From October 15 – 16th Science Park Graz hosted the online Copernicus Hackathon. The Copernicus Hackathon Graz is part of the European Union’s Copernicus Programme. The aim is to motivate and inspire developers, entrepreneurs and the industry to develop innovative ideas for the betterment of society. Developers, scientist, researchers, entrepreneurs, designers and all Earth Observation and space enthusiasts were invited to join the first Copernicus Hackathon taking place in Graz.

EODC was part of the jury and especially excited to hand out two special prizes for the projects using EODC infrastructure. The winners received our Cloud Package for 6 months, worth € 3.600.

The first prize went to Defire presenting their concept of assessing the risks of fire outbreaks. Watch their presentation here: https://youtu.be/yMPbaJXScD0?t=4167

The second prize went to Ubicube’s presentation on geospatial patterns, specifically air quality models. Watch their presentation here: https://youtu.be/yMPbaJXScD0?t=3240

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