High School Students Solved Business Challenges Related to Space Data

By Johanna Haveri

A group of students from Vaasa Lyceum High School (Vaasan lyseon lukio), along with visiting Italian Erasmus+ exchange students, kicked off their entrepreneurship education studies this academic year by participating in a Kvarken Space Startup business camp held on September 3-4, 2024. Read the article in Finnish or Swedish on Mega Magazine: link ➔ The camp was organized…

Winning synergy: A team with members of University of Vaasa snag the ’Best Tech Solution’ award at the Hanken Quantum Hackathon

By Susanna Litmanen

Hanken Quantum Hackathon, organized by Hanken’s Quantum Lab and Ultrahack in Helsinki from October 24th to 26th, aimed to discover new and innovative solutions on how to use quantum computing in a sustainable manner in the finance industry. A team with participants from the University of Vaasa stood out in the hackathon with their submission…

Five teams were rewarded in the KvarkenSat Innovation Challenge 2022

By Johanna Haveri

Five teams were rewarded in KvarkenSat Innovation Challenge 2022 – Team Gaenseliesel won the hackathon The KvarkenSat Innovation Challenge on sustainable forestry was held in March 2022. The idea of this hackathon was to combat the climate change in sustainable forestry with help of space-based data. This hackathon was open for students, startups, and researchers.…

…3,2,1 – GO KvarkenSat Innovation Challenge

By Johanna Haveri

KvarkenSat Innovation Challenge has started! KvarkenSat Innovation Challenge on Sustainable Forestry is finally here! We have been planning this for months together with our partners and sponsors and the hackathon organizer Ultrahack. We are so happy to see so many eager teams working towards sustainable solutions for forestry with help of space-based data. We are…