Day 1 – 19th September 2019
8:30 | Registrations and breakfast – Pastries & coffee at the Library Cafe |
9:10 | Kick off: – Welcome (Grant Bourhill, Space Park Leicester) – The Copernicus Programme (TBC, European Commission) – Challenging sustainable development (Maria Touri, University of Leicester) |
9:45 | Introducing project proposals |
10:15 | Teamwork: Understanding the problem, proposing solutions and identifying a minimum viable product |
12:15 | Pitches by each team about their proposed solutions |
13:45 | Lunch break at the Library Cafe – Soap box talk: Sirio Modugno (World Food Programme, United Nations) |
14:30 | Teamwork: Start of coding for the proposals |
18:00 | Dinner break at the Library Cafe |
19:30 | End of first day and remote work through the night |
Day 2 – 20th September 2019
8:30 | Breakfast – Pastries & coffee at the Library Cafe |
09:30 | Kick-off: – Five-minute progress report by each team – Report any technical needs (expertise, equipment) |
09:45 | Teamwork: Coding, design and modelling |
13:30 | Lunch break at the Library Cafe – Soap box talk: Andy Bennett (Knowledge Transfer Network, Innovate UK) |
14:00 | Teamwork: Coding, design and modelling |
16:30 | Minimum viable products and projects pitches |
16:45 | Assessment of projects by Judging Panel |
17:00 | Announcement of winning team, prize and follow-on activity |
17:30 | End of the Copernicus Hackathon |