Launch of Longitude Explorer Prize: What’s Possible?

Longitude Explorer Prize is a challenge for young people aged 11-16 to come up with innovative ideas for products, technologies and systems that are of benefit to their communities using information from satellites. Schools and youth groups have the opportunity to win £25,000 and attend national events and an award ceremony.

Nesta is proud to be launching the programme in association with Royal Museums Greenwich and to be working alongside the UK Space Agency, Raspberry Pi, Satellite Applications Catapult, STEMNET, UK Space Academy, British Science Association, Royal Observatory Greenwich and Ignite Futures to provide the entrepreneurs, scientists and technologists of the future a new opportunity to engage in STEM education by exploring how space technologies can impact their everyday lives.

The launch is taking place as part of the National Maritime Museum’s Clocking Off Late event exploring Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude

You are invited to the launch event as a free guest* to find out more about Longitude Explorer from some inspirational speakers in the STEM education and satellite applications fields.

You will also be able to interact with some great exhibitions led by our esteemed partners’ on the Great Map on:

1. Satellite applications in the modern world
2. Making satellite information accessible with Raspberry Pi
3. Real world issues that young people care about
4. Find out more about our partners

Attendance will also provide access to all the other wonderful activities on offer at Clocking Off.

Places are limited so please RSVP as soon as possible. The deadline for registrations is Sunday 9th November 2014.

We look forward to seeing you there.

The Longitude Explorer Team

*Clocking Off is an otherwise paid for event

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