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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Accelerate Urban Green Transition
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SUMMARY:Accelerate Urban Green Transition
DESCRIPTION:Join 5 days of immersive Innovation Sprint in Brussels!\nESA in
 vites you to a 5-day immersive innovation sprint in Brussels\, where multid
 isciplinary teams will co-create and prototype bold solutions with end-user
 s\, leveraging space capabilities for smarter\, faster urban green transiti
 on planning. \nEssential info:\n\nDates: 8-12 September 2025\nLocation: Bru
 ssels\, Belgium\nEligibility: Open to all organisations\, including industr
 y\, SMEs\, startups\, research centres\, and academia from any ESA Member S
 tates and Associate Member States.\nApplication deadlines for first step vi
 a OSIP: 20 June 23:59 CEST\nPrize: Invitation to enter a Cooperative Agreem
 ent with ESA\n\nPlease note that applying for ESA Acceleration Days does no
 t confirm your participation. Once the application period closes\, selected
  participants will receive a confirmation of their participation. \nApplica
 tion link\nApplications are now open for the ESA Acceleration Days on Urban
  Green Transition!\nModelled after fast-paced competition formats such as h
 ackathons and innovation sprints\, the ESA Acceleration Days are in-person 
 events where top teams compete to take forward their innovation ideas to he
 lp tackle Europe’s most pressing issues. \nIn partnership with the European
  Commission – DG CLIMA\, this campaign focuses on leveraging AI and improvi
 ng cities’ access to space-based capabilities\, data\, and solutions in sup
 port of urban green transition and climate resilience. \nIf your idea can h
 elp tackle this challenge\, we want to see it! \nSelected ideas and teams w
 ill be invited to a five-day innovation sprint to develop a prototype and a
  plan to bring their solution to cities. The competition entails the partic
 ipation of selected teams (minimum 3 members) to the in-person event in Bru
 ssels\, Belgium (8-12 September 2025)\, where they will be guided and suppo
 rted to develop their idea and pitch it to a jury.  The winning team(s) wil
 l be invited to apply for a Cooperative Agreement with ESA (up to 100.000€)
  to take forward this plan. \nIn short\, submit your idea to tackle our cha
 llenge today and join our Acceleration Days in September to compete for the
  prize. \nThis campaign is open to all organisations\, including industry\,
  SMEs\, startups\, research centres\, and academia from any ESA Member Stat
 es and Associate Member States. The competition entails the participation o
 f selected teams (minimum 3 members) to the in-person event in Brussels\, B
 elgium (8-12 September 2025)\, where they will be guided and supported to d
 evelop their idea and pitch it to a jury. \nApplications close 20 June 2025
 \, 23:59 CEST. \nApplication Link\nFrequenty Asked Questions
LOCATION:Brussels\, Belgium
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