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Save the dates of the following web-seminars of the Astropreneurs programme in collaboration with other speakers.

Swarm Logistics developed a software to fully automate the daily dispatching and scheduling of fleets.

Users can carry out the daily dispatching, scheduling and planning of a whole fleet in a few minutes. The process is fully automated and starts by one mouse click. Up to 35% costs can get reduced due to better planning and a higher throughput of transported entities with the same amount of vehicles.

Ana Cristina Galhego Rosa, CEO and founder of Dipteron UG, was selected as Space4Women Network Mentor of the UNOOSA programme. UNOOSA stands for United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and is based in Vienna. The female mentors take independent committments to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the space sector and do not hold official affiliation or status with the United Nations. Galhego Rosa will give mentoring in the field of business and law. Her company Dipteron is an app for detecting Aedes mosquito risk areas.

The Farming by Satellite Prize rewards young innovators exploring the use of satellite technologies to improve agriculture and reduce environmental impact. Applications for the 2020 Prize are now open.

Kicking off its 5th edition, the Farming by Satellite Prize is designed to encourage young professionals, farmers and students in Europe and Africa to create new, sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions using Copernicus, EGNOS and Galileo. A total Prize pool of €10,000 is up for grabs in 2020 with prizes distributed among the top three European applicants as well as the best idea submitted to the Special Africa Prize. Returning this year, the Special Africa Prize encourages young Africans to seek satellite-based solutions for their agricultural needs.