The Latvian winner of the Act In Space hackathon is Team Crispy; they were working on the challenge "Airbus05 - ""fighting for climate change"" app for monitoring forest health".
Problem: CO2 emission quotas are currently traded by companies and governments, and then in the future, this market will expand to include private forest owners. There are no solutions for potential buyers to easily identify and address these private forest owners.
Solution: The idea is to create an online platform where information about already assessed forests and their owners so that quota buyers can make direct transactions. Both satellite data and public data on forest owners would be used to implement the solution. Both parties would benefit, as the buyers of quotas could find business partners, while the sellers of quotas could make a profit.
Act In Space is a 24hr non-stop hackathon format created by French National Space Agency (CNES) and the European Space Agency (ESA) that runs worldwide every 2 years.
Each participating country organizes a national 24-hour hackathon whose winner will participate in the international final.
The event in Riga will take place on November 19-20, 2022, at RTU Science and Innovation Centre, Ķīpsalas iela 6A. We will be waiting for you there at 15:30.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
- Register your team for free at www.actinspace.org/register
- In one team there are max 5 participants
- Fret not! If you do not have all team members, you can still register, and look for like-minded mates in Latvian Act in Space Slack channel. We will grant you access to it after you register!
- Chose your challenge here www.actinspace.org/challenges
- Space Based solutions cover a wide spectrum of sectors -
healthcare, 
aerospace, 
AI, 
telecommunications, 
logistics, etc.
- From November 19 - 20 participants will be solving challenges chosen from the global Act in Space list.
MENTORS
On the day of the hackathon, the teams will be mentored by different fieldexperts with to develop a prototype.Field experts in IT, Electronics, Environment surveillance, Business Development, and Latvian Space Agency (LAIK) members. Also, there will be access to international experts from abroad.
Due to the global scope, the event will be primarily held in English.
PRIZES
The team from Latvia will win a ticket to Сannes to present further their prototype/idea concept there. This will allow you to compete with teams from other countries in the grand finale and get some of the grand prizes listed below.
About other prizes, information will follow!
ORGANIZERS & SUPPORTERS
The Latvian edition hackathon is organized by
The Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)
The Ministry of Education and Science
Latvian Space Industry Association (LAIK)
We are supported by European Regional Development Funding, RTU Science and Innovation Centre, AERTI RTU Aeronautical institute, and Commercialization Reactor.
