
10
countries

3
days

+1000
participants

Are you ready to apply your skills and knowledge to solve global challenges and make a positive impact?
We are looking for determined participants with a passion for developing sustainable solutions. No previous space experience is required. Choose a challenge that interests you, and leverage EU space technologies to impact the European defence and security sector!

CHALLENGES

Enabling cross-terrain mobility
Develop innovative solutions for enabling cross terrain mobility for defence forces or emergency response teams and humanitarian aid. Leverage European space data from Copernicus, Galileo and Egnos to turn your idea into a reality and contribute to the safety

Making the seas more secure
Fight against maritime security threats, organised crime and environmental crime using satellite data, in order to make seas more secure. Join the challenge and develop services that will protect human lives, assets and the marine ecosystem.

Protecting our critical infrastructure
Use your skills to create solutions for assessing disruption risks regarding critical infrastructure and efficiently plan for mitigation scenarios. Combine your creativity with the best available space date and bring innovations to life!

Fighting against cybersecurity threats
Create the best solutions to fight against cybersecurity threats and secure the IT & C infrastructure of the European Union. Get advice from our experts and put your skills to work in strengthening the cybersecurity layers across the whole EU.

BIG IDEAS CAMPAIGN

Join us for the Big Ideas Campaign and get inspired by our speakers!
On the 10th of March at 19:00 EET, you will get to learn more about the Romanian start-up ecosystem and how to implement space technologies in order to make Europe a safer place through innovation.
Hear from:
- AnaMaria Onică, CEO & Co-Founder @ VoxiKids and Program Director @ IdEA;
- Andrei Chiș, Founder @ DroneDen and Project Manager @ IdEA

Take on a challenge, develop a solution and win prizes worth 4000 EUR in benefits and hundreds of hours of mentoring with seasoned experts!

TEAM
Acceleration History:
Startup Expert @ Investment Ready Program - Viena
Director @ Founder Institute
Founder @ Commons Accel
Investment Experience:
Vice-President @ TechAngels
General Partner @ Roca X
President @ Institutul de Excelență în Antreprenoriat
European Comission
Member of the European Innovation Council
Entrepreneurship:
Founder, Partner or Shareholder in more than 20 companies and start-ups
Matei Dumitrescu
FOUNDER

AnaMaria Onică
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
#WomenInTech #UI #UX
#SerialEntrepreneur #EIR
Andrei Chiș
PROJECT MANAGER
#Entrepreneurship #Tech
Peter Barta
Delia Darabană
Samuel Haret
ACCELERATION EXPERT
EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE
MARKETING MANAGER
#Strategy #Funding
#Marketing #Communication
#Sales
#BusinessDevelopment
Adriana Ancuța
COMMUNITY LEAD
#Fashion #CircularEconomy
Mia Beghetto
EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE
#Marketing #SocialMedia
Ștefania Bălțoi
COMMUNITY MANAGER
#Community #SocialMedia

MENTORS
Mihai Matei
CEO @ Essensys Software
President @ ANIS Romania
Cătălina Dodu
Partner, Cybersecurity Leader @ EY South cluster
Technology Leader @ EY Romania
Alexandru Bogdan
CEO @ Roca X
Peter Barta
CIO & COO @ Degethal Labs
AnaMaria Onică
Co-Founder & CEO @ Voxi Kids
Program Manager & Executive Associate @ Commons Accel
Daniela Faur
Associate Professor @ CEOSpaceTech - Research Center for Spatial Information within Politehnica University of Bucharest
Ion Nedelcu
Research Engineer @ Romanian Space Agency
Vasile Crăciunescu
Researcher @ Remote Sensing & GIS Laboratory of The National Meteorological Administration
& President @ 2 GEO-SPATIAL.org Association
Cristian Cârstoiu
Partner @ EY, Digital & Analytics, Chief Innovation Officer
Cristian Săndescu
Founder & CEO @ CODA Intelligence
Marius Mitroi
Founder @ Thinkstitute