Tirana

The NASA Space Apps Challenge lands for the ninth year in Albania!

This year, will be in-person event at Albanian ICT Academy and will nevertheless give participants the opportunity to connect with people from different backgrounds and talents to solve one of the challenges provided by NASA.

Take part in this worldwide competition of ideas, find solutions to spatial and terrestrial problems using spatial data and win fantastic local and global prizes!

Regardless of your skills or your education, take your laptop and join us!

Your ideas and your skills can change the world! Don't let the 'Apps' part put you off, the best teams are often the most diverse teams in terms of age, skills and experience. We have seen great projects made entirely from cardboard!

Everyone can participate in the event, completely free.

Everyone can take part in the competition, because every skill is useful in order to work on a project. Register to Space Apps if you are a space enthusiast, if you’re an engineer (or you're studying in order to become one), if you have communication or marketing skills (you will have to convince the judges your idea is cool!) or if you're looking for a chance to test yourself.

If you don't have a team already: don't worry! We will help you and make sure you can find someone as passionate as you on the challenge you want your project to respond to.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

1. Log in or Sign up on the Space Apps Challenge website
2. Register now to the Tirana local event by selecting the "Register" button on the right side of the page.
3. Recruit friends & co-workers: We encourage you to invite your friends along! Typical Space Apps teams have 4-6 participants (the limit is 6 members per team). Space Apps is all about collaboration and the most successful teams are often ones with a diverse set of skills and expertise: coding, storytelling, creativity, data, science, engineering, technology, and more.
4. Solo participants are welcome: if you do not have a predefined team, do not worry, individuals are welcome and you will have your opportunity on the first day of the event to find your team´s partners.
5. Familiarize yourself with the Space Apps Resources. Start with the Participant FAQ .
6. Choose the challenge you want to address.
7. Download and register in the Space Apps chat, in order to connect with other participants, with local leads, experts, etc. and above all in order to find your teammates -- (Coming Soon)
8. The hackathon starts the 1st of October at 9.00 AM
9. Work hard on your project and do not forget to create your team page in the website and to upload your project

LOCAL JUDGING CRITERIA AND AWARDS

The Local awards are yet to be decided, and will be announced closer to the start date of the Hackathon.

LOCAL BOOT CAMP - 30th of September

The Bootcamps are a great way to connect with other participants from your country, and get to know the Local Leads that are going to guide you through the Space Apps Challenge Hackathon days. We will be organizing the day prior to the start of the competition a session of meetings and webinars with our Local leads and experts in the field of Space, Technology and Communications to counsel all of our participants in the best practices to understand the tasks at hand and have a successful Hackathon!