Ocean Hackathon® in 18 cities in 2021

All will host simultaeously the 6^th edition of this event in November 2021. The winning team of each local edition will then participate in the Grand Finale in December 2021 in Brest.

Countries:

Canada, Chile, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, UK and USA.

and more especially these cities:

• Rimouski
• Santiago
• Split
• Boulogne-sur-mer, Brest, Champs-sur-Marne, Fort-de-France, La Rochelle, Nouméa, Sète, Toulon
• Rostock
• Ancona
• Mexico city
• Cádiz
• Cape Town
• Cardiff
• San Franciso

The local advisers are innovation hubs/startup accelerators/business support organisations, Embassies, city councils, academia or research centres:

• Adecal Technopole (Nouméa)
• Boulogne-sur-Mer Développement Côte d'Opale (Boulogne-sur-Mer)
• Cardiff Metropolitan University (Cardiff)
• CEEI Bahía de Cádiz (Cádiz)
• CNR-IRBIM (Italian National Research Council - Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies) (Ancona)
• ENSG (Ecole nationale des sciences géographiques) (Champs-sur-Marne)
• French Embassy in Chile (Santiago)
• French consulate general of San Francisco (San Francisco)
• Lakoudigital (Fort-de-France)
• Le Village by CA Charente-Maritime Deux-Sèvres (La Rochelle)
• OceanHub Africa (Cape Town)
• Ocean Technology Campus (Rostock)
• SCAC-IFAL (Ambassade de France au Mexique, Service de Coopération et d'Action Culturelle) (Mexico city)
• Sète agglopole Méditerranée (Sète)
• Technopôle Brest-Iroise (Brest)
• Technopole maritime du Québec (Rimouski)
• TVT Innovation (Toulon)
• University of Split (Split)

What is the next step?

Early in April, each city will open the call for challenges. More information on the dedicated space.

Ocean Hackathon® is an initiative by Campus mondial de la mer which encourages sharing, the use of new digital technologies and an entrepreneurial spirit. The resultant projects enhance the value of marine and maritime data, often by repurposing it. Data providers focus their efforts on improving data accessibility and comprehension and are involved in coaching participants throughout the event.