Event Schedule
Day 1: Thursday, 16 January 2025
| 09:00 |
Arrival and Registration |
| 09:30 |
Welcome and Introduction |
| 10:00 |
Presentation by Ariel PI (15-20min)
Presentation by SoC (10min)
Organisers’ overview of ADC and intro to the challenge (20min + questions)
|
| 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 |
Hackathon Kickoff with brief demo of Datalabs setup |
| 11:30 |
| 12:00 |
| 12:30 |
| 13:00 |
| 13:30 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00 |
| 14:30 |
Hack Time: Develop Models and Collaborate |
| 15:00 |
| 15:30 |
| 16:00 |
| 16:30 |
| 17:00 |
Welcome Reception |
| 17:30 |
| 18:00 |
Departure by bus from ESAC |
Day 2: Friday, 17 January 2025
| 09:00 |
Hack Time |
| 09:30 |
| 10:00 |
| 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 |
Hack Time |
| 11:30 |
| 12:00 |
| 12:30 |
| 13:00 |
| 13:30 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00 |
| 14:30 |
Hack Time |
| 15:00 |
| 15:30 |
| 16:00 |
| 16:30 |
| 17:00 |
Submission Deadline: Leaderboard closes
Winner Ceremony
Announcement of top teams and prizes
|
| 17:30 |
| 18:00 |
Departure by bus from ESAC |
| 20:00 |
Hackathon Dinner in Madrid |
Event Location
ESAC Campus
The meeting will take place at the European
Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)
in Villanueva de la Cañada, near Madrid.
There is public transport from Madrid to ESAC. More details on how to get to ESAC can be found here.
Please note that the public transport to ESAC is not very convenient. For this reason, we will provide a
shuttle service between Madrid and ESAC as detailed below.
Transportation
The shuttle bus to ESAC will leave each day of the conference from Hotel Exe Moncloa, C. Arcipreste de Hita, 10,
28015 Madrid at 08:30 and return at 18:00.
Please be there at 8:25 as the bus will not wait for
late
participants.
| DATE |
TIME |
PICK-UP POINT |
DESTINATION |
| 16/01/2025 |
08:30 |
Moncloa |
ESAC |
| 16/01/2025 |
18:00 |
ESAC |
Moncloa |
| 17/01/2025 |
08:30 |
Moncloa |
ESAC |
| 17/01/2025 |
18:00 |
ESAC |
Moncloa |
Meeting Room
The workshop will be held in the D001 and D002 rooms of the D Building (see map below):
Lunch Break
Lunch will take place in the ESAC Canteen from 13:30 to 14:30; the daily menu can be found here.
Participants will be responsible for covering their lunches.
Accommodation
The city of Madrid has many hotel rooms offered at a wide range of prices. The participants of the competition
will leave and return from Madrid to ESAC from near the Moncloa station. We recommend booking a
hotel that is either in this area or with a metro connection to it. Some recommendations from previous
participants are:
The hotels mentioned above
do not apply special rates for ESAC.
In case you are looking for cheaper options, we recommend you to have a look at
Airbnb
or
Booking.com
webpages.
Other useful links