Name: GRAVITY Challenge 04
Start: 14/02/2022 02:00 PM +00:00
End: 08/06/2022 01:59 PM +00:00

Welcome to the Innovator Toolkit. Here you will find all of the tools you need in order to undertake your GRAVITY journey.&nbsp;
For the first state innovators are required to deliver a 2-3 minute Live Video Pitch followed by a Q&amp;A and a Technology Business Case Proposal.
Please download the Live Video Pitch Guide and Technology Business Case document for further information.
To submit your Technology Business Case please send it through via email: enquiries@gravitychallenge.space. If you want to work on more than one Challenge then you will need to create a Live Video Pitch and Technology Business Case for each.
The Technology Business Case and Video Pitch deadline is 11 March, 11:59pm UTC.

Innovator Toolkit Phase 1

Statistics Canada - Construction Challenge
Mapping Municipally Approved Land for Development
Presently STC and CMHC are engaged in a proof of concept modernization initiative to use remote sensing combined with artificial intelligence to detect the start of building&nbsp; construction. While much progress on this has been made, a challenge we have encountered is the cost of acquiring whole geographies of data in order to determine if new construction has started on projects with very small footprints.&nbsp;
Our objective with this challenge will be to gain economies through focused data collection over areas approved for development/building construction.&nbsp;
Using open/available municipal GIS datasets, develop an automated process for aggregating inventories land available for development. Datasets should include shapefiles for the lots as well as any associated administrative data about the lots.
Watch the Challenge Video and download the Challenge Brief PDF below for further information.

Statistics Canada - Construction

Statistics Canada - Greenhouses Challenge
High Resolution Imagery for Greenhouse Detection and Classification in Canada
The Agriculture Division at Statistics Canada is attempting to replace large portions ofthe agricultural census with alternative data sources. As the project has progressed, it was apparent that earth observation data can be used in a large share of this responsibility with classification and detection strategies implemented in remote sensing science and technologies.&nbsp;
Currently, the Agriculture Division is working on a proof of concept to detect greenhouses within high resolution data, most of which is aerial data provided through municipal or provincial partnerships or through open source agreements. High resolution imagery has been further acquired in some areas of interest to the greenhouse industry, but the cost of highresolution imagery is prohibitive to the level of coverage necessary to encapsulate key activity for Canadian greenhouse businesses.&nbsp;
As the project looks to be successful in detecting and measuring greenhouses by means of high resolution imagery and machine learning technologies; the challenge still remains to ensure full EO data coverage for surveys.&nbsp;
Watch the Challenge Video and download the Challenge Brief PDF below for further information.

Statistics Canada - Greenhouses

The NatWest Group Challenge
Helping Businesses Transition to a Net Zero Economy using Space Data
We want your help to support our business customers understand their environmental footprint and what positive actions they can take to reduce their impact. The barrier is that our customers rarely have the time, or the technical knowledge to give us the data we need. For those providing data to us, the process can be timeconsuming and burdensome.&nbsp;
We need to combine accurate, real-time data from a variety of sources to create a clear picture of our customers&rsquo; emissions. The challenge is to find a way to flexibly combine space data, bank data, and third party sources, to create a single customer climate profile.&nbsp;
A winning solution should do this without relying on user input, so that we can eliminate friction for our customers, and allow us to combine data in an agile manner, so that we can use the right information for each industry and sector that we work in.
The inclusion of space data is crucial for this strategy, as it will give regular, accurate, and transparent insights, helping us to make better decisions.&nbsp;
Watch the Challenge Video and download the Challenge Brief PDF below for further information.

The NatWest Group

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Challenge
Removing the Bottleneck: On-the-spot natural disaster payments by utilising satellite images
In recent years, Japan has experienced an increasing number of natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, and floods. When a disaster occurs, a huge number of claim notices are reported from insured customers in a short period of time.
Damage is usually assessed by an on-site investigation to determine a repair estimate. However, in the event of a disaster, more time is required to initiate these processes, creating bottlenecks in assessments, and delays in payment for customers.
We challenge innovators to help us to achieve claim payment at the same day of claim notice, at the height of inundation of &nbsp;damaged properties by utilizing space datasets, including satellite imagery.
Watch the Challenge Video and download the Challenge Brief PDF below for further information.

