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Nicole Kline

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Apr 18, 2013, 11:58:10 AM4/18/13

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Hello, ladies! Did you attend LadyHacks? Are you going to the Women in Tech Summit this weekend? Do you just want to do something fun and related to space? Then you'll definitely want to check out the Space Apps Challenge! Details are below and in a flyer attached.

See you soon!

-Nicole

Philadelphia is the Global MainStage for NASA's Second Annual International Space Apps Challenge - and we want the women of LadyHacks to join us! Torn between the Women in Tech Summit & Space Apps? Don't be - start your day at WITS, and then head over to Space Apps on Saturday evening and/or Sunday!

International Space Apps Challenge

April 20 & 21, 2013

ExCITe Center (3401 Market Street, Philadelphia)

Presented by NASA, the International Space Apps Challenge is a two-day hackathon where citizens from around the world work together to solve current challenges relevant to both space exploration and social needs. From April 20-21, teams of technologists, scientists, designers, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, software developers, and students will compete and collaborate across the world, utilizing publicly available data to design innovative solutions for global challenges in software development, citizen science platforms, sensors and hardware, and data visualization. The 2012 challenge engaged more than 2,000 participants globally who collaborated on over 100 open source solutions to 71 featured challenges.

Amelia Longo

Special Events Coordinator

Azavea | 340 N 12th St., Ste. 402, Philadelphia, PA 19107 | 215.701.7715

www.azavea.com | azavea.com/blogs | Twitter @azavea

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Karissa <inth...@gmail.com> wrote:

If you could send some text that would be awesome and we'd be happy to
pass the word along!

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Amelia Longo <alo...@azavea.com> wrote:
> Karissa,
>
> It would be great if you could send out an email or tweet encouraging your
> folks to register for Space Apps, and emphasizing that they can attend both
> the Women in Tech Summit and Space Apps. I'm happy to send you some text if
> that's easiest. Thanks so much!
>
> Amelia Longo
> Special Events Coordinator
> Azavea | 340 N 12th St., Ste. 402, Philadelphia, PA 19107 | 215.701.7715
> www.azavea.com | azavea.com/blogs | Twitter @azavea
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Karissa <inth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Amelia,
>>
>> Sorry for the slow response! Nicole and I have been swamped with stuff
>> lately! I remember meeting you at the happy hour last month - it's
>> great to hear from you!
>>
>> I think we would be happy to help promote this event, so just let us
>> know what we can do to help!
>>
>> Best,
>> Karissa
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Amelia Longo <alo...@azavea.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > My name is Amelia Longo, and I'm the Special Events Coordinator at
>> > Azavea, a
>> > Philly-based geospatial analysis (GIS) software development firm. We're
>> > working with NASA to host the Second Annual International Space Apps
>> > Challenge, with Philadelphia as the Global MainStage. I was at the GGD
>> > Happy
>> > Hour last week, and met some amazing fellow girl geeks, so I figured GGD
>> > might know more folks who'd be interested in participating.
>> >
>> > We're trying to broaden participation in Space Apps by reaching out to
>> > communities that are typically under-represented at hackathons, from
>> > makers
>> > to women to youth and more. I was pretty bummed that the Women in Tech
>> > Summit conflicts with Space Apps, so I talked to Sue Grinius-Hill, and
>> > we've
>> > agreed to do a bit of cross-promotion, encouraging women to attend the
>> > Philly Women in Tech Summit, then join us at Space Apps for the
>> > remainder of
>> > Saturday evening and/or Sunday.
>> >
>> > Details are below, and I've also attached a flyer. I'd greatly
>> > appreciate it
>> > if you could help spread the word, or let me know who to get in touch
>> > with.
>> > I attended LadyHacks last month and learned that over 80% of the women
>> > there
>> > had never been to a hackathon before, so I'm feeling especially charged
>> > to
>> > get ladies to Space Apps. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
>> >
>> > Amelia
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > International Space Apps Challenge
>> > April 20 & 21, 2013
>> > ExCITe Center (3401 Market Street, Philadelphia)
>> > Register & learn more at ph.ly/spaceappsPHL
>> >
>> > Presented by NASA, the International Space Apps Challenge is a two-day
>> > hackathon where citizens from around the world work together to solve
>> > current challenges relevant to both space exploration and social needs.
>> > From
>> > April 20-21, teams of technologists, scientists, designers, artists,
>> > educators, entrepreneurs, software developers, and students will compete
>> > and
>> > collaborate across the world, utilizing publicly available data to
>> > design
>> > innovative solutions for global challenges in software development,
>> > citizen
>> > science platforms, sensors and hardware, and data visualization. The
>> > 2012
>> > challenge engaged more than 2,000 participants globally who collaborated
>> > on
>> > over 100 open source solutions to 71 featured challenges.
>> >
>> > The International Space Apps Challenge’s goal is to demonstrate that
>> > publicly available government data, coupled with the work of these
>> > innovative citizens from around the world, can produce solutions that
>> > meet
>> > critical global needs. And by encouraging student participation in this
>> > collaborative problem-solving weekend, Space Apps provides a hands-on
>> > approach to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
>> > education with enthusiasm built in.
>> >
>> > Find out more at ph.ly/spaceappsPHL.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Amelia Longo
>> > Special Events Coordinator
>> > Azavea | 340 N 12th St., Ste. 402, Philadelphia, PA 19107 |
>> > 215.701.7715
>> > www.azavea.com | azavea.com/blogs | Twitter @azavea
>> >
>
>