project.

Local Judging Criteria & Awards

Judging Criteria:

• Impact: How much impact (quality and quantity) can this project have? Does it solve a big problem or a little problem? Will it inspire or help many, or a few?
• Creativity: How creative/innovative is the approach? Is the project novel and something that hasn’t been attempted before, or is it an incremental improvement on something that already exists?
• Validity: Is the solution scientifically valid? Will it do what it sets out to do? Can it work in the real world?
• Relevance: Is this project responsive to the challenge for which it was submitted? Is it a complete solution or does it have a long way to go? Is it technically feasible? How usable or user friendly is the solution?
• Presentation: How well did the team communicate their project? Were they effective in telling the story of the project: the challenge, the solution, and why is it important?

In order to be eligible for the Global Nomination the following minimum requirements must be met:

• The project must respond to one of the official Space Apps 2020 challenge statements. (“Projects submitted in response to “Invent Your Own Challenge” are not eligible.)
• The team should clearly show how space agency datasets, products, or resources (from NASA and/or partner agencies) were integrated into their project.
• The project page must include a link to code in a public repository (if requested by the chosen challenge).
• The team must provide a demo (e.g. a video or slides) that showcases their project via a public link.
• All links must be public and working properly. That is, links should not require permission or registration to access them.
• The team must use English language on the project page. (Videos can be in other languages but must include English language subtitles.)
• The project page must not contain profanity or inappropriate language.

Awards:

• The US mission in Italy will award two prizes of 500€ each to the two best projects
• The CNS - Center for Near Space - of the Italian Institute for the Future, which has always been committed to anticipatory studies related to the expansion of humanity into space, will be giving away the national prize "Il Futuro Prossimo Possibile" of 400 Euros for the team which, responding to the themes of Space Apps 2020, will best interpret the CNS Vision on the Cis-Lunar City.

Local project submission

To submit your project you should:

• Upload your project on your team's page
• Check that everyone in your team is correctly registered both to space apps and to your team.
• Provide a detailed description of your project, helping yourself with slides (max 7) or a video (max 30 seconds)
• Send an email to spaceappsrome@gmail.com with:
  • A link to your team's page and project
  • The challenge you are providing a solution for
  • The 30 seconds video through WeTransfer
  • Slides, if you have any
  • Phone number and email of your team's speaker

In uploading your code, please post it as a fork of this repository so that we can more easily find it if any problems arise.

Global Judging Criteria & Awards

While the main purpose of the hackathon is to encourage collaboration and cooperation, Space Apps 2020 will have winners. In previous years, awards have been given for the following categories. However, NASA reserves the right to change the award categories.

● Best Use of Data

● Best Use of Hardware or Technology

● Galactic Impact

● Most Inspirational

● Best Mission Concept

● Best Use of Science

Space Apps winners will be featured on the Space Apps website and social media, and they will receive an invitation to present their projects to NASA personnel (and space agency partners, if applicable). If travel is deemed safe, the winners will also be invited to visit a NASA site with the Space Apps Global Organizing Team to view a spacecraft launch. Each member of each winning team and one guest each will be invited and will be responsible for covering their own costs for their personal travel, meals and incidental expenses, and accommodation expenses.

Local Boot Camp - 29/09/2020 (Online event)

The bootcamp recorded session can be accessed on Facebook or Vimeo while .pptx files can be accessed from our google drive folder

Opening - 03/10/2020

You can access the recorded opening session on Facebook

Global Boot Camp

Saturday, September 19, up until the event, the Space Apps Global Organizing Team will launch the second Virtual Bootcamp, premiering daily videos from Local Leads, Ambassadors, NASA, Space Agency Partners, and more!

Global Opening Ceremony 01/10/2020

On Thursday, October 1 at 5pm EST, the GO Team will premiere the virtual Opening Ceremony, featuring welcome messages and reminders from the GO Team, the space agency partners, and more. Watch in real-time on YouTube to be part of the Watch Party kicking off a Space Apps event like no other!

Social / Groups

Join the Facebook Page to keep updated.
Join the Facebook Group and the Telegram Group to keep in touch with other attendees.

If you have any questions or doubts, send an email to: spaceappsrome@gmail.com we will be happy to help you.