02 OPENING KEYNOTE - James Wanga - Space Apps NYC 2016
Channel: Space Apps NYC
Date: 2016-05-02

Space Apps NYC Conference April 22 2016 
https://spaceappsnyc2016.splashthat.com/

 02 OPENING KEYNOTE 
James Wanga - Founder, Pattern 
https://twitter.com/jameswanga

As a child in his native Kenya, James’ passion for engineering blossomed in the scattered wreckage carpeting the salvage yards of his small Nairobi neighborhood. Kneeling in the dirt with fists full of wires was a thrill that he found a word for only after his family immigrated to the US, hacking. That spirit eventually lead James to the 2013 NASA Space Apps Challenge where among a group of talented hackers, James began a project to develop a microsatellite that led to an official NASA proposal and the founding of Gotham Laboratories, a startup dedicated to using tiny satellites with a novel propulsion system to study our planet in incredible detail.  Currently, James is working on a new project to rebuild the computer chip in the image of the human brain with the hopes of making the world's’ machines smarter using a powerful, embedded artificial intelligence.

ABOUT SPACE APPS NYC
In 2012, New York City became a founding site for the NASA Space Apps Challenge, a worldwide hackathon that has enabled historic global collaboration between volunteers, private companies, NGOs, and government agencies. Since then, our Space Apps NYC community has locally organized four events, and has hosted NASA's global mainstage for two years in a row. Our space hacker membership in 2016 reached over 1700 people!

For the 2nd annual space conference in 2016 (the day preceding the official NASA hackathon), we invited space scientists, researchers, and engineers; space tech VCs and investors, commercial space reps, corporate execs; city, state and federal officials; celebrities, astronauts, explorers, futurists; TV and film writers and authors, to discuss the future of space tech in New York City and across the planet. We are excited to have been able to bring such an awesome lineup of speakers and stakeholders here to explore new frontiers together with our space hacker community!
http://spaceappsnyc.com/

SUPERNOVA CONFERENCE SPONSOR
IBM Bluemix - http://nasaisac.mybluemix.net/

SHOOTING STAR CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Wolfram - https://www.wolfram.com/
About.com - http://www.about.com/

ORGANIZING PARTNERS
Human Condition Labs - http://www.humanconditionlabs.com/
Science Partnership Fund - http://www.sciencepartnershipfund.org/
Fiat Physica - http://www.fiatphysica.com/
Empire Space Labs - http://empirespace.nyc/