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company

Department for Infrastructure and Transport SA Gov Challenge
Assessing Road State in the Space State
The South Australian Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) is responsible for maintaining and improving more than 23,000 kilometres of sealed and unsealed roads across South Australia as part of ensuring safe, reliable and efficient travel for all road users. The vast distances across the state road network make regular inspection and assessment difficult and time intensive.&nbsp;
The challenge here is to identify and validate new ways to assess the condition of road assets (and potentially other types of assets such as electrical equipment and structures) using space capabilities, which will ultimately lead to developing more effective predictive asset models and in doing so improve the current maintenance planning process for South Australia.
Watch the Challenge Video and download the Challenge Brief PDF below for further information.

Department for Infrastructure and Transport

<a href="https://www.agrifutures.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Agrifutures Australia</a> and <a href="https://animalhealthaustralia.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Animal Health Australia</a> Challenge
Helping Livestock Producers Prepare for an Emergency Animal Disease or Natural Disaster Response
In the event of an emergency animal disease (EAD) or natural disaster event, the livestock industry needs to be able to respond quickly and effectively contain the spread of disease and mitigate the impact and continuing risk. This may require the humane destruction of large numbers of livestock in the affected location, the safe disposal of deceased stock, securing safe transportation routes, and decontamination of equipment, vehicles and infrastructure.
This challenge seeks to develop a solution that will assist in preparing for an EAD or natural disaster response across Australia.
Watch the Challenge Video and download the Challenge Brief PDF for further information.

Agrifutures Australia and Animal Health Australia Challenge

Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Kickstarting a Blue Revolution: Saving the Whales, the Ocean and the World
The ocean covers 71% of the surface of the planet and is our largest carbon sink, and yet it receives just 1% of global climate finance. Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrass have begun to receive the attention they deserve, with governments and businesses increasingly investing in them as nature-based solutions to the climate and ecological crises, however, the open ocean remains largely overlooked, overexploited and under protected.
Whales could change this.
The growing appreciation of how whales stimulate phytoplankton growth and sequester carbon creates a new route to unlocking &lsquo;deep blue carbon&rsquo; and potentially kickstarting a new market for climate investment and restoration. The potential is there, but we are held back by the difficulty in acquiring the data. Research is underway looking at the localisedimpact of whales on phytoplankton growth, while a series of initiatives are using satellite technology to spot whales from space.
This challenge seeks to bring these ideas together: measuring phytoplankton productivity against the presence of whale populations so as to unlock support for whale-based, deep-blue carbon climate solutions.&nbsp;
Watch the Challenge Video and download the Challenge Brief PDF below for further information.

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Challenge

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost cloud computing platform that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. AWS has significantly more services, and more features within those services, than any other cloud provider &ndash; from infrastructure technologies like compute, storage, and databases, to emerging technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence, data lakes and Internet of Things. This makes it faster, easier and more cost effective to build nearly anything you can imagine.&nbsp;
 AWS is committed to aerospace and satellite solutions and helps commercial and government customers build satellites, conduct space and launch operations, and reimagine space exploration. AWS&rsquo;s platform equips organizations in the private and public sector to process and transform space collections into data, make that data actionable and accessible to customers around the globe, and redefine how organizations transform the space market segment.&nbsp; &nbsp; Service offerings:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Exclusive invitation to attend AWS webinars covering the services and features of the AWS platform and cloud computing capabilities &nbsp;</li>
<li>Engage virtually with AWS to discuss technical capabilities and requirements for your project&nbsp;</li>
<li>Mentorship and support from AWS to validate your design proposal&nbsp;</li>
<li>Pricing guidance on AWS components of proposed solutions &nbsp;</li>
<li>Opportunity to access proof of concept funding and credits available in the scale phase &nbsp;</li>
<li>Successful Challenge Champions will gain privileged access to cloud computing credits to support the development of technology pilots and/or MVPs&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Spire collects rich and unique data-sets from the ultimate vantage point - space, relevant for Aviation, Weather and Maritime use cases. Data are generally available via live APIs or as historical data bulk delivery:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Aviation data tracking global air traffic in real time as well as historical datasets since early 2018. Datasets are comprised of positional data, aircraft information and flight data, and are picked up from both our satellites and terrestrial sources. The data is accessible through 2 modern APIs and can also be delivered with bulk data extracts.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Global Weather forecasts at 12km resolution for the next 10 days, historical forecast data for the past 3 years, historical observation data for the past 10 years. Available data includes many weather variables spanning many use cases and industries. Live Forecasts are accessed via APIs, while historical data is provided in bulk downloads.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Maritime AIS data to access live as well as historical tracking data of vessels. The unique combination of Dynamic, Satellite and Terrestrial AIS provides accurate position updates throughout the world's oceans. Live AIS messages can be accessed using TCP Stream (NMEA messages) or APIs (NMEA message or decoded format). Historical AIS Data can be accessed via APIs (going back to December 2018) or delivered as csv files (going back to June 2016). In addition to AIS data, Spire provides commercial information of vessels, predicted route/eta can also be accessed via our APIs.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Service offerings:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Exclusive invitation to attend Spire webinars to covering Spire&rsquo;s data capabilities &nbsp;</li>
<li>Engage virtually with Spire to discuss technical capabilities and requirements for your project&nbsp;</li>
<li>Mentorship and support from Spire to validate your design proposal&nbsp;</li>
<li>Pricing guidance on Spire&rsquo;s datasets and cost considerations  &nbsp;</li>
<li>Opportunity to access proof of concept funding and credits available in the scale phase &nbsp;</li>
<li>Successful Challenge Champions will gain privileged access to relevant datasets to support the development of technology pilots and/or MVPs&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Spire

AIRBUS
As a proven leader in the global aerospace sector, Airbus designs, produces and delivers innovative solutions with the aim to create a better-connected, safer and more prosperous world.
These cutting-edge products and services &ndash; which span the commercial aircraft, helicopter, defence, security and space segments &ndash; benefit from Airbus' wide-ranging expertise and continued emphasis on innovation.
Service offerings:
<ul>
<li>Access to <a href="https://oneatlas.airbus.com/home">Airbus OneAtlas</a> capabilities Webinar content</li>
<li>Engage virtually with Airbus to discuss technical capabilities and requirements for your project</li>
<li>Mentor-ship and support from Airbus to validate your design proposal</li>
<li>Feedback from Airbus judges on your submissions at each stage gate</li>
<li>Successful Challenge Champions will gain access to <a href="https://oneatlas.airbus.com/home">Airbus OneAtlas</a> Platform to support the development of technology pilots and/or MVPs</li>
</ul>

Airbus

Positioning Australia at the forefront of the Space Sector
&nbsp;
The global Space Economy is currently worth over USD$420 billion in 2020 and is forecasted to grow to over USD$1.1 trillion by 2040. Although Australia contributes approximately 1% to the global space sector, this is expected to grow at 7.1% per annum over the next five years. The Australian Space Agency&rsquo;s goal is to triple the size of the Australian Space Economy from $4B AUD to $12B AUD by 2030 targeting 20,000 new jobs.
Deloitte is committed to proactively supporting the purposeful growth of the Australian space ecosystem. Our vision is to see the Australian space ecosystem recognised globally as a leader in delivering value to the world&rsquo;s key industry sectors and to society through new disruptive space-enabled capabilities, business models and by the way we collaborate and create connections across business and government.
Leveraging our breadth and depth of sector expertise across domains such as New Space, Defence and Government we are working closely with multiple businesses and government agencies on a variety of exciting new initiatives that will help to develop Australia&rsquo;s space sector capability and build strategic space assets to benefit future generations.
&nbsp;
The Space Sector is global and cross industrial: 
<ul>
<li>Agriculture, Meteorology and the Environment: Earth Observation (EO) data will provide key inputs for monitoring soil, rainfall, snow cover, drought and crop development.</li>
<li>Transport, Logistics and Smart Cities: Earth Observation offers the ability to analyse and monitor transport networks by detecting and counting vehicles on roads, freight vehicles, aircrafts and monitoring road structure and congestion management.</li>
<li>Defence, Security and Surveillance: With space proficiency becoming more sophisticated, governments are strengthening intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and disaster response capabilities.</li>
<li>Mining and Exploration: Opportunities for the Space Sector to impact mining are twofold &ndash; either improving existing Earth-based mining practices (e.g. global positioning and communications advances), or new resource exploration opportunities (such as asteroid mining).</li>
<li>Telecommunications and Connectivity: The introduction of machine learning, AI, IoT and nanosatellite constellations has opened the doors to improved connectivity and lower latencies. This will touch many sectors and provide access to education and healthcare resources in remote regions.</li>
<li>Health and Pharmaceuticals: Satellite imagery allows us to monitor spread of diseases, health vegetation, climate changes, atmosphere changes and pollution concentration. In addition, the pharma industry can benefit from manufacturing experiments off-Earth .</li>
<li>Travel and Tourism: The tourism and leisure industries are using high resolution imagery and GPS data to evaluate and assess attractions such as resorts, cultural experiences, and sports arenas to provide travellers accurate up-to-date detailed mapping of their destinations.</li>
</ul>
Insurance, Finance and Retail: Earth observation helps insurers and financial institutions to better understand and analyse the impact of natural disasters, identify infrastructure that has been damaged and estimate the overall financial damage cost.
Space Exploration and Operations: Upstream space capabilities such as launch, manufacturing, automation and robotics have a pivotal role in enabling downstream capabilities supported by industry demand. Space companies around the world are developing sovereign capabilities to design, manufacture and test space systems for future space exploration and operations.

Deloitte

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost cloud computing platform that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. AWS has significantly more services, and more features within those services, than any other cloud provider &ndash; from infrastructure technologies like compute, storage, and databases, to emerging technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence, data lakes and Internet of Things. This makes it faster, easier and more cost effective to build nearly anything you can imagine.
AWS is committed to aerospace and satellite solutions and helps commercial and government customers build satellites, conduct space and launch operations, and reimagine space exploration. AWS&rsquo;s platform equips organizations in the private and public sector to process and transform space collections into data, make that data actionable and accessible to customers around the globe, and redefine how organizations transform the space market segment.&nbsp;

AgriFutures Australia (formerly known as Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) are an organisation that proudly focuses on the future of Australian agriculture. We live and work in the regions and represent the interests and aspirations of farmers and rural communities.
Our vision is to grow the long-term prosperity of Australian rural industries. In practical terms, this means:
<ul>
<li>Initiatives that attract capable people into careers in agriculture, build the capability of future rural leaders, and support change makers and thought leaders</li>
<li>Research and analysis to understand and address important issues on the horizon for Australian agriculture</li>
<li>Research and development for established industries that do not have their own Research &amp; Development Corporation (RDC), including the rice, chicken meat, honey bee and pollination, thoroughbred horse, pasture seeds, export fodder, ginger and tea tree oil industries</li>
<li>Research and development to accelerate the establishment and expansion of new rural industries, such as deer, buffalo, kangaroo and camel milk.</li>
</ul>
Our Approach
We are a future-thinking organisation; AgriFutures Australia not only tackles the rural challenges and opportunities we face today, but unearths the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.
We place people at the centre of everything we do. We listen, connect and collaborate with emerging leaders in agriculture, industry bodies, other RDCs and government. Building on the strong foundations laid by RIRDC, we confidently set our focus on the future.

AgriFutures Australia

Home to the Australian Space Agency, Australian Space Discovery Centre, world-class Mission Control Centre, Australia&rsquo;s first two launch facility licences, first state satellite and first dedicated space manufacturing hub, Australian Space Park, South Australia continues to add to the nation&rsquo;s list of firsts in the space industry. With more than 90 space-related companies operating in the state, South Australia is a centre-of-gravity for Australia&rsquo;s space industry.
The South Australian Space Industry Centre (SASIC) drives space industry innovation, research and entrepreneurial growth in the state. With a clear vision to create a thriving and enduring South Australian space ecosystem, SASIC provides a whole-of-state-government focal point committed to supporting Australia&rsquo;s national space strategy and building on the phenomenal opportunities of NewSpace.
The space industry contributes to the development of other priority sectors for South Australia, including defence, agriculture, mining and tourism, and services for the community such as health and education.
Australia has well and truly rocketed into the global space economy over the past few years. SASIC is dedicated to exploiting disruption, harnessing innovation, and leveraging strong support to strengthen the South Australian space sector, unlocking exciting opportunities and ensuring South Australia remains at the forefront of this national growth.

South Australian Space Industry Centre (SASIC)

Australian Space Agency

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Challenge Webinar - On the Spot Payment Utilising Satellite Images

Hiro Hayashi

 Michihiro  Maruyama

Takuya Wakimoto

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Challenge Webinar - On the Spot Payment Utilising Satellite Images

Overview of the SA Space Sector with Darin Lovett and Dr Catherine Grace from the South Australian Space Industry Centre (SASIC).

WEBINAR AGENDA

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Rosie Jonas

Tim Mahlberg

Geraldine Baca Triveno

Jessie Cheung

Ashleigh Wildridge

Rob Barwell

Georgina Townsend

Brendan Pollard

Nicholas Kaliszewski

Andrew Excell

Mick Lorenz

Greg Webber

Daniel Gibbs

Ed Goodall

Mollie Martin

Tracie Callaghan

Greg Minter-Brown

Craig Cauchi

Brad Ryan

William Wu

Darin Lovett

Sara Burns

Nicolas Martinez

Ali Elawad

Josha Ho

Alexandre Cyr

Dana Melamed

Hiro Hayashi

Michihiro Maruyama

Takuya Wakimoto

Catherine Grace

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