The Great Space Pitch | Event
About this Event
Students in many high schools across the world’s second largest school jurisdiction (NSW) and beyond have engaged in the Australian Virtual Astronaut (AVA) Challenge, the Powerhouse 1 program and/or utilised the new iSTEM ‘design for space’ course. The Great Space Pitch is a shark tank style pitch event for finalists of the Australian Virtual Astronaut (AVA) Challenge or for students who have participated in the iSTEM course or the Powerhouse 1 program. Selected high school students will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas to leaders in space in the four category areas:
- Earth Observation
- Robotics
- Moon Environments
- Food Production in Space, and
- Artificial Intelligence in Space.
Judges will be invited from the space industry and from those involved in the National Space Workforce initiative.
The Great Space Pitch | Event
About this Event
Students in many high schools across the world’s second largest school jurisdiction (NSW) and beyond have engaged in the Australian Virtual Astronaut (AVA) Challenge, the Powerhouse 1 program and/or utilised the new iSTEM ‘design for space’ course. The Great Space Pitch is a shark tank style pitch event for finalists of the Australian Virtual Astronaut (AVA) Challenge or for students who have participated in the iSTEM course or the Powerhouse Future Space program. Selected high school students will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas to leaders in space in the four category areas:
- Earth Observation
- Robotics
- Moon Environments
- Food Production in Space, and
- Artificial Intelligence in Space.
Judges will be invited from the space industry and from those involved in the National Space Workforce initiative.
The Great Space Pitch
Event Details
Audience: Year 9 and 10 students
Date: 1/12/2023
Location: Sydney International Convention Centre (ICC)
The Great Space Pitch
Event Details
Audience: Year 9 and 10 students
Date: 1/12/2023
Location: Sydney International Convention Centre (ICC)6
The Great Space Pitch
2022 Judges
Julia Dickinson
Chief Engineer
Lockheed Martin
Joel Connolly
Creative Director / Head of Blackbird Foundation
Processor Russell Boyce
Chair for Intelligent Space System and Director
UNSW Canberra Space
Philip Citowicki
Business Development Lead – Space Lockheed Martin Australia
Ted Tagami
User Advisory Committee – Education Chair
International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory