Matera and Turin are together and ready for the world competition scheduled for: November 13-14, 2020!
Tanti i premi per i vincitori tra cui volo parabolico a bordo di un Zero-G Airbus A310.

Matera, November 4, 2020 – Italy is also ready for the 2020 virtual edition of ActInSpace organized for our country by Italian Space Agency (ASI) in collaboration with OPENET Technologies SpA of Matera with SparkMe the Business Accelerator dedicated to the Space Economy and the Polytechnic of Turin incubator i3P.
ActInSpace® is an international innovation contest that aims to inspire young people around the world to respond to challenges based on space technologies, data, patents and infrastructure in order to launch startups in these sectors, effectively becoming a unique opportunity for participants to work on the Creating business opportunities for the proposed challenges, using patents, technologies, and satellite data made available by CNES, ESA, Airbus, and all local partners.

ActInSpace Italia is open to everyone and participation in the Hackathon is free: Students, aerospace enthusiasts, startups working in the field and wanting to get involved, designers, marketers and communicators can register until D-Day (November 13th).
To join the event, you need to find a team, develop a project within 24 hours, finally register for the national competition on the event's official website: https://actinspace.org/country/italy. Lo scopo è lavorare ad una soluzione che risponda a una delle sfide based on high-level technologies, which are however easy to reuse because they were selected precisely for their potential commercial applications: https://actinspace.org/challenges

The national competition will take place simultaneously with the global competition on November 13 and 14, 2020.
In reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers for Italy (ASI, Openet Technologies SpA and I3P) have in fact decided to opt for a unique nationally organized virtual Hackathon event in order to guarantee maximum safety for participants.
At the end of the Hackathon, Teams will have 7 to 10 minutes to present their project to the Jury, who will evaluate their work using the criteria provided by ActInSpace: the validity of the economic and business model, the innovative nature of the project, the project's economic and social potential, and leadership.
The best team of the Italian competition will access the international finals in Toulouse, France; the winners of the ActInSpace 2020 contest will receive many prizes, including the Grand Prize: A parabolic flight aboard a Zero-G Airbus A310.

Italian Space Agency – Founded in 1988, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) is a national public body overseen by the Ministry of Universities and Research, which operates in collaboration with other ministries. In less than two decades, it has established itself as one of the world's leading players in space science, satellite technologies, and the development of means to reach and explore the cosmos. Today, ASI plays a leading role both at the European Space Agency (ESA) level, where Italy is the third largest contributor, and globally. It maintains a close and ongoing collaborative relationship with NASA, which has led it to participate in many of the most exciting scientific missions of recent years. www.asi.it

OPENET Technologies S.p.A was born in Matera from the vision and intuition of its founder Vito Gaudiano. With over twenty years of presence on the TLC/ICT market, has developed capabilities and skills in various fields of application: research, educational development, digital and innovative teaching, and advanced e-learning, up to the use of the most advanced Artificial Intelligence and Extended Reality technologies. OPENET it is also SPARKme: the first Business Accelerator dedicated to the Space Economy, within which to develop "technology transfer and capacity building" actions to facilitate the use of space technologies and systems (especially satellites) for innovative commercial applications (products and/or services). This Accelerator was created thanks to a consolidated partnership with the Italian and European Space Agencies (ASI/ESA). (https://www.openet.it) – (https://www.sparkme.space/)

I3P – Incubator for Innovative Businesses at the Polytechnic University of Turin
The Incubator of the Polytechnic University of Turin – I3P supports the creation and development of innovative startups with high technological intensity and growth potential, founded by both university researchers and students and by external entrepreneurs, providing strategic consulting services, coaching, mentoring, fundraising support, and space. I3P, founded in 1999, is a joint-stock company owned by the Polytechnic University of Turin, the LINKS Foundation, the Turin Chamber of Commerce, Finpiemonte, the Metropolitan City of Turin, and the Torino Wireless Foundation. The mission of the Incubator of the Polytechnic University of Turin is to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem, with the aim of generating economic development and employment in innovative industrial supply chains. I3P adopts a strategy of collaboration with private entities and institutions engaged in research and higher education, technology transfer services, innovation financing, and internationalization.
Nel 2019 I3P ha ricevuto il riconoscimento come il Miglior Incubatore Pubblico su scala globale secondo l’UBI Global World Rankings of Business Incubators and Accelerators 2019-2020. Per ulteriori informazioni: www.i3p.it

For information and contacts

• Openet SpA Communications Office – communication@openet.it
• I3P Communications Office – comunicazione@i3p.it