This is a competition for diverse teams of innovators excited by space, space technologies, innovation and entrepreneurship. Exceptional collaborative atmosphere with access to leading mentors and space companies with short workshops that help participants generate, evolve and pitch ideas to win the vote of the judges.
It is free to participate but your team can win cash from this pool. Plus:
Teams need to score high in seven criteria plus add something extra to the mix. Judges are looking for innovative and impactful solutions that are validated, viable, have clear sight of funding, excellent pitch and leverage collaboration.
SpaceHack Mentors came from different fields within the space industry, venture capital, research and governance and they offer a unique mix or expecriences, expertise and connections that they make generously available to the participant teams.
Director of the Space Industry Association of Australia, angel investor and mentor at the Moonshot Space Accelerator.
Space Systems at CSIRO, working on CSIRO's Space Technology Future Science Platform with a focus on veriication/validation and operations, as well as working on the CSIROSat-1.
Chief Executive Officer, Infinity Avionics. Igor has hardware experience in hypersonic vehicles, UAVs and aircrafts incdluding design and implementing spacecraft missions.
Director of Space Technology, Australian Space Agency, with experience in building and launching satellites, and space administration experience in the public service.
Special Counsel, Space Law and Strategy at the International Aerospace Law and Policy Group. Extensive experience in Law and Economics with international awards from the American Society of International Law.
Co-Founder at Infinity Avionics, with a background in electronics engineering and designing systems for nanosatellites.
Chief Technology Officer, Nominal Systems, innovative spacecraft-centred digital twin simulations.Breadth of experience in pitching, raising capital, building a dreamteam, structuring deals, developing a sophisticated product.
Lecturer in Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, UNSW Canberra. Clair specialises in using satelite imagery to collect atmospheric and ocean observations from space.
Software Group Leader, EOS Space Systems. Alex leads a team of highly skilled software developers to maintain and develop innovative Space Domain Awareness and related technologies.
Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW Canberra where Megan is a lecturer in Public Sector Management. Megan also holds an ARC DECRA in examining growth of the private sector invemest in biodiversity.
Chief Innovation Officer, Skykraft. Craig blends business and engineering to develop compelling products and services for space.
VC portfolio manager at Twynam Investments, deploying capital globally for a better earth. Previous tech startup experience (Korea, Japan and Hong Kong).
ClimateTech Investor who has helped build 100’s of tech companies as a co-founder and with Pollenizer, Startmate, muru-D and Austrade. He co-founded Climate Salad to help build climate-focused startups and help the world get to and beyond net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Senior Lecturer, UNSW Canberra. Environmental social scientist researching human behaviour and decision-making. Katie focuses on methods to provide novel insights into the human dimension of climage change and related environmental problems.
Principal engineer at ThrustMe, a French deep-tech company that provides propulsion systems for satellites. Trevor has a PhD in physics from The Australian National University, and more than 14 years of experience in the fields of plasma physics and space propulsion.
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SpaceHack 2022 is an initiative by the Canberra Innovation Network and UNSW Canberra
Yes, you apply to register as a team. To participate in SpaceHack you must be in a registered team of between 3 and 6 people. We will allow a six person team as an absolute maximum.
SpaceHack will run over two-days with mandatory sessions throughout. Thursday 16th June and Friday 17th June. The times will be between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm.
Teams are more than welcome to compete in the hackathon with an existing idea that they are already working on, but will need to be willing to learn and grow their proposed solution.
The workshops and mentor sessions are designed to push teams to test and refine their solution to develop a compelling final pitch for the judges. During a hackathon, ideas may pivot or shift based on customer and mentor feedback which is all a part of the process!
All submissions to the hackathon remain the intellectual property of the individuals or organisations who developed them. The organisers claim no ownership of nor repsonsibility for the IP generated during the hackathons. It is up to the teams to deal with IP issues.
Yes. All of the sessions will be run in-person at a location TBD.
“CBRIN's Space Hackathon 2021 was a fantastic opportunity that I would encourage anyone in STEM or interested in space to try out. Even if you don't walk away with a prize, talking and learning from mentors who are experts or leaders in their respective fields alongside the creative, problem-solving thinking the challenge asks of you are invaluable experiences. It is clear the organising team behind the hackathon have put a lot of effort into it, which is shown in how enjoyable the experience is.”
"The Hackathon really opened people’s eyes to the opportunities in space. Was very well run and gave people the opportunity to make networks in the space industry."
“Participating in the CBR innovation network space hack was fun and made a real impact on my life. I learned more about space in two days than I had ever imagined. I gained valuable design thinking and pitching skills that I will use in my everyday life and I joined a network of like-minded entrepreneurial thinkers that I will stay connected with and will assist me in my future endeavours. Thanks, CBRIN, you are a vital link in the CBR innovation space.“
I enjoyed how the teams were encouraged to come up with interesting and unique solutions. As a mentor, it was amazing to see how much growth was achieved by the teams over the two days.
"Space geeks will have 30 hours to develop and pitch their innovative ideas to a pool of industry experts during Canberra’s first SpaceHack competition."
“Hackathons are innovation playgrounds; they are set up to encourage you to ideate, explore, experiment, fail, learn and change. And then, repeat.”
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the ACT, the Ngunnawal people. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.
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