“The goal of the Copernicus Accelerator is to provide tailored support to new players who have innovative business ideas involving the use of spaceborne big data,” stated Andreas Veispak, head of the I3 unit (Space Data for Societal Challenges and Growth) at the European Commission. “We’re very excited to offer a customized business-development scheme to the 40 best applicants to this year’s Copernicus Masters competition.”
Scheduled to last six to eight months, the Copernicus Accelerator will kick off with a boot camp that will invite all participants to Madrid, Spain, from Oct. 24-26, 2016. This event will form part of the Satellite Masters conference and Awards Ceremony of the Copernicus Masters competition.