The WEkEO Hackathon is here!
22 – 23 June 2023
The WEkEO Hackathon aims to support creative and data-skilled people in conceiving tools to improve climate resilience and positively impact our environment. During the hackathon, teams will be able to unlock all the WEkEO platform features to develop their projects, guided by coaches and mentors.
Get ready for the WEkEO hackathon 2023!
Addressing 1 of the 5 challenges defined below, the teams should use at least 2 sources of data available to to develop projects such as (but not limited to):
- Innovative ways of visualizing data
- New dashboards of indicators
- What-if scenarios and tools to simulate scenarios
- Using data to raise awareness
Challenges
The Copernicus data available on WEkEO can help in many regards to support decision-making, in the implementation of EU directives related to climate change and the achievement of the SDGs. In this hackathon, participants are challenged to come up with innovative ideas within the coastal, arctic, health and energy sectors, proposing projects which would support effective and sustainable policymaking, management, planning.
Coastal
Coastal environments are facing increasing pressures, resulting particularly from the ever-growing population living along the coasts. How to properly plan the different human activities taking place along the coasts, while conserving and protecting coastal ecosystems and biodiversity? How to manage and monitor coastal hazards (erosion, storm tides, tsunamis), and inform, raise populations’ awareness about these?
Key elements
Coastal erosion, Natural hazards prevention, Coastal activities development, Endangered biodiversity and ecosystems, Marine Spatial Planning, Marine Protected Areas
Arctic
The Arctic is disproportionately exposed to climate change more than any other region in the world in fact. This implies many challenges in the region, including the thawing of permafrost and melting of ice, while there are growing interests/concerns regarding geopolitics and economics: fisheries, shipping, defence and security, and resource exploitation. How can EO data be used to ensure that decision-making and economic development consider the conservation of this unique and vulnerable environment?
Key elements
Arctic Warming, Ice Melting, Thawing of Permafrost, Endangered biodiversity and ecosystem, Balancing preservation with economic development and geopolitical interests
Health
Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health, from breathing clean air to accessing drinking water and a reliable food supply. Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and shifting to sustainable societal behaviours (through sustainable transportation systems, agricultural practices, and energy choices to name a few) can result in improved health. How can we better inform and visualise the deep interlinkage existing between health and our environment – and improve decision-making?
Key elements
Air pollution, water, and marine pollution, GHG emissions, chemicals usage, behavioural change, rising temperatures and heat waves
Energy
Shifting from fossil fuels towards renewable energy is key to addressing the climate crisis, as it generates far lower emissions. Whether we consider solar energy, inland or offshore wind energy, hydropower from waves or tides, or even algae, there are numerous parameters to consider for implementing these. EO data is thus crucial to help assess, explore, and sustainably manage a renewable energy transition and development. How to better analyse opportunities, optimise planning, management, and risk assessment of renewable energy?
Key elements
Multiple energy sources, Spatial planning and mapping, cross-data analysis with socio-economic parameters, biodiversity and ecosystems protection
Wildcard
You have an idea to fight the climate crisis using data that does seem to fit the other challenges? You would like to use data to focus on plastic pollution, reforestation, water conservation transportation sector transition, biodiversity conservation and protection, sustainable food supply chains, climate education, arts, outreach and awareness raising? No worries! The wildcard welcomes all the out-of-the-box thinkers and their innovative projects harnessing data.
Key elements
Innovative ideas, environmental thinking, shift, biodiversity conservation, ecosystems, sustainability
Hackathon’s Agenda
Join us for this great occasion!
12 of June
WEkEO Hackathon Warm Up Kick Off
15 of June
Introduction to WEkEO and data from Copernicus Services
19 of June
Matchmaking & Team Formation
20 of June
Ask the WEkEO and Copernicus Experts!
22 & 23 of June
Hackathon!
Prize pool!
The 3 winning teams will get one-year access to the WEkEO platform paid cloud computing, including the following services:
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Discover datasets
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Download
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Jupyter Notebooks
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Support
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Virtual Machines
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Processing tools
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Free networking (in and out)
They will also be offered opportunities to pitch their projects in front of various audiences and will see their project showcased by the organisers, particularly (but not limited to) adding the project as a use-case in the WEkEO Website.
The following certificates will be issued:
-Certificate of participation: for participants who contributed to a team correctly formed and competing in the hackathon.
-Winner certificates: for the participants who contributed to a team that ranked in the first 3 places.
The prize pool will grow continuously, stay tuned for future announcements!
WEkEO web portal Features
The online portal provides the following services free of charge.
Harmonised data access
A unique Application Programming Interface (API) connecting the user to updated and timely Copernicus and Sentinel data: Atmosphere, Climate, Land, Ocean, accessible from the Catalogue.
Powerful virtual environments and processing tools
Allow users to transform data. This includes virtual machines, WEkEO drive, and Jupyter catalog, and Jupyter Hub – an interactive development environment for Jupyter notebooks, code, and data.
Expert User support
Ready to help for all types of requests, from ICT problems to image processing library installation and code debugging, or detailed insight into the data structure, applications etc.The Help Center to provide answers to frequently asked questions.
To make the best out of the WEkEO platform, have a look at the WEkEO YouTube channel to access many tutorials and other useful videos!
This are our great Mentors!
Feel free to get in touch with them at any time during the hackathon
David Bina
WEkEO Expert
WEkEO Technical Support Officer
Alexandre Baures
WEkEO Expert
WEkEO Technical Support Officer
Hayley Evers-King
Mentor
Marine applications expert at EUMETSAT
Andreia F. De Carvalho
Mentor
Training Officer @ Mercator Ocean International
Romane Zufic
Mentor
Capacity Development Officer @ Mercator Ocean International
Fabrice Messal
Mentor
UX & Capacity Development, Copernicus Marine Service, Mercator Ocean International
Aurore Biardeau
Mentor
Product Owner
Portfolio & Market Intelligence @ Mercator Ocean International
Ben Loveday
Mentor
Copernicus Marine Training Service manager, Innoflair UG (contracted to EUMETSAT)
Chris Stewart
Mentor
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Training and knowledge transfer coordinator
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