Take a peek behind the scenes of the local Space Apps events being planned in cities around the world by enthusiastic volunteers. You can find out more about each of the participating cities on the International Space Apps website at http://spaceappschallenge.org/locations. You can also listen to our deep dives with Challenge subject matter experts and feature interviews from the central team in the countdown to the event. And don't forget, we'll be bringing you regular 'round the world' event updates throughout the course of the Challenge weekend. San Francisco Local lead organizer: Willow Brugh supported by Dan Woods Space Apps location page: San Francisco Carl Sagan, tacos and global tech4good. A fun chat with Willow Brugh of Geeks Without Bounds & Dan Woods of TechShop about the International Space Apps mainstage city event in San Francisco. @willowbl00 @GWOBorg @Danl_Woods @TechShop New York Local lead organizer: Donn Morrill, Exec Director, NY Tech Council Space Apps location page: New York NY Tech Council Executive Director and Founder Donn Morrill chats about the NYC tech sector, the StartUp Bus and New York City’s International Space Apps Challenge event. @NYTEchCouncil @PivotalLabs @mik3cap @TheStartupBus NY Digital City Roadmap (PDF) > @RachelSterne Miami Local lead organizers: David Lagomasino and Stephanie Long Space Apps location page: Miami Meet the super keen organizing team behind Miami’s Space Apps Challenge event - David Lagomasino and Stephanie Long from Florida International University, as well as Jose and Jay from local sponsor CBIL360. @DLagomasino @slong001 @CBIL360 SpaceApps Miami Facebook page Santo Domingo Local lead organizer: Ray Hernandez Space Apps location page: Santo Domingo Santo Domingo city lead Ray Hernandez from Las Americas Institute of Technology brings a developing country perspective to the International Space Apps Challenge. Vancouver Local lead organizers: Angelina Fabbro and Bill Mills Space Apps location page: Vancouver Vancouver organizing team Angelina Fabbro and Bill Mills talk about how they are looking forward to showing as many people as possible how fun it can be to interact with "big blue ribbon science". @billdoesphysics @angelinamagnum Melbourne + Sydney / Canberra / Adelaide Local lead organizer: Naomi Mathers Space Apps location page: Melbourne + Sydney / Canberra / Adelaide Australian organizer Naomi Mathers, together with Andrew Maher from partner organization Arup, explain how the Space Apps challenge across 4 Australian cities will have a local thematic focus on the built environment, regional development, climate adaptation and disaster management. @spaceappsAU @NaomiMathers @arupaustralia Nairobi Local lead organizers: Simeon Oriko Space Apps location page: Nairobi Simeon Oriko from the iHub in Nairobi, Kenya, discusses Pete’s coffee, how hackathons create new shared opportunities, and the enabling power of Space Apps on a developing country with no space program. @ihub @mtotowajirani Stuttgart Local lead organizer: Andreas Hornig Space Apps location page: Stuttgart Andreas Hornig talks about the Space Apps Challenge at the Stuttgart ShackSpace which is drawing interest from across Germany and even France. He says every project will be a starting point for doing some good. @andreashornig @shackspace Exeter Local lead organizer: Mike Saunby Space Apps location page: Exeter Mike Saunby gives us a sneak preview of the Exeter event, where the expertise (and hidden talents!) of the Met Office team will be on hand to guide local participants through the challenge weekend. @msaunby @metoffice Istanbul Lead organizers: Alp Burak Pehlivan and Mahmut Demirst Space Apps location page: Istanbul Alp Burak Pehlivan and Mahmut Demirst from Base-Istanbul talk about the developer community in Turkey’s capital, open hardware and being inspired by a fellow Space Apps lead organizer in Stuttgart. Türkçe özetini dinleyin (Listen to Turkish language summary - mp3) @baseistanbul @alp_x @mdemirst Tokyo Local lead organizers: Hal Seki and Fumi Yamakazi Space Apps location page: Tokyo Hear from Fumi Yamazaki of Google Japan about space ice cream, a Japanese astronaut special guest, Hayabusa and the Japanese community of space lovers as well as apps to help in such crises as the 311 disaster. @Fumi @hal_sk Other cities You can find out more about each of the participating cities on the International Space Apps website at http://spaceappschallenge.org/locations. (CC) City images courtesy Manish Vohra, Joan Grifols, Kevin Lau, Evan Leeson, Kay Gaensler, Paul Hocksenar, Steve Arnold, Neal Jennings, Stefan Jurgensen, Tik-Tok, Alexander Johmann, Rockman of Zymurgy, Ilkin, Vincent van der Pas